He's a Moose,
Silly Goose;
But, on the loose.
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On Jun 8, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 6/6/2013 7:42 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> Nice selection. I like the suspicious school girl. I also like the fact that
>> poetry seems to mean something there.
>
> Here, as well.
>
> One optional activity I offered at the Memorial Day retreat was a poetry
> reading session. I had asked, and hoped, that
> some people would bring their own. Only one had, as he had written it that
> morning.
>
> Fortunately, I had the foresight to bring some books of lesser known poetry,
> including some fairly challenging work by a
> street poet. So we went around as folks felt moved by what they found in the
> books and read to each other. I read a fair
> amount of my own stuff. As it turned out, a good time was had by all. A
> lovely way to spend a quiet, lazy afternoon.
>
> We have a friend who is quite good. She's had at least one poem in the Iowa
> Review. I've been trying to gently nudge her
> to produce a chapbook.
>
> Mine is less Literary, than hers, and less fraught.
>
> Thus I began,
> "A little boy fell in the mud."
> Do /you/ think it might be a dud?
> Are you a fan?
>
> At least they all scan.
>
> But seldom this silly. :-)
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