The art and poetry of compost

I think the reason that composting appeals to me so much as metaphor is that it's essentially a process of taking odds and ends, bits of leftover junk, letting it sit, stirring it occasionally, and then producing something nutritive and great. Or at least that's the idea.

So many of my writing projects stretch on for years, with all kinds of flotsam accumulating over time. Essentially the way I write depends on an organic and fairly lengthy time to dump stuff in, let it break down, mix it up, and then see what takes root.