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Cheltenham & UK Proof cover
I have been very busy with edits recently (both for the collection and the dissertation) and have thus sadly had less time to read for pleasure than I would like. Hopefully this will change soon....
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Quotes for January
“Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.” —Carlos Fuentes Maeve Brennan’s advice to writer Tillie Olsen (as seen on Twitter) “Surviving Love”...
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Goodbye May
Personalia (Mary Ruefle) When I was young, a fortune-teller told me that an old woman who wanted to die had accidentally become lodged in my body. Slowly, over time, and taking great care in following...
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What a tough week for women! I donated to RAINN. And I read a lot of poetry online, which I hadn’t done in a while. Here are some I found that I liked: A Whole New Poetry Beginning Here (Adrienne Rich)...
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May/June Books
Like a lonesome cowboy and a wanderin’ hobo, I will soon be taking my leave of this humble island – for a month, that is. I survived Game of Thrones, I survived the semester, I survived many big...
View ArticleQuotes and poems from ‘The Unknown University’
pg. 13 (The poet doesn’t wish to be greater than others) Not wealth or fame or even just poetry Maybe this is the only way to avoid fear Settle into fear like one inhabiting...
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When They Fail YouBud Smith go away at speeds approaching disintegrationgo away with no trophygo away without your name carved into a bedpostan oak tree, any lonely mountain be happy you had rain to...
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Life by Jim Harrison I’m not so good at life anymore. Sometimes I wake up and don’t recognize it. Houses, cars, furniture, books are a blur while trees, birds, and horses are fine and clear. I also...
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I Have A Horse I have a horse. My horse has four legs.I have a record player. On my record player I sleep.I have a brother. My brother is a sculptor.I have a coat. I have a coat to keep me warm.I have...
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Every Day Awake the mind’s hopeless soAt a quarter to six I riseAnd run 2 or 3 miles inThe pristine air of a darkAnd windy winter morningWith a light rain fallingAnd no sound but the padOf my sneakers...
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