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God, Dad and Cars by David J. Bauman
Originally posted on The Blue Hour: I’m 8 years old, perched on a headlight under the raised hood of our white four-door Chevy, which has somehow stranded us at Uncle Bob’s farm. But this isn’t like the time before, in Canada, when we broke down along a country road, far from home. Across the back…
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Poets Have a Tree Fetish – Reading Aloud Project, Richard Aldington
I keep getting this poet’s name confused in my head with Edwin Arlington Robinson. Richard Aldington–Arlington Robinson, I suppose there is similarity there, especially since it seems Richard Aldington’s middle name just happens to be Edward. But I think the confusion also comes from having read a poem by Robinson back in April here on…
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Sleep by Jeremy Nathan Marks
Originally posted on The Blue Hour: When a man is left to sleep sleep when he feels his appetite for rest wrestle from himself that greater need to lay awake Then he will begin to really think- think not about what is nor what is not but allow sleep to let his body reach For…
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Weekly Project: Reading Out Loud: Sylvia Plath
I was a bit behind with last week’s Reading Out Loud Project, so I wanted to get this week’s out in front of you a little more quickly. This time John has chosen a favorite poem by Sylvia Plath. Now, I confess I am not always the best with her work. I don’t always “get”…
