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Variations On A Theme: April 2013
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Variations On A Theme. Tuesday, April 02, 2013. Gift from Tatiana: Nikiforos Vrettakos. The local public library does not have his books, so I just ordered a book of his selected poetry, Thirty Years in the Rain,. Used from Amazon.com. Thank you Tatiana! A smaller world (from Diary, translated by Rick M. Newton). I seek a shore where I can fence in. A patch of the horizon with. Trees or reeds. Where, gathering infinity,. I can have the sense that: there are no machines. Or very few; there are no soldiers.
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Variations On A Theme: May 2011
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Variations On A Theme. Monday, May 09, 2011. A much-needed purge was in order. Posted by Variations On A Theme at 7:41 PM. Variations On A Theme. Nashville, Tennessee, United States. View my complete profile. Nine Months to Life. Tara, Jai and Julia - a nuclear blog. Who Needs An Alarm Clock. Peer Pressure is Forever. Blog Blog Woof Woof. Gift from Tatiana: Nikiforos Vrettakos. Bukowskis got your number. Squid, Frozen Toes, Tequila and Love. Ugly Women and Beauty Unseen. A much-needed purge was in order.
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Variations On A Theme: November 2012
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Variations On A Theme. Friday, November 30, 2012. Well, first of all, hello Tatiana and Georgette. If you are still out there in cyberland, that is. Tatiana, I hope you got my post through my husband's facebook account awhile back. I have run away from facebook and will most likely never return. Second, I'm terribly tired of myself. As usual. But I miss reading poetry. And posting a poem a day will help me read poetry again. I just bought six or so books at a used bookstore. The voice of your eyes is dee...
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Variations On A Theme: January 2013
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Variations On A Theme. Thursday, January 24, 2013. Bukowski's got your number. My poetry teacher wrote books about Charles Bukowski. My poetry teacher writes good poetry. So I assumed Bukowski would too. And maybe he does. I don’t know. I DO know that I was going to read just a few poems of his the other evening and found myself up til past midnight nearly finishing off his Love is a Dog From Hell. How come you’re not unlisted? The men phone and ask me that. Are you really Charles Bukowski. O yes, I write.
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Variations On A Theme: February 2012
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Variations On A Theme. Wednesday, February 08, 2012. Esmerelda, this is for you. Mary Oliver. I've read it several times today. And I think I've posted it here before. I can't stay away from it. Wild Geese (by Mary Oliver). You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees. For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body. Love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. A much-need...
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Variations On A Theme: March 2012
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Variations On A Theme. Friday, March 16, 2012. Sitting at Provence, trying desperately to finish my thesis, I'm distracted by a small girl - maybe not quite two - who just walked past me, toting a stuffed and worn dog. The sweetness. The innocence. Her huge brown curious eyes. It made me cry. It's all too beautiful. Posted by Variations On A Theme at 8:17 AM. Variations On A Theme. Nashville, Tennessee, United States. View my complete profile. Nine Months to Life. Tara, Jai and Julia - a nuclear blog.
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Variations On A Theme: December 2012
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Variations On A Theme. Thursday, December 27, 2012. Shrieking Ninjas, Mary Oliver, and Philip Schultz. Ben and his best bud are shrieking like hyper girls (though ninjas to the core) in this same room where I currently read Mary Oliver. The contrast not as severe as you might imagine. For some odd reason. Earlier this week, the kids and I had fun with the school reading specialist and her kids at the downtown library (how appropo! Last night I read Jack and Other New Poems. By Maxine Kumin and Blue Iris.
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Variations On A Theme: February 2013
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Variations On A Theme. Tuesday, February 05, 2013. I was introduced to Gwendolyn Brooks via Bedford’s Introduction to Literature. I liked her rhythm, easy rhyme, the simplicity then reveal. But it was just that. Simple. And I like simple. A lot. But this poem alone is not a proper introduction:. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We. Left school. We. Lurk late. We. Strike straight. We. Sing sin. We. Thin gin. We. Jazz June. We. While working as a peon at Poetry. Gay chaps at the bar. Knew white sp...
