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Did he really just say that to me?: Dear Landlord
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Did he really just say that to me? Sunday, September 7, 2008. There are few poems that make me what to laugh out loud, that fully place me in the world of the speaker; this is one of those poems. It is raining in my apartment! Yes, thats right. raining. The water is falling freely in the living room, in the hallway, and. I have had many promises from you and the super that the holes. In my ceilings would be fixed. but somehow the promises have not. Your empty promises and not raindrops that are falling?
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Did he really just say that to me?: June 2008
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Did he really just say that to me? Monday, June 30, 2008. I was reading The Poets Companion. Today because I’m starting to think already about ideas for teaching creative writing in September and the book has lots of brainstorming exercises. Why I’ve already decided, here at the end of June, to start working on school lesson plans for September I have no idea- what can I say- I’m excited to get started. Anyway, I was going through the chapter about imagery and came across this poem. Before me, then gone,.
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Did he really just say that to me?: April 2008
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Did he really just say that to me? Wednesday, April 30, 2008. I met a man who had been shot in the head with a crossbow. He was out hunting with his friend,. A friend who was eventually the best man in his wedding. They were out hunting and it was an accident. Why anyone would choose to hunt is beyond me,. But to hunt with a crossbow would be like trying to swim the Pacific—. It’s possible, but there’s got to be an easier way. So he was shot in the head. I asked him if it still hurt and he said. He was k...
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Did he really just say that to me?: What Do Women Want?
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Did he really just say that to me? Saturday, August 30, 2008. What Do Women Want? I just finished going through The Poet’s Companion. By Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux, and I didn’t hate it. I’ve been leafing through it for most of the summer trying to find ideas for and poems to share with my upcoming Creative Writing class, and I’ve found a whole gaggle of potential lessons. So, in honor of the book, I thought I’d post one of Addonizio’s poems that I really like. WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? I want a red dress.
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Did he really just say that to me?: May 2008
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Did he really just say that to me? Thursday, May 29, 2008. A couple days ago, I posted Robert Bly’s “It’s Hard for Some Men to Finish Sentences” today in class we read “Home Burial” by Robert Frost. So it seems that the subject of poor husband/wife relations is here in force. With that in mind, I remembered this Louise Gluck piece that makes me either want to laugh, cry, or sigh (I don’t know which from one reading to the next). I like watching you garden. With your back to me in your purple bathing suit:.
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Did he really just say that to me?: As Yet Untitled Work in Progress
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Did he really just say that to me? Thursday, June 25, 2009. As Yet Untitled Work in Progress. Since I haven't posted in ten months, I expect exactly nobody to read this. But that's okay. I've been going through some pretty serious family issues lately and been coming home at night and falling to poetry for some comfort. So I thought I would post something that I've been working on. I don't have a title yet. You'll have to sacrifice your wife," he said. Throw her right into the fire.". Very, very drunk.
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Did he really just say that to me?: *Three Flopping Fish
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Did he really just say that to me? Friday, June 26, 2009. Sometime during the forth month of this insanely difficult pregnancy, my wife described the feeling of begin pregnant with triplets as "fish flopping around in a bag." I thought that was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard. So came this:. That's what it feels like. Three fish flopping in a bag. How am I supposed to understand. What creation feels like, really? She's bigger and more radiant. I've put on weight too, but I am neither.
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Did he really just say that to me?: July 2008
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Did he really just say that to me? Thursday, July 31, 2008. Here’s a poem that is just good for no real reason. It makes me happy when I can get all the way through it without having to reread a couple lines… you’ll see why. HENRY CLAY’S MOUTH. Senator, statesman, speaker of the House,. Exceptional dancer, slim,. Graceful, ugly. Proclaimed, before most, slavery. An evil, broker. Of elections (burned Jackson. For Adams), took a pistol ball in the thigh. In a duel, delayed, by forty years,. But somehow, Lu...
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Did he really just say that to me?: *The Card Trick
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Did he really just say that to me? Saturday, June 27, 2009. Here's another one about my father. With fatherhood so imminent for me, I guess the topic is no surprise. I never understood how it did it. The day was cold and rain spattered down. Occasionally onto the windows of the kitchen. The sound was metallic though the windows were glass. We were sitting in the living room. I was twelve, he was in his forties I guess; what. Did his age matter to me then. It was midday but darker than normal. And he will...
