Just a little post to document this event, as it's the only post for this month in the archives.
Life happens. Then we write about it.
Saturday, January 08, 2005
How it happened
First, a long day of fresh powder and downhill skiing at Mt. Spokane. Then a very, very nice dinner at Niko's. Then a romantic walk in 15 degree weather, to discover a mysterious, strategically-stashed bag hanging off the bridge that contained a bottle of sparkling cider and two wine glasses. And a poem...rhyming couplets, written by a radiology technologist. Wonderful.
Spokane Falls footbridge at Riverfront Park: where the proposal took place, though at night with new snow all around
Spokane Falls footbridge at Riverfront Park: where the proposal took place, though at night with new snow all around
Sunday, December 19, 2004
first post
I've been toying with the idea of starting my own blog for quite awhile now, especially since I became a fan of Jeremy's junkmail for blankets and subsequently those I found linked to his blog. I think it will help motivate me in my overall writing, as a form of accountability in a way. And I think there is a rich connection between writing poetry and literary non-fiction. With that said, here's the beginning.
This afternoon, some fellow MFA poets and I (those still in town before the holidays) gathered at a cozy house to workshop poems, eat yummy treats, and enjoy each other's company. I appreciate this multi-generational group that represents a diverse cross-section of America (Utah, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, among Washington natives and others). I submitted a poem I wrote almost a year ago, but since have tweaked...just never submitted to be "workshopped".
I haven't written a complete draft of a new poem since the last week of this fall quarter. However, I have occasionally written in my journal (where I keep ideas and lines for poems). I've also been reading a lot*, and have enjoyed strategically buying meaningful Christmas gifts on a limited budget. But this is just the post-finals "vacation"...I need to get back to work. My thesis book is due in less than 6 months. The complete rough draft of 40-some poems (minimum 48 pages is required, I think) is due in half that time. Yes, I need to get to work.
* What is on my Christmas break reading list:
(those for fun)
This afternoon, some fellow MFA poets and I (those still in town before the holidays) gathered at a cozy house to workshop poems, eat yummy treats, and enjoy each other's company. I appreciate this multi-generational group that represents a diverse cross-section of America (Utah, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, among Washington natives and others). I submitted a poem I wrote almost a year ago, but since have tweaked...just never submitted to be "workshopped".
I haven't written a complete draft of a new poem since the last week of this fall quarter. However, I have occasionally written in my journal (where I keep ideas and lines for poems). I've also been reading a lot*, and have enjoyed strategically buying meaningful Christmas gifts on a limited budget. But this is just the post-finals "vacation"...I need to get back to work. My thesis book is due in less than 6 months. The complete rough draft of 40-some poems (minimum 48 pages is required, I think) is due in half that time. Yes, I need to get to work.
* What is on my Christmas break reading list:
(those for fun)
- A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel (finished it last night!)
- The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (read Ch. 1 last night)
- Blessed Are the Cheesemakers - Sarah-Kate Lynch
- Happy To Be Here - Garrison Keillor
- Lake Woebegon Summer 1956 - Garrison Keillor
(for my thesis or, at least, thesis book list consideration)
- What Work Is - Philip Levine (almost done reading)
- Without - Donald Hall (read in one sitting, will re-read...amazing!)
- The Great Fires - Jack Gilbert (finished, will re-read)
- Making Certain It Goes On - (collected poems) Richard Hugo
- Desire - Frank Bidart
- Queen for a Day - Denise Duhamel
- Awake - Dorianne Laux
- One Stick Song - Sherman Alexie
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