Tag: writing
member name: Maura Alia Badji
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July 03, 2006 12:23 AM EDT --
Grand prize (5 copies of my book, Resculpting) Winner: Layne Underwood for:
Dr. Oza Does It Without Meat
First prize (3 copies of Resculpting): Lisa West for:
Dr. Oza . . .
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July 03, 2006 08:57 PM EDT --
At Cosmo's Diner
What you gonna do with your life?
the man in the all-night diner asked me.
Gonna go to art school or be somebody's wife?
He had tears tattooed under his eyes when he . . .
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June 25, 2006 07:51 PM EDT --
Come Gatherites and let us celebrate that infamous phenomena known as Dr. Oza by creating the best Dr. Oza Tee-shirt slogans inaginable. He's a romantic veggie-lovin green-chili eschewing . . .
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July 05, 2006 10:41 AM EDT --
A thank you and an explanation
I'd like to thank all those who have offered such thoughtful, encouraging, critical (in the best sense), cogent, deep and insightful commentary on my writing, my poetry . . .
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June 26, 2006 10:58 PM EDT --
Lent
Jesus broke my heart
the Easter I was three, left me
unfit for another for years after.
Each night mother lifted me to his
porcelain form--Infant of Prague, miracle
maker, baby boy I . . .
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July 02, 2006 10:47 AM EDT --
Witch Works (for Anne Sexton)
The witch weaves
at her word loom,
a luminous grid
woven from waters,
from darkness.
She keeps the shuttle moving,
releases her truth
into partial-light,
. . .
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July 11, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
Muse, 1924
When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient,
Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread.
What just means liberty, or youth, or approbation,
When compared with the gentle piper's . . .
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June 28, 2006 09:04 AM EDT --
Spoken word tales
I invite you all to send stories of your first, last, or most memorable experiences at spoken word events. Whether you were a performer or an audience member, let's hear it. . . .
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July 02, 2006 10:13 AM EDT --
Paper boat
loaned by moon
that lazy shark pilot Catastrophe averted--
Johnny Nervebundle Johnny DangerMoney Johnny
Swinghat
Johnny-I-wore-a-dress-for-you-and-this-is-what-I-get? . . .
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July 10, 2006 10:59 AM EDT --
"For me, everything in poetry should be out of place."
--Anna Akhmatova
"With a changing key
You unlock the house where
The snow of what's silenced drifts." . . .
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June 19, 2006 12:59 AM EDT --
Charmed Life
I'm not stupid. I went to Wendy Ward Charm
. . .
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June 25, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
Come Gatherites and let us celebrate that infamous phenomena known as Dr. Oza by creating the best Dr. Oza Tee-shirt slogans inaginable. He's a romantic veggie-lovin green-chili eschewing man . . .
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July 02, 2006 10:23 AM EDT --
Benediction
All day I snap fresh sheets
over antique beds, carry
cart-loads of snowy towels still
warm from the basement laundry,
stop long enough to catch
breeze from a window above
Mohonk . . .
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July 03, 2006 12:21 AM EDT --
Grand prize (5 copies of my book, Resculpting) Winner: Layne Underwood for:
Dr. Oza Does It Without Meat
First prize (3 copies of Resculpting): Lisa West for:
Dr. Oza . . .
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July 01, 2006 01:39 PM EDT --
Please post ordering info for your books and announcements of your outside publications. Include price with shipping, address, title, etc. for books and links/other info for outside publications. . . .
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July 11, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
My book of poems, Resculpting, is now once again available for sale on AMAZON.COM:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964625113/sr=8-1/qid=1152630870/ref=sr_1_1/002-1218955-4265653?ie=UTF8
I have . . .
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June 28, 2006 08:58 AM EDT --
Spoken word tales
I invite you all to send stories of your first, last, or most memorable experiences at spoken word events. Whether you were a performer or an audience member, let's hear it. . . .
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