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Hello from Jimmy Jan 9, 2019 18:10:53 GMT -5 via mobile derek likes this

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Post by Jimmy on Jan 9, 2019 18:10:53 GMT -5

Hi everyone! To borrow a phrase from my dear 8-year-old, I’m super exited about this workshop. On my own it’s too easy to skim the surface of poems and I’m thinking a workshop like this will push me to discover more. I’m especially interested in uncovering the poet’s thought process that brought the work into being. What am I reading these days? Well, I’ve just finished Siddhartha by Herman Hesse as a beginning to my 2019 quest to learn more about Buddhism. Before that I finished Silas House’s wonderful new novel Southernmost (I highly recommend it). I’m also reading a book of prose poems by Jayne Ann Phillips called Sweethearts and the selected poems of Charles Simic. I try to write every morning for about an hour before going to work which goes pretty well unless there is a child or cat crisis underway. There’s always tomorrow!

lildawnrae Full Member Posts: 104	Hello from Jimmy Jan 12, 2019 15:54:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lildawnrae on Jan 12, 2019 15:54:41 GMT -5 Hey, Jimmy, good for you and for your robust poetic life. I'm going to follow you good example!

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