BlueIris
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:42 PM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 7/22/08 Bonus (one from our new Poet Laureate) |
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Just the hints, say the side ridges of fingerprints that don't rule out innocence; or the loose approaches to tightening mazes; ambiguous, smudgy places. The dilation dark absorbs; the thing we don't think through before it happens: all the early stations of desire— the first slight tug against the string that threads the wire that threads the cable that guys the bridge that alien traffic plies.
—Kay Ryan
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Tue Jul-22-08 02:47 PM
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1. I like this one better than the other one today. |
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It feels like it's a secret I can't explain. There is a hint of scandal there, human nature and base instinct that can't be defined.
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Tue Jul-22-08 03:03 PM
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2. Re: a secret you can't explain; Kay Ryan is sometimes compared to Emily Dickinson. |
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Whom I think of as the ultimate "secret keeper" of American poetry.
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Tue Jul-22-08 08:20 PM
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Tue Jul-22-08 09:30 PM
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4. Another "safe" poet laureate |
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not going to offend or intrigue much with this.
I'll have to look up more of her stuff.
thanks
RL
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:01 PM
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5. I noticed that, too. I keep hoping someone talks Yusef Komunyakaa |
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into considering the office.
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:07 PM
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6. I like this one that he did |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:14 PM
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7. Komunyakaa is excellent. |
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Wed Jul-23-08 04:54 PM
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8. He would be a good choice! |
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