I read somewhere that as an adult you become whomever you were at age 7. Part of me thinks: scary thought. The 7 year old I was—always trying to write the longest story in Mrs. Fountain’s class—with the neatest handwriting (we received a grade for penmanship) is not wholly unlike the woman I have become. [...]
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I do it because…
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Amherst, VA May 2006 I can’t stop. Because my outside voice is quieter than my inside voice. Because my sisters found my journal, read it, and laughed. Because it never makes sense and I prefer order to chaos. I'm stubborn. Because I can shape chaos into order if I [...]
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My bad…
So I was watching Jeopardy the other night. The contestant offers a response to the question on the board. Alex Trebeck is, like, "Yes, select." Gasps and disorder come from the peanut gallery. Another contestant buzzes in to answer. The other contestant pronounces the response correctly. Alex directs his eyes to Other Contestant, "Yes, the [...]
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Let That Be the Story
" Don't forget who you are...and where you stand in the struggle." So Much Things to Say -- Robert Nesta Marley Long time; no talk, yeah? Still on my overly punctuating game you’ll notice from the three pieces of it in that short not-really-a-sentence. Pardon my geekiness: that ain’t changed. My address has—whew-ew! Fat stats [...]
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : June Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 2 Books: 0 Secret Shame(s): A 38 minute average still? Word? Bleh.
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : May Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 0 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 0 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 4 Books: The Book of Night Women - Marlon James Secret Shame(s): I like punctuation marks way-y-y-y too much. (Dr. Gomez: you were right). I didn't submit or write anything this month. I conjure witty Facebook statuses while I [...]
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : April Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 4 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 1 Books: Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie Secret Shame(s): I feel like a charity case. And several tawdry tunes that shall remain unnamed, but, gosh, they are so terribly danceable.
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The Girl Curse
Growing up, my father was adamant--okay downright angry--when his friends and onlookers would say in awesome wonder, "Five girls?! Man-n-n-n you got trouble" that he didn't have anything like that.
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I wanna be like Mrs. Krikorian.
...so I spent the last two weeks writing, rewriting, coughing up chewed nail polish, and finally sending out a newly revised c.v. to some schools that might be gracious enough to let me re-enter the classroom in the fall and make some magic that might make some poems like this one. Maybe. We'll see. I'll [...]
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“Self Portrait as the Letter Y” by Tracey K. Smith
I have a bunch of poems, paintings, collages, and cut-outs that are s'posed to be self portraits. Well, that wasn't always the intent during the creation process. But then it wouldn't be all that creative if it was planned. Anyway, a girl's got stories and is changing on the reg, so the self portrait thing [...]
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