Steve Roberts Steve Roberts is a writer and poet from East Dallas, where he works as a mediator for a teacher’s union. He has a BA and MFA in poetry from the College of Santa Fe and The New School and has been published recently in Heavy Feather Review, Cul-de-sac of Blood, and Rainbow Rodeo. You can find more at steverobertspoet.com.

How to Build a Chair | Poetry

Steve Roberts

I’ve made hundreds of chairs, some took a lot of effort and some were easy. Some took procurement, or luck, or fighting against my fear of humiliation. Some of them are so chair-like it’s uncanny. Most of them exist only in my mind. Some of them were meant to be something else but ended up as chairs. I don’t have a problem with that. There are so many ways to...