Today started off well. I was getting a lot of work done. Things were progressing well. I was feeling good.
The BAM!
I was walking from my building to another building. I had to go visit a professor and get some information from him. I was taking some books back to a [...]
Entries from January 2007
oops-a-daisy
January 31, 2007
clipped
January 30, 2007
So this is something I worry about. Really. Just one of the many, many things I worry about each and every day (because I’m a worrier and that’s what we do — we worry).
What if one of these guys that I’ve gone out with on a date finds my blog? And what [...]
depth of field
January 29, 2007
So…you know, I’ve been doing the dating thing. I meet men through our online profiles and we chat through email and then, eventually, if it all goes well, we meet up.
Last week, I had lunch with three different men. Oy. It was hectic. I had a busy work week, a crazy [...]
for weeks after the funeral
January 28, 2007
american life in poetry: column 096
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
Grief can endure a long, long time. A deep loss is very reluctant to let us set it aside, to push it into a corner of memory. Here the Arkansas poet, Andrea Hollander Budy, gives us a look at one family’s adjustment to a [...]
young man
January 21, 2007
american life in poetry: column 095
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
Literature, and in this instance, poetry, holds a mirror to life; thus the great themes of life become the great themes of poems. Here the distinguished American poet, John Haines, addresses–and celebrates through the affirmation of poetry–our preoccupation with aging and mortality.
Young Man
I seemed [...]
self-portrait, week #13
January 17, 2007
I’m taking another class in autobiography. I have to write an introduction to my professor about myself — how I see autobiography, how I see myself, how we identify ourselves, what is identity, etc.
These courses always make me take a long look at myself. They make me question where I’m going, what I’m [...]
silent music
January 14, 2007
american life in poetry: column 094
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
While many of the poems we feature in this column are written in open forms, that’s not to say I don’t respect good writing done in traditional meter and rhyme. But a number of contemporary poets, knowing how a rigid attachment to form can [...]
prayer
January 11, 2007
My life is a series of meetings and trainings. I go from one to the other, rarely at my computer this week. I barely have time to breath before I run to the next one.
Yesterday I was working with a faculty member all morning, ran to do an errand, and then ended up [...]
yahoo!
January 10, 2007
I know. I’m a slacker. I am the epitome of the Gen X generation. I work hard but then crash and no one sees me for a few days (if not longer).
Right now, I’m working hard. Really hard. Work is absolutely insane and I’m worn out. I can’t think [...]
common janthina
January 7, 2007
american life in poetry: column 093
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
Newborns begin life as natural poets, loving the sound of their own gurgles and coos. And, with the encouragement of parents and teachers, children can continue to write and enjoy poetry into their high school years and beyond. A group of elementary students in [...]