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Colette LaBouff Atkinson @ Casa Romantica

This was a great poetry reading. I went with Jack and Kate–we had fun signing in and exploring the Casa Romantica which is completely fantastic. It was the kids first poetry reading. The crowd was a fun group of poetry insiders and high school kids. Colette was in fine voice and read mostly from her…
Peanut butter & Jelly and Apple
Soup, Apple, Coffee, & Water

Lisa made this soup with bags of frozen veggies–even brussel sprouts which rule. I ad soy sauce.
I am not bored

I am not bored There is a shame I do nt need to do anything I can make connections between thoughts and see this is so dark that you would drink We are not a glum lot
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Yogurt and Cheerios

Kate made this food art. She later added pomegranate, but I did not get a picture of the final product.
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Mean by Colette Labouff Atkinson

This is an amazing book from a UCI faculty member. Really strong prose poem all the way through the text. I liked Graphic Novel Romance (V for Vendetta): After the brains of fingerman, V drops his baton and tells Evey he means her no harm. Who are you? she asks. What I am is a…
Invasions by Adam Kirsch

Section one of this book made me wonder how poetry could still be priced at 15 bucks. I mean really, everything else is so much cheaper and this books 61 pages were clearly not a good investment Section two changed all of that. A brilliant collection of thoughts after Boethius. Really first rate stuff. The…
CASE 26: Kyôzan Points to Snow

Kyôzan pointed to the snow lion and said, “Is there any that goes beyond this color?” Unmon said, “I would have pushed it over for him at once.” Setchô said, “He only knows how to push it over, but he doesn’t know how to help it up.”