Daily Archives: October 30, 2011

Sunday Small Stone

small signs bolted to brick
yellow leaves beneath

branches that do not steam
like my coffee at the only metal table

occupied
on the balcony

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Magdalene & the Mermaids

Magdalene & the Mermaids

Magdalene & the Mermaids

Elizabeth Kate Switaj's First Collection of Poetry

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  • @KristenSahara
    Agreed. I try to write poems with interesting imperfections instead.
    2012/05/18 01:15
  • @nomopoetry
    @dagny Then like I said you'll love Lindley Murray.
    2012/05/17 22:46
  • @nomopoetry
    @dagny OK, if you want to cling to Strunk and White, that's your business.
    2012/05/17 22:18
  • @nomopoetry
    @dagny That would mean striking most of the book. It's not just dated; it was wrong to begin with.
    2012/05/17 22:15
  • @nomopoetry
    @dagny But surely that can be taught without the baseless prescriptivism wrapping?
    2012/05/17 22:13
  • @nomopoetry
    @dagny Formative of what exactly? Linguistic prejudices unrelated to real usage? Why not go all the way & read Lindley Murray?
    2012/05/17 22:51
  • @dagny
    @nomopoetry Argh, please, no. Strunk & White is terrible. See, for instance, and
    http://t.co/GLQYqo3N
    2012/05/17 22:10
  • "Go inside a stone / That would be my way." #poem #poetry
    http://t.co/NNbXR1N3
    2012/05/17 20:25
  • "Writing while facing a wall, incidentally, seems to me the perfect metaphor for being a writer." - Francine Prose
    http://t.co/N42f866H
    2012/05/17 19:18
  • Read an old post: Poem: A Popular Website Puts up a Poll Asking if a Journalist is Responsible for Her Rape
    http://t.co/ogNVIbGz
    2012/05/17 14:12