Tag Archives: DYPS
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
Paging Dr. Reilly…’s Poems
I have been neglecting you, my Faithful Five blog readers. I’m so sorry about that. Writing-wise, I’m in a good space these days, busy working on this collection about the Sibley sisters that I’ve set at the turn of the … Continue reading
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But You Can’t Take the South Out of the Girl
Ok, so “tomorrow” came a few days later. Sue me. It’s weird. My head is full of ideas–places I want to go in these poems, lives I want to explore. I’ve been reading Southern history and articles about Northwest Louisiana, … Continue reading
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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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Favors, & Anguish, & Blurbs, Oh My!
It is extremely hard for me to ask favors of people. I’m not talking about the “Hey, Chris, can you please replace the toilet paper?” kind of favor. I mean the kind where I ask someone to do something for … Continue reading
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Things Orphean
I have a first draft of my Day 7 poem, which I finished before the delivery guy dropped off dinner for us. But even as full of Chinese food as I am, the MSG haze isn’t clouding my knowledge that … Continue reading
Day 5 Postcard Poem: FAIL
Alright, I admit it, I didn’t sent out a postcard today. I’m still working on the poem, which was going to be based on Donato Creti’s The Education of Achilles by Chiron, but it just wasn’t coming. I think … Continue reading
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