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  • Daily practice

    March 5, 2010

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    A few of my new poems written throughout my day: Here,          we call “conversation” .                      glare                 glance                 glaze over .          conventions    of    conflict .                     go between lines              and find with no resolution .                            unyielding           unlonged-for ______________________________ Wince     hollow     echo     bloom .            these   brief    pauses when   thought   dissipates   into   sound We ought to just— .                                 if you— .                     breathless,           indignant .            holding                     space—

  • Work in it

    February 18, 2010

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    I have really been enjoying the practice of writing a few lines scattered throughout my day.  It has enlivened my sense of productivity, both in poetry and work, I think. Here are a few of my working-girl poems: Arranged by volumes .                    of water                  ways                      through tension                accentuated          by          sunlight .         Inclement     anticipation all     salt   raked      and      tender .                  heart    full    of    longing _____________ Congestion of thought and expectation, .       longing, desire, confusion — we collect moments,        represent them as volumes          of letters                       compiled .         with a notion of tomorrowness– ________________ Re  –  view    your    expected   outcomes look wisely at…

  • Inspiration

    February 3, 2010

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    I have been in a serious creative slump for a while now.  I try to tell myself it’s all part of my process, which it is, but that ends up feeling a little disappointing.  I want to be writing, painting, creating.  I want to be expending my creative juices on more than just tweaking my newest gluten free bread recipe find.  But instead of writing and painting, I’ve been cooking, reading, studying, dating, thinking about how I will make a living after my grant ends in August, and other worthy activities. Something shifted today.  I don’t even know what happened,…

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