Comments on: https://webbish6.com/1868/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:31:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Valerie Loveland https://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1872 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:31:22 +0000 http://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1872 I’ve been trying to decide if “Poet” or “Philosipher” would be at the bottom of most parent’s lists of occupations for their children.

]]> By: jeannine https://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1871 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:59:59 +0000 http://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1871 Aw, thanks RL! Interestingly, I was thinking about working with Poets-in-the-Schools out here – MFA students are fine, but high school kids are so much more fun!

]]> By: Radish King https://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1870 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:20:51 +0000 http://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1870 I’ve been thinking about you as teacher lately, and quite frankly, I can’t think of a better person for the job. You know your poetry, you’re funny and nurturing, you’re the best reader of poetry I’ve ever met and you’ve got guts to stand up to anyone. All in all the real deal, I’d say. And I’d say it to anyone. I’d love to have you for a teacher, myself.

Rebecca, not-your-mother
(but I know what I’m talking about)

]]> By: jeannine https://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1869 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:07:05 +0000 http://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1869 My dad being an engineering professor, would have surely taken engineer as a very close second to doctor!

]]> By: David V https://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1868 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:26:08 +0000 http://webbish6.com/1868/#comment-1868 Now, not all poets’ parents are like that.

Some want us to be engineers.

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