Two Poems from Clearance - Book Update by Greg Luti
- Greg Luti
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
A book update can offer readers an early look at new work. In “Two Poems from Clearance,” Greg Luti shares two poems from his upcoming poetry collection — one a lighthearted dialogue about a scheduling mix-up — while discussing the process of compiling older poems into a new book.
Compiling the poems
I am putting together the poems that I wrote before I started this blog into a collection. I have a handful already put into the book, which I am going to share a few here. I am not sure if there is a theme to the entire book though.
The first poem I included here is a funny dialogue-driven poem about a common meeting misunderstanding. The second is an ambiguous warning about what you don’t want to see.
Wednesday Meeting
Adam walked over to his co-worker, Samantha.
“Hey, night.”
“Night.”
Samantha stopped him before he could leave.
“Don’t we have a meeting tonight?”
“Do we? Has it been two weeks already?”
The company has a meeting every two weeks where the staff gets together and talks about their problems.
“I think it has.”
“Yeah, I can’t believe that you asked a question last time. I mean, who does that?”
“What was my question? I forgot.”
“I think it had to do with one of the customers. I don’t remember exactly.”
“Oh, yeah. I ask the questions early in the meetings, to get them out of the way.”
“I mean, the fact that you asked them. Don’t most not say anything during these meetings so they can go faster?”
“I don’t know if we are having the meeting tonight.”
“I guess they are too busy to have the meeting. I am not surprised.”
“Yeah. It has been really busy.”
“Maybe it is better with no meeting.”
“They normally send out an email on the day of the meeting.”
“Yeah, I forgot all about it, until you mentioned it.”
“We have a meeting every other Wednesday.”
“Right…”
“Oh my god, I just realized why we don’t have a meeting.”
“'Cause they forgot about it?”
“It’s Tuesday.”
“Oh my god, it is.”
“Meetings are Wednesday.”
“Right… So I guess I will see you at the meeting tomorrow?”
