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POETRY: Alzheimer’s III

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

I count the years again on fingers she can cling to and tell her, though the answer is the same it was an empty space of time ago. She asks about the children “Whose?” I ask “I don’t know,” she … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Inspiration

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

aka “Who put a quarter in the machine?” Hush! Wait, did a poet just die? slipping into my soul ink bleeding on paper as a last chance attempt to sing? Does the Muse who handles mishandling of words shake in … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Clues

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

Okay, away from the serious to a lighter streak of concept: Stumbling around in a dream, Ipicked up a key with no doorand walked on no path marked with a red-dotted linewith cloud wisps wrappedaround my ankles

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EDUCATION & REALITY?: In a New Age

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

Lisa’s comment on Facebook this morning catches me cold: Instantaneous access to information appears to be eroding our ability to thoughtfully reflect. And it makes me stop and think. And try to form an opinion by experience. When I read, … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Alzheimer’s II

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

“Well goodbye,” she says standing there in front of her house in a gay red wool coat, her handbag in hand, an open smile on her face I glance at my dad, caught by the pain in his eyes that … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Alzheimer’s I

Posted on April 18, 2009 by susan

Geese sing as they fly or maybe it’s just conversation in lyrical beat to the rhythm of wings slipping through sky Trees grow tall overnight or is it the time between branches that fork and sprout out in prickly fir … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Seeing the World ‘From Both Sides Now’*

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

On Talking Philosophy, an excellent example of working logically through a problem by seeing all the angles, in this case, on airline seating for the obese passenger that is currently under consideration. *Sorry for the ‘retrotalk’, this is a phrase … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Dumb and Dumber

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

Volleyball team going to court after filing a lawsuit against the college for cutting the sport? Equal Opportunity? Only reason they came to Quinnipiac College? For crying out loud, don’t these kids know that there’s an economic crisis going on? … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Books, books and more books

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

Revvin up for next week’s local library book sale. Though at the rate I’m going with Ishiguro, I likely have enough to last me the rest of my life.

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LITERATURE: The Unconsoled – Technique

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

There’s something that Ishiguro does in this novel that’s either brilliant or terribly annoying. While it likely comes under the category of changing point of view–to first person omniscient no less–it is in keeping with the surreal plotting of events … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Dumbing Down to Make ’em Smarter?

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

I really, really need to stop reading the news. This, from the White House Blog on making college more attainable: The fact that well over one million students who could qualify for aid went without it during the 2003-2004 school … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Hope Vicarious

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

By now everyone has heard–and maybe cried along like me–the voice and video of Susan Boyle who struck the audience dumb when she started singing on the British version of America’s Got Talent. It was the voice, sure, but more, … Continue reading →

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POETRY & LITERATURE: Poetry is not always Poetry

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

What better time to warn the unwary wannabe poet than during National Poetry Month and from Writer Beware we get the following semi-good news: Until very recently, www.Poetry.com was the Internet home of the infamous International Library of Poetry (ILP), … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dilbert

Posted on April 17, 2009 by susan

Dilbert makes me laugh…and think:

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POETRY: The Wall

Posted on April 16, 2009 by susan

Rebuilding walls that have fallen with the onerous weight of hope and trust that came like chisels; flakes of suspicion flying, each false smile laying another layer low Now each slight a stone, each pebble a pain, each lie lost … Continue reading →

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