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by Sil

Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #1821477

My thoughts on writing and other random things as they come up.

This is a blog where I keep my thoughts and daily comments about writing and WDC.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:40pm
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I really like his paragraph at the end, talking about it, too!

Satuawany

Mar 28, 2019 at 5:33pm
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Just lovely! Kinda sideways, but it reminded me of my old Buick that I inherited when my grandfather passed away. No gloves, but little remnants of his pipe tobacco everywhere. Completely different sentiment, I know, but the poem still too me there while it was also bringing me along with the poet. I love it when reading poetry is like that!

eyestar~*

Mar 27, 2019 at 6:50am
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Wonderful poem. And I hear you about WORK and time. Whew! we are alomost there though!

Satuawany

Mar 24, 2019 at 4:10am
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I love the line, "where his growth scared him."

I'm also glad to be introduced to more female poets. I feel like I'm not familiar with enough of them.

Rhyssa

Mar 20, 2019 at 2:00pm
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I love her, too.

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Satuawany

Mar 17, 2019 at 9:49am
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I stumbled on the same line. For me, it's because it wasn't the same voice as what I'd perceived up to that point.

Gorgeous poem, though.

I am loving this activity for getting me to articulate why the poems that stick with me do stick with me, but I'm not experiencing any surprises in my personal preferences...yet.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:46pm
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Oh, gorgeous! Thank you for introducing me to this poem! I'm marking it to read again and again later.

Satuawany

Mar 15, 2019 at 11:39pm
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I love where the first line breaks off, as well as, "playing music with words." I bet she was an inspiring teacher.

Elle - on hiatus

Mar 12, 2019 at 8:54pm
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Wow, what a unique poem. Thanks for sharing!

Satuawany

Mar 11, 2019 at 1:16am
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Oh, I love this poem. Thank you for introducing me to it, and for your personal perspective. I relate to your under- or over-reacting. And to the poet's depiction of the latter.

March 31, 2015 at 8:55am

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Super Short List of Pubs

I was updating my super short list of publications ("Invalid Item"

) today, and I noticed how long it had been since I had anything published. ACK! I have to get busy!

I haven't been submitting like I should, just barely enough to keep something in circulation at all times. I have had my share of rejections lately (by rejection date - see below).

Superstition Review, (10-24-14)
James Hearst Poetry Prize (10-30-14)
Pirene's Fountain (11-20-14)
Thrush (2-9-15)
Midwestern Gothic (2-18-15)

Anyway - Intima is doing something kind of cool. They invite poets who have had work accepted to write a guest blog, relating another poet's work (previously published in Intima) to their own work (published in Initma). My guest post was posted today,

so I'm counting that as a publication! *LOL*.

Anyway - I love how this creates deeper engagement with the work, and consequently, greater investment by the author in the journal.

Great place to submit if you have any poetry medically related.

Now - I'm off to dust off something to submit!

Best,

C

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March 24, 2015 at 10:25am

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Links worth sharing

Today I loved this:

Poet Jane Hirshfield On How To Read Poetry And Restore 'Amazement

.

I needed this!

And this made me think (reposted from Rattle Facebook page):

In his note today, Tony Gloeggler refers to the argument between Claudia Rankine and Tony Hoagland—I assumed everyone knows about it, but many people have asked, so …

Hoagland published this poem, "The Change," in 2003:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/change-audio-only

At 2011's AWP Conference, Rankine talked about her reaction to the poem:
http://www.poets.org/…/text/open-letter-dialogue-race-and-p…

Hoagland later responded this this open letter:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/…/dear-claudia-letter-response

Race in America is an extremely complicated issue, of course, and so this small debate has generated much discussion among poets. Personally, it's one of those situations where I can see both sides of it—I think they're both right, though Rankine is more courteous in her rightness.

Anyway, if you were wondering, that's what Gloeggler was talking about after writing his own poem about the n-word.

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March 17, 2015 at 1:23pm

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How to Read a Poem

I read somewhere recently that sometimes a book needs time. In other words, it needs to be the right time in your life for you to be receptive to it.

When I first started learning about poetry, I bought a bunch of poetry books. I skimmed through them, looking for secret 'get rich quick' techniques that would help me improve my work quickly.

Now, a full three years later, I find one of these books

on my shelf, and open it again, and realize that the time is now. (And I just need MORE time to read).

What I read before, I'm not sure I remember, and I need what is in here - desperately. And I get it now.

So - I am reading Can Poetry Matter, and How to Read a Poem

and The Pursuit of Poetry

.

Oh, and my assigned works, Allison Hedge Coke's Blood Run

, Streaming

, Dog Road Woman

, and Off Season City Pipe.

.

Hedge Coke is for my final project in my advanced poetry class - A poet affiliated with Oklahoma (She lives in Guthrie, a city about 30 miles away). She also fits with my overall reading mission for this year to read more diverse books. She's apparently a blond, with Indian background, and a very diverse life experiential base.

I need a week just to read!!! EEK!

Luckily, the weather here is good - so far. It's been easy to spend weekend afternoons on the porch swing, reading.

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I hope the sunshine finds you today!

Sil

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March 10, 2015 at 9:43am

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Book Riot - Where to get free books

I LOVE Book Riot.

If you don't follow them - you should.

They have a great video out on how to get free books

(i.e., Giveaways).

Another way to get books is via Book Bub

. They have some free, and many discounted books offered on a daily basis. Many of the discounted books are best sellers.

And of course - don't forget your local Library - many libraries now have E-catalogs in addition to their great regular book service.

Hope you find something wonderful today! (If you are reading something wonderful - let me know what it is!)

Best,

Sil

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March 4, 2015 at 8:29am

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And Puppies!

It's snowing again - and I am off work and youngest is out of school because of the weather.

And our family has been fighting illness since Feb. 11th. Youngest - sick the entire time. I had a bout myself, but I'm better. Hopefully this snow day will help us get rested and back on our feet!

The good news is that I have a day to catch up on homework, I have a fire, plenty of food and water, and two very spoiled puppies!

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I hope it is safe and warm where you are!

Blessings to you,

Sil

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