Monthly Archives: June 2009

You Don’t Have to Date Them to Understand Them

Posted on June 29, 2009 by randomyriad

I remember one of my professors in college trying to explain to a student why we should read about characters we don’t like. It was the main character in Dostoyevski’s  “Notes from the Underground“, or was it one of Saul … Continue reading →

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Why I Write Poetry/Getting Inside Another Cocoon

Posted on June 27, 2009 by randomyriad

“I am mainly preoccupied with the world as I experience it, and at times when I would rather be dead the thought that I could never write another poem has so far stopped me. I think this is an ignoble … Continue reading →

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Pale Green Pants and Mad Poets: My Summer Literature

Posted on June 21, 2009 by randomyriad

Summer Teaching I have started full time at my summer job of keeping my little friends busy and safe. All I have to do is pay attention and go with their flow, and all is well. No paper workjust being … Continue reading →

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TV Guide Poetry and Classroom Notes

Posted on June 14, 2009 by randomyriad

Hot Vampires in Love The TV Guide shouted above the conveyor carrying my groceries to the supermarket checker. Suddenly I missed Warren Zevon. Only he could write this song.   Note #1:  On Teasing I had a large group of … Continue reading →

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Three Tomatoes Times Six

Posted on June 13, 2009 by randomyriad
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