Hey, you say, when will Jeannine stop posting kitten pictures and start talking about poetry again? Well, today’s that day!
I got to hang out with Jennifer Thorton on a somewhat otherwise miserable rainy day, and we went to see a really fun reading by Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rick Barot, and Oliver de la Paz (my faves were a group of sonnets by Rigoberto titled “What the Dead Teach Us,” Rick’s poem “Magnolia” and Oliver’s persona poems from his book, “Names Above Houses.”) And I saw Dr. Peter there! I’m looking forward to reading Oliver’s book.
I’ve been loving The Daily Show’s Ohio episodes this week, as a former resident of the state. Tune in for skewering of “wholesome” flyover country, replete with Bob Evans references.
I’ve been trying to write a “finale” poem for the new book, sort of a breakup for the husband/wife characters, and everything I write sounds too much like Louise Gluck. I mean, I love her work, she does write some good breakup poems, but I don’t want to be all derivitive and whatnot. Sigh.
Voting coming up soon. Remember: Try to vote for the least stupid, or the least evil. Also, read those many poorly-written initiatives closely. This is where all those high-school mandated Government classes pay off!