autumn (from the May 23, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle)
[across]
when the leaves blow
the apples ripen
russell [down] takes a jacket
and the world fulminates in the purple water of the moon…
your life, it’s [answers] late
take me (from the June 10, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle)
[across]
take me to places i long to be
home where [down] the overflowing poetry
in the sound of a fly
fill the year with rootbeer
pick a chair
[answers] close to you
i, the sea (from the January 23, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle)
[across]
loose
in a blacken of time
in a
heavy
[down]
bag
of thunder
[answers]
let go
vacation (from the January 27, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle)
[across]
there is a car
and in that car there is
[down]
a person and a person and a person
and
far in the distance
the
[answers]
timeshare
they left a hat (from the May 31, 2014 New York Times crossword puzzle)
[across]
coming up on a hat in a field
from [down] a wedding maybe?
someone with someone
and others, audiences
and the hot night
[answers]
passing
About the poems:
I write a daily poem using words from the New York Times crossword puzzle. My poems follow a 3-part form starting with words from the across clues, continuing with words from the down clues, and ending with words from the answer grid (these parts are indicated in the poem by the words “across,” “down,” and “answers” in brackets). The titles of my poems are composed of words from any area of the crossword puzzle.