Titles of Poems I Do Not Wish to Write    

by Jen Schneider


In Egypt, Debauchery is Both Noun and Verb. On the Trek to (and of) Mount Paektu. Battleship is More Than a Board Game. Reactionary Thought is a State of Matter. Reactions Boil at a Range of Temperatures. To Dance in __Azadi__ Square: As Much Noun as Verb. The West Bank Waltzes at Night. Democracy’s Multiple Forms of Speech. Democracy: Both Hint and Hesitation We Seek. Hesitation: As Much Adjective as Adverb. Atop the Empire State Building: Red and Green make Purple. On Wrong Questions. On Plights and Ordinary Rights. Not All Questions are Queries. To Question: As Much Proper Noun as Verb. Square Dancing at Dawn. Sleepwalking at Dusk. Language: As Much Possession as Obsession. Dancing in ___ Square. Storytellers Often Resemble Originators. Countdowns to Opening Day. Jackie Robinson, Nolan Ryan, and Ernie Banks Share More Than a Birthday. On Santos. A Collection of 100-Year (Climate) Events. Fabrications Fuel Funding. Politics is More ___ and Less ___. When Rules No Longer Matter. The African Continent: Perimeters Have Shapes. On Clipped Wheat (& Wings). Food Mazes. Inflation’s Ire. Less Talc More Talk. On Drought’s Many Tenses. The Mathematics of a Snow Drought. Queries Are as Much Curiosity as Fear. On Partisanship’s Many Adjectives. Climate Change has a Scent. On Dubious Dances: Tap, Spin-offs, and Texas Two-Steps. The Scorpian. On Units of Miscalculation. In the Small Pockets of Air Where Misinformation Tangoes with Deception. Marie Kondo: Ready. Set. No More. There’s Nothing Better than a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (and Other Inaccuracies). Beware the Balloon that Wanders. Weather is Not Always Small Talk. I Spy a __ Balloon. The Balloon that Popped. Influence is as Much Instinct as Inspiration. The Wedding Night. Goodnight, Moon. On Freds, Toads, and Friends, Won’t You Be My Neighbor. Ready. Set. Write.


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Jen Schneider is an educator who lives, writes, and works in small spaces throughout Pennsylvania. Her most recent collection, 14 (Plus) Reasons Why published with free lines press, is now available.