The Word

One word at a time.

Monday, February 28, 2011

"Wild Geese," Mary Oliver

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You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. ...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"First Kiss," by April Lindner

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First Kiss This collision of teeth, of tongues and lips, is like feeling for the door in a strange room, blindfolded. He imagines he ...
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Wednesday Action List: 2.23

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1. First, a blog post ; title it "2.23 Diction Exercise." On your own, using the prose excerpt on the other side of the passage ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

"Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River," Robert Bly

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At the Poetry Foundation .
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

"Modern Love"

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"Modern Love" by John Keats And what is love? It is a doll dress’d up For idleness to cosset, nurse, and dandle; A thin...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

"Grammar," Tony Hoagland

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At Poetry 180 .
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Eric's poem: "Ishtar" - Unknown, 4000 B.C.

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(translated from the Babylonian Cuneiform by Lewis Spence) The unconsecrated foe entered my courts, placed his unwashed hands upon me, and c...
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