Poetic Philosophy

Sitting in the car
Trying to think
Writing a poem’

(Empty page)

A cat outside
Walking away
Knowing where to go…

APPENDIX – Poem editing history

This appendix shows the various versions of the poem until I considered it ‘final’ to publish. Even though there is no such thing as ‘final’ in art, I find it useful for me to document the various versions of the poem and see how my thought evolved.

I think of what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
Without doing anything
A cat!
Music
Sitting in the car

I think of what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
Without doing anything
A cat!
Music
Sitting in the car
(Is that me?)

Sitting in the car
Despaired
I think of what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
Without doing anything
A cat!
Music
Sitting in the car
(Is that me?)
The cat is leaving now
Confident
Knowing where to go
Not looking back
For a second there…
I thought I saw myself
Walking away from a car
With an empty shell
Trying to write a poem now
Oh, no.
The cat is coming back…

Sitting in the car
Despaired
I think of what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
Without doing anything
A cat
Music
Sitting in the car
(Is that me?)
The cat is leaving now
Confident
Knowing where to go
For a second there…
I thought I saw myself
Walking away from the car
Away from an empty shell
Trying to write a poem
Oh, no.
The cat is coming back…
Trying to do something
So that I stop this cat
From frowning upon me…

Sitting in the car
Despaired
Thinking what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
A cat
Music
A car
(Is that me?)
The cat is leaving
Confident
Knowing where to go
For a second there…
I thought I saw myself
Walking away from everything
But I’m still here
Empty
Trying to write a poem
Oh, no.
The cat is coming back…
I need to do something
To stop this cat
From frowning upon me…

Sitting in the car
Despaired
Thinking what to do
(Why do anything?)
I prefer to just be
A cat
Music
A car
(Is that me?)
The cat is leaving
Confident
Knowing where to go
For a second there…
I thought I saw myself
Walking away from everything
But I’m still here
Empty
Trying to write a poem
Oh, no.
The cat is coming back…
I need to do something
To stop this cat
From frowning upon me…

Trying to think
Writing a poem
Sitting in the car
A cat outside
Walking away
Knowing where she goes

Sitting in the car
Trying to think
Writing a poem’

(Empty page)

A cat outside
Walking away
Knowing where to go…