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2018-11-21 The Art of Thinking Differently
In residency last sumner for my MFA program I attended a lecture where the faculty talked about being an artist and experiencing the world differently. I think she alluded to “seeing”, but I think it applies to all the senses. If you can see the world differently, then you can most certainly hear the world…
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2018-10-10 When the Situation Calls For Chaos (or Poetry, Take Your Pick)
Strange Times Cats and cats getting along like republicans and democrats, yeah just like that / scratches appear across fingers crossed / keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle at all times / it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times / I’m afraid nobody will ever be nostalgic…
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2018-09-21 On Inspiration and Nostalgia
Some days I think about writing poetry and I’m all like “I got nothin”. Other days I start thinking about life and my history and the music in my ears and everything seems like a poem begging to be born. I’ve been around the block and I’ve experienced a lot of shit. Some of it…
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2018-08-21 What Happens When You Ignore Poetry
On Sunday I was so hopped up on caffeine and quite inspired by everything that I had been reading. All I wanted to do was write poetry, all I needed to do was write an essay for school, all that came out instead was an overly dramatic blog post where I declared that in the…
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2018-08-19 Crossing the Streams
When I said a week ago that the next two weeks were gonna be big, it was a statement largely guided by intuition and the knowledge that I’ve got a lot going on. It’s the confluence of all the fires of my life colliding into a massive pire. I’m either gonna walk out the other…
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2018-08-18 Summer School Saturday – What it Looks Like
Yesterday I made the successful transition into school mode. I finished reading a bunch of definitions about imagery and metaphor and started digging into the first selection of poets I’ve elected to read this go-round. I encountered a certain level of frustration because I’m not reading concept texts like I was last term. This time…
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2018-07-20 MFA Day 6 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
All I have time for is poetry today. Running short on time and feeling late and unprepared for the last thing and the next thing. I guess that’s one advantage to being a poet… *** Morning rise, early after no sleep sickness rising also, unrest in my stomach. Push it down, down, preparing for a…
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2018-06-27 Back to Reality
I’m Finally catching up to real time after my glorious vacation and getting back to reality. In truth as things were coming to an end, reality began creeping in on me and it was sort of a struggle to really enjoy the final day of my trip. The stress of what was just around the…
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