May 2012
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“You see…the trouble is that there is little the dead can do; otherwise...”
– Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
May 22nd
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“We were flashing through Central Park, now completely transformed by the snow....”
– Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
May 22nd
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May 22nd
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Nearly a Valediction
because no rainy day is complete without some Marilyn Hacker. wwnorton: You happened to me. I was happened to like an abandoned building by a bull- dozer, like the van that missed my skull happened a two-inch gash across my chin. You were as deep down as I’ve ever been. You were inside me like my pulse. A new- born flailing toward maternal heartbeat through the shock of cold and glare:...
May 22nd
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Hey Long Islanders! I’m reading poems at Bellmore Memorial Library on 5/29. 7:30 pm. Facebook invite here.
May 19th
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May 18th
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This is amazing. And my sister asks me why I can’t write the next Fifty Shades of Grey!
May 18th
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“Margaret was copying a recipe for “saints roasted with onions” from an old cook...”
– Charles Simic from The World Doesn’t End (via starvingforthesun)
May 17th
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“I have known in my life a number of young poets with immense talent who gave up...”
– Charles Simic
May 17th
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“I build worlds to critique world building.”
– Cathy Park Hong (as interviewed by @elsabee)
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When My Final Workshop Semester Started
itgetsbirder: I mean … basically. And it’s the most useful thing ever.
May 6th
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WHEN A CHILD DIES When a child dies the forehead of god should clench like an arthritic fist and the limbs of trees should hold each other against the dark like parting lovers. When a child is murdered we should lead ourselves into the forest at night to sleep in caves, having erased the small stones and pieces of bread that could have lead us back to one another. Dave Kelly, from Filming...
May 4th
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At A Party
itgetsbirder: Most Poets: Me:
May 4th
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“The revolution does not put dreams on trial, Irina Piperin,” I answer her. “Nor does it save us from nightmares,” she retorts. Valerian intervenes: “I didn’t know you two were acquainted.” “We met in a dream,” I say. “We were falling off a bridge.” And she says: “No. Each has a different dream.” (Italo Calvino, If...
May 3rd
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about suffering, they were never wrong:
Just re-read this incredible essay in the New Yorker and saw Auden’s poem in it.   Musee des Beaux Arts W. H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the miraculous...
May 3rd
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Call It a Window by the lovely Monica Wendel →
Thanks, Go Places.
May 3rd
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“It has become possible — even likely — to survive academically, be...”
– “Culture Change for Learning” by Richard P. Keeling and Richard H. Hersh.
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“I’m not a talker, I’m not a thinker - I’m a writer. I think when I’m writing....”
– Haruki Murakami (via murakamistuff)
May 1st
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I have a poem in this. It didn’t have a title, so I called it “Untitled.” Also, it’s a prose poem, and it appeared originally in my chapbook. goplacespublications: http://issuu.com/goplacespublications/docs/renewal/1
May 1st
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Mayday
At night, the manifestos are rained on – heavy, icy rain – but since they are adhered to the bridge with wallpaper paste (thick as a fingernail) or scratched whole (a key, a gun, slow) they never quite disintigrate. The river freezes, first from the banks, moving towards the center, until it is covered with patches, their edges raised like scars from brushing up against each other. Read the...
May 1st
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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An Open To-Do List
I would add: The Cloisters / Fort Tyron Park Poetry readings (#shamelessselfpromotion) And I know it’s not street photography, but I could see you doing really interesting things with acrobats on silks or trapeze. brooklynanalog: This is a running list of neighborhoods / things I’d like to be photographing this summer, while I have my concentration on New York street photography. ...
Apr 30th
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Don't make the world worse
so true. wwnorton: I know that I’m supposed to tell you to aspire to great things. But I’m going to lower the bar here: Just don’t use your prodigious talents to mess things up. Too many smart people are doing that already. And if you really want to cause social mayhem, it helps to have an Ivy League degree. You are smart and motivated and creative. Everyone will tell you that you can change...
Apr 30th
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“Music is an indispensable part of my life. Whenever I write a novel, music just...”
– Haruki Murakami (via murakamistuff)
Apr 28th
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