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arcanespillo · 25 days

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Your knowing changes nothing.

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chalknpolish · 1 year

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i don’t know if my father was a good man, but he tried

lefty/righty (2020) dir. max walker-silverman / jung kook / yves olade / eve lion / li-young lee / mary ruefle / karen russell / f. scott fitzgerald / lord byron / danez smith / carl dennis / andrew hudgins / victoria chang / richard siken / martin mcdonagh / hieu nguyen / eden robinson

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iscariotapologist · 2 years

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#wig. okay #carl dennis #poetry #me

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frequentpondcrosser · 2 years

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#poetry #carl dennis #the god who loves you #road not taken

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jasper-book-stash · 4 months

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Jan-Feb Reading Challenge: Update

Today at work, I read a few books on my bingo sheet. I...might get done with this challenge well before February ends.

The Leftover Woman | Jean Kwok

This book was full of twists and turns and physically pained me at points. It absolutely fucked me up and I was crying by the end, so I was lucky that no one came into work while I was reading it.

8/10

The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

This did NOT help with the crying! This book also fucked me up! It's absolutely wild from the get-go. Content warning for animal death early on, though, because that did not help my anxious ass.

7/10

Practical Gods | Carl Dennis

I'm gonna have to get my own copy of this, because it's such a lovely collection of poems and really gets into the crossing of religious belief with modern problems. How does it do this as a book of poetry? I'm not sure! But it did! Definitely worth the multiple prizes it has won.

9/10

#jasper post #books #authors #review #the leftover woman #jean kowk #the midnight library #matt haig #practical gods #carl dennis #reading challenge

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poem-today · 2 years

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A poem by Carl Dennis

Dancers

At least one couple tonight at the Topaz Room May have quarreled on the long drive over in the rain About whether moving to a drier climate And making new friends would brighten their outlook. Still they agree, for this evening at least, That dancing is something they're willing to try. Maybe tonight, for once, they'll be able to feel What they'd like to feel: that moving to music Is an instance, not merely a metaphor, Of life lived as it should be lived. Other dancers may be more graceful, But among the clumsy these two may have learned To look at their feet without embarrassment. And if they can't set aside all their differences, Maybe they can agree tonight that consensus Is the wrong model for them, too close For comfort in their private commonwealth To one-party rule, to tyranny. A dance they enjoy Won't prove that division is far behind them, Just that they're making their peace with it As one defers when the other decides The tune has come from afar to find them Here where they ought to be, in the Topaz Room, Taking one step forward, one step back.

Carl Dennis

More poems by Carl Dennis are available on the Poetry Foundation site.

#carl dennis #american poetry #dancers #topaz room

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jimmyspades · 21 days

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It's 10 o'clock. Are we not on? We're supposed to be Tuesday at 10 every week. We've been moved—we're Wednesday at 10. Are we Wednesdays at 10 from now on? No, we're off next week and on for the following two Wednesdays. What about next year? Best to keep checking in. BOSTON LEGAL (2004-2008)