I came across this fun article at HTMLGIANT cataloging the moves we contemporary poets like to make in our work. “This Is Not About Pears” was mentioned in #36 as an example of “Definition or description by negation” which, I admit, is something I do a lot of in my work. I guess if I had to take a stab at defining my poetics, that’s one key component: the poetics of negation, by defining what is by what isn’t. I love the words “no” and “nor,” “never” and “not.”