Tag Archives: Bob Wood
I Live to Be a Ray of Sunshine in My 5 Readers’ Lives…
Summer is a drag. Especially this summer. All my friends seem to be gone. Karen is in Oxford, England; Bob is not on campus. There’s drama brewing in GPS; Chickenpinata is damn near defunct thanks to a mass exodus of … Continue reading
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If Not Talking Back to the Muse, At Least Listening to Her a Little More
I’ve been reading a lot lately, and realizing how much in the last year since Chris and I have lived together that that hasn’t been the case. When I was single, I read about hour before bed every night–it could … Continue reading
Between 5 Degrees N & S Latitude
With registration going on, my creative impulses have gone right out the window. You might think the reverse would be true: that the tedium and minutia of my job that currently preoccupies my lower-functioning mind would allow the higher-functioning part … Continue reading
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April is Poetry Month… & I Haven’t Made a Single Post (Horrors!)
Tuesday the 6th was Chris’s b-day, and instead of traditional birthday things, I dragged him to the DYPS’ reading at the Oglethorpe Museum (he was very amenable, all things considered). The reading was in tandem with their exhibit, Henri Matisse: … Continue reading
She on Honey-dew Hath Fed
Because of the hard freeze after the snow last night, there is a good bit of ice on the roads, and Georgia Tech, in its infinite wisdom (and, as a great morale booster after the obnoxious furloughs last month), decided … Continue reading
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Revision? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Revision!
Actually, that’s not true. I’ve been writing a bit lately, doing my usual 10 or so drafts before I show the DYPS (our writing group), and then when I show it to them, they offer about 4000 changes I need … Continue reading
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When Good Poems Go Bad
I’ve been working on this poem that just isn’t going well. Going well? Try, not going at all. Well, let me back up. As I said in my last post, this poem, called “The Art of Loss,” was to … Continue reading
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Decatur Book Fest Recap
I was going to write about the amazing reading at Java Monkey during the Decatur Book Festival–everyone’s, not just mine, heheh –but then somehow I got distracted and the week got away from me. And now it’s 9 days later, … Continue reading
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Basho Frog Haiku Parody
So, another area of my lack-of-knowledge is Asian poetry. Bob Wood mentioned in his comment to the last post that another parody of Basho’s frog in pond poem “won’t hurt anyone,” so here it is: Frog jumps on old rug/ … Continue reading
