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Interview on Poetry – Miami Valley Voices – April 5, 2015 | N2 Poetry

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A Poetry Site from Grace Curtis. The Book -The Surly Bonds of Earth. Browndress by Grace Curtis (Me, as a Child Poetry Series). A Riff on Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, One Art →. Interview on Poetry – Miami Valley Voices – April 5, 2015. May 4, 2015. On April 5, 2015, I was interviewed by Ron Rollins for Miami Valley Voices, a podcast put together by WHIO, a TV and Radio station in Dayton, Ohio. You can hear the interview here. This entry was posted in National Poetry Month. And tagged Grace Curtis. Wait I Ha...

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: I give myself permission

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Thursday, June 2, 2011. I give myself permission. Yesterday, I rode the rollercoaster. Of my manic depression. At an amusement park. That was somewhat less than amusing. I wanted to drink in the afternoon,. But I knew if I did, I could not run. With my dog in the evening,. As has become our custom. Today, my knees hurt,. Clear evidence of my age. I give myself permission to open a beer before noon. As if time matters). And I sip it, knowing I will be. Falling down before evening,.

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: No Longer

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. I had to update my status today. I am no longer tied, in the social media,. To your picture or timeline. The news. Was sudden again but not a surprise—. A disappearing act I've grown used to. I do not assume some wicked intent. I am no longer paranoid. We still. Have each other in real time, in bed. In the morning and before the light. Goes out at night, in the kitchen. Where we almost always cook dinner. Together, and lunch is still worth. WYSO 91.3 FM.

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: Two More in Mock Turtle

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Saturday, May 10, 2014. Two More in Mock Turtle. Death wears a camo jacket. And combat boots,. Not much else. Her hair. Is pitch over pale. Eyes sharply lined and shining,. She casts a grim gothic. It’s not herself. Death does not bleed. Educational Services, East Campus, Room 6. A shark with a broken tail. Hangs from the ceiling. Next to the crab with only one claw. The students are also broken—. Some have twisted bodies. Through life's narrow hallways;. Others are like the shark.

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: Everyday Strangers

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. I walk the same street every morning,. And every morning, the dogs in one yard. Bark at me and my dog, as though. They had never seen us before. And the pot-bellied pig grunts. He is as big as the two German Shepherds—. One docile and friendly, the other. Then two tiny mutts, constant. In their yap yap yapping, begging. To be stepped on. And Buster, walking beside me,. Growls his displeasure once we've passed. The pig thinks he's a dog. I know;. The marrow...

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: May 2014

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Saturday, May 24, 2014. The book on her nightstand. Is by Dostoevsky, one of. His early novels. She. Studied him in college,. Wrote a master’s thesis on. The main character works as a copyist,. Frequently belittled and picked on. By colleagues. His clothes. Are worn and dirty. His. Cousin is from the country. He is in love. But a rich man. Proposes. She slowly. Becomes accustomed to money. And leaves the copyist. Alone His plea goes. Unfinished. She has lost momentum. Others are li...

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: Beware of Poet

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Friday, December 7, 2012. The white sign with bold lettering. Has been tinged rusty orange by weather. It is bolted to a worn wooden fence. And meant to warn passers of danger:. A madman may be tossing meter and rhyme. Now you know; you've been told. The ranting could be endless, and the muttering—. The sputtering—could last deep into the night. Don’t get too close; you could catch it. There is pathos unleashed in the yard, and. You could get slobbered on for life. So I Can Feel.

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: October 2013

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Wednesday, October 16, 2013. The one of us who grew too quickly. Makes jokes at the others’ expense. He laughs at the empathy we share. He sees nothing clearly, being blind. Since birth, both stubborn and angry. At a god who gave him bulk and brawn. But never listens to the prayers he offers,. Asking for sight—a hint of color,. Asking for what other people have. And yet he dances on the altar. And rages from a brimstone pulpit. About the sanctity of life and the need. This is my se...

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: for the Bees

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Friday, May 11, 2012. Where did all the honey bees go? Of spring flowers never stung so deeply. Or lingered so long. That old folksong. About young men and soldiers and flowers. Where did they go? What about weddings and rice? Collect birdseed, instead, for the hummingbirds. Who seek flowers. I will water them with. Colored syrup and iced tea (sweetened,. Of course). I will attract the last. Remaining bees with organic honey. Generously smeared on a wooden plank. S past issues page.

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eric's anecdotes, etc.: November 2013

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Eric's anecdotes, etc. Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Second-Hand . . . , to a Sidewalk. Coyote the icon, the master. Coyote the student. Coyote the retired horse thief, dropping breadcrumbs and scabs to guide his way home. Coyote the second-hand trickster, finding a lump of coal under his pillow. Coyote the widower, caressing a dead woman’s hair, remembering the scent of her breasts, the tang of her thighs. Coyote crying into open palms after. Ode to a Sidewalk. Steam rises in wisps. The Ginkgo stains you.