Introducing Piecemeal Poetry

My next seasonal notebook, running throughout March.

Each of my seasonal notebooks have responded directly to my frame of mind at the point at which I announce the next theme, a month before starting my daily posts. January 2026 has been exhausting for many reasons, and none of the ideas I had for my next notebook on my short or even my long list seemed to fit. I knew I needed to pace myself, to allow time for mental and physical recuperation, but I also needed to do something where I could indulge in language, relish in something slower, deeper.

I have decided that I will spend the month of March writing a single poem. I have no idea how this will go, as I tend to really only write poetry when the mood or a particularly urgent idea seizes me. And, on top of that, I have barely written any poetry in the last several - many! - years.

But there is something simultaneously indulgent and exciting about leaning into the detail of a poem slowly over the course of a month.

So, throughout March, I will jot down ideas for the first draft of a single poem that I will then share at the end of the month. I am certain my process will change and adapt throughout and, though I have some ideas about how to approach this notebook, I really don’t know what will work until I get started (and, even then, whether it will work at all).

But isn’t that half the fun?

I’ll see you all on the first of March.

Lydia Crow
The Highlands, Scotland