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Some poems come as a whole, others come in sections. This one came from three words, and then grew a little at a time. I write a lot of poems [...]
September 17, 2015
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This got shuffled so far to the bottom of my drafts folder that I quite forgot it. I imagine everyone who has read it forgot “From [...]
June 20, 2013
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This poem is thanks to Marcia, because I had the idea for it while we were discussing how people can be very dismissive of writing because [...]
March 16, 2013
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This poem required a lot of fiddling for something of its length. I originally wrote it without any contractions at all, because I was being [...]
February 9, 2013
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I recall a bit of a dream I had last night (as I write this), and it was odd enough to share… I was asleep on a stretch of concrete, with [...]
January 31, 2013
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I had another weird dream where I was pulling up the stakes to a tent. They came up easily, like tugging on loose string, and the tent collapsed [...]
October 9, 2012
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I caught the pilot of Breaking Amish–a show about several Amish/ Mennonite young adults going to New York City, leaving behind their whole [...]
September 13, 2012
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I write about dreams a great deal–because dreams are weird and fascinating. Wouldn’t it be cool to create something in your dreams [...]
September 8, 2012
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Sometimes, like a lot of people I guess, I suffer from insomnia. But I also have a trait on the opposite side of things–I can fall back [...]
August 30, 2012
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So, I have peculiar, lucid dreams. I recognize some dream elements from my life–or books I’ve read, or movies/television I’ve [...]
August 25, 2012