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There’s no way to know / from where our next light will come — / if we should look to heaven or to earth — so / I choose to be aware of the closeness, / thin boundary between mountain-shadow / and sea-salt starfield.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Read “Months after the Mt. Cashmere Wildfire, with Meteors” by Luke Johnson.

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▌♥ ▌& Oaklands Historic House Museum

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Went to Oaklands Historic House Museum yesterday with my friend Diana. It was pretty interesting, and our guide was able to answer all our many questions. I now covet these sofas they have that have three distinct upholstered backs, which I have just this second learned are called medallion backs, like this (only theirs had [...]

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So I’ve been busy

Saturday, June 18, 2011

This is some of what’s been keeping me busy: In writing news, I sold a poem to The Furnace Review! Yay! I love them. Also, I have two poems in the recently released issue of The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, including my sci-fi adaptation of Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons.

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I said, Make me something to eat. She yelled,/Poof! You’re a casserole!—and laughed so hard/she fell out of the bed. Take care of her.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Read “Praying Drunk” by Andrew Hudgins.

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Some of them, often the best of them, will go undercover—wear suits and carry briefcases, returning to their writing desk only after the sun has gone down and the city has gone to sleep.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Last Sunday I went to see Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez read at Vanderbilt. I don’t speak Spanish, so I had to rely on the translations, which is always a bit dodgy with poetry. If you watch the video linked above, you’ll see he read a number of poems including “Gazing at the Stars with [...]

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flywheels dividing in your mouth

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Stirring just reprinted my poem “The Butterfly Factory.”

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His face white as the centre of a burn

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

New poem “Bluebeard” just posted at Chizine!

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NaPoWriMo poem & prompt #30

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Read “Upon Discovering My Entire Solution to the Attainment of Immortality Erased from the Blackboard Except the Word ‘Save’” by Dobby Gibson, then write a poem on loss and memory.

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NaPoWriMo poem & prompt #29

Friday, April 29, 2011

Read “My Parents Have Come Home Laughing” by Mark Jarman, then write about a moment in your childhood.

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NaPoWriMo poem & prompt #28

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Read “Mostly Mick Jagger” by Catie Rosemurgy, then write a poem about a musician or celebrity.

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