I should be studying.  But I got distracted (again) this time by poetry.

It's kind of long, but I really encourage everybody to watch this. The guy introducing him is annoying, but the rest of it is amazing.

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Especially 2:48-3:15
3:49-6:27 (haha) With emphasis on 3:58, 4:27, 5:01, 5:32, 545, 5:50

Whatchya think?

If it doesn't do anything for you, ( Read more... )

The Benjamin Franklin of Monogamy

Reminiscing in the drizzle of Portland, I notice
the ring that's landed on your finger, a massive
insect of glitter, a chandelier shining at the end

of a long tunnel. Thirteen years ago, you hid the hurt
in your voice under a blanket and said there's two kinds
of women-those you write poems about

and those you don' ( Read more... )

I feel poetry is coming back to me. I'm loving it, reading it so much more now ( Read more... )