December 2011
26 posts
Go hang out with people other than tumblr. It...
(But it probably won’t)
Dec 24th
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“I waited until the dark took everything but the sound of water: the...”
– Davis McCombs, The Last Wolf in Edmonson County
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“My mother was not impressed with her beauty; once a year she put it on like a...”
– Toi Derricotte, Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing This poem is so familiar to me, but I can’t remember the first time I read it.  Read the rest here.
Dec 21st
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“I don’t know why it’s so hard to write a simple and kind poem to my...”
– Bob Hicock, O my pa-pa
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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GRE, GRE, I'm worried you're too smart for me.
Dec 16th
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WatchWatch
Trailer for Sleigh Bells #2, Reign of Terror, out Feb 14 from Mom + Pop.
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Men with beards:
Where are you, huh?
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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“Poetry is the fox under our shirts that gnaws away at our hearts.”
– Charles Wright, introduction to The Best American Poetry: 2008
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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The saddest thing I've heard all day
Some lady: My children drink Starbucks and they're only in third grade.
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Guess who’s catching a 5.30am train to New York? From there, I’ll be in Boston and Cape Cod the rest of the weekend.  Coffee, grad school, friendships.
Dec 1st