100 Poems: Day 18
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I have forgotten about this yet. I've just been busy writing my own and reading prose that the poems fell to the side. But today as I was looking for new poets to read I came across a post on Flavorwire which lead me to Getting Lucky by Nicole Steinberg
The poem that I love the most is below. It was originally posted here
What I’m Doing With My Life
Dicking around. Not reading
the Times. Writing and ripping up
the long list of things I’ve survived.
Holding grudges against smells:
Lauren by Ralph Lauren, an ex’s body
soap. Refurbishing sickness as
tradition in the hope someone
will buy it. Crying in the laundry room.
Cutting checks. Mentally debating how
many slices of pizza to get. Raising
imaginary hell. Living on self-reward.
Never promising to pray for anyone.
I think this one reminds me of my own life obviously what else. But I also feel like it's speaking to the twenty something women of this era. I think a lot about what our generation is going to leave behind you know. So yeah I'm trying to read more contemporary poets.
This entry can also be found on DW at: http://leia-solo.dreamwidth.org/472005.html