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He said foyer the way the French do.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Read “What Have You Done With My Love” by Karin Rosman.

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He left her sitting in snow until a stranger collected her. She had to be delivered to the hospital instead.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Read “Thursday on Bus 26” by Sandra Soli.

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Nah, I had Supergirl, because even when I was a kid, I preferred a two-piece.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Day four of our poetry blog book tour, Back to the Future: Mary Alexandra Agner interviews Jeannine Hall Gailey. (Tomorrow: Christine‘s interview with me.)

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Conspiracy of Leaves

Monday, July 26, 2010

For day one of Back to the Future, I interviewed Wendy Babiak, the author of Conspiracy of Leaves (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s). Her poetry has also appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, including: “The Uninvited Guest” in Autumn Sky Poetry. “a posteriori,” “Ekphrasis on a Screensaver” and “Elegy” in Big Bridge. “Rondeau for [...]

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cannonballing across the lawn

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Read “The Heart, Like A Bocce Ball” by Luke Johnson.

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Even the water tastes like shreds

Friday, June 25, 2010

Read “The Wailing Well” by Peg Duthie.

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And within the right light,/she’s witnessed how gray can shine/as a weary, honest silver.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Read “The Language of Waiting” by Peg Duthie.

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It was many, many days ago and once upon a time when you waited for your Mom outside the hospital after Bruce told you it was time to go home, and when you got in your Mom’s blue car you said you saw Snow White because her hair was like your black licorice candy and her face looked like the snow and you saw the blood on the sheet like the blood Snow White’s Mom threw on the snow to make her lips, but her lips didn’t look like blood that day; they looked like the color of Grammum’s legs and the Wicked Stepmother who walked behind Snow White said, “What are you staring at? Get away.” And you said, “Sno Why.” And Sean who drives the truck with the light on top and always says hello to you unless he has to carry somebody fast said, “Why don’t you wait over there, Joey?” And you said “Hi Shun, is ‘at Sno Why?” And he said, “I don’t have time to talk now, Joey. You go wait over there, and we’ll talk tomorrow, okay?” But you never talked to Sean about Snow White and now she is dead.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Read “Now Snow White is Dead” by Nannette Croce.

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rendered by semiosis/to a sign for all/we stand to lose

Friday, June 4, 2010

Read “Ekphrasis on a Screensaver” by Wendy Babiak.

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NaPoWriMo Inspiration #15

Thursday, April 15, 2010

From “Out of Habit” by Carole Glasser Langille: Part of us is unfailing. As light as sun through water. Though water is reckless. Waves crash. From them the last drop of mist contains enough life to populate a world. The world is shivering – listen.

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