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Entries from July 2009
July 26, 2009
Same Sailboats
The story of his life
is the story of mine.
-Anne Sexton “The Legend of the One-Eyed Man”
He lives the here and there
of a travel job, making acquaintances
forgotten past Tuesday,
collecting matchbooks
with stranger numbers
than his own. His colors
ring metal, sob silver, dull
brown, same sailboats nailed
to the wall. They do all
look alike, he muses and fancies
himself a doctor [...]
July 12, 2009
James M. Barrie
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
July 12, 2009
Two-fer July
Lucky me, up at two journals this month. Check out Zygote in My Coffee which kindly accepted “Circular Arguments” by yours truly. Also, this issue they have made me their ‘poem of the week’ with another little ditty I wrote called “Mark John”.
You know, sometimes I don’t even understand the things I write.
July 8, 2009
Good Things for Those Who Wait (Until the Last Page?)
Hey-o, another journal has decided to take me on! Mastodon Dentist decided my piece “Summer Lake Sky” might be appropriate for a summer issue. I can’t say I blame them. Thanks Mastodon!
One neat thing about this journal is the free copyright art they use for their covers. I used to be able to find the [...]
July 3, 2009
Yet Another List About Books
Okay, summer is here officially. Non-officially, there was snow in Calgary only three weeks ago. Anyway. Time for getting caught up on books. (And homework, eee.). Here are some books I’m going to try and tackle this summer:
1. Harry Potter 6 & 7 – I completed these over the last two weeks. THe movie is [...]
