Tag Archives: poetry

Poetry Inspiration: A Mysterious Death

October 18, 2012

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Welcome to the Out of True blog tour, put together by Susie of Insatiable Booksluts. Last night I posted some informal thoughts about Out of True, Amy Durant’s first published book of poetry. I asked Amy to guest post here today, to tell us about an author who inspired her to write poetry and to […]

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An Introduction: Out of True by Amy Durant

October 17, 2012

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Out of True by Amy Durant Poetry Luna Station Press; August 1, 2012 Paperback 91 pages This is not going to be a formal review for two reasons: 1. Amy Durant of Lucy’s Football and Insatiable Booksluts fame is an internet friend of mine, and I’m not sure I can be truly objective about her […]

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TTT: My Favorite Sites/Blogs (That Aren’t About Books)

May 22, 2012

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday asks us to list our ten favorite blogs or websites that aren’t about books. This is going to be rather hard for me, because I read a lot of great blogs that aren’t specifically about […]

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National Poetry Month: “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley

April 3, 2012

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April is National Poetry Month, and although I am not a faithful reader of poetry, I do have my favorite poets and poems. During the month of April, I will be posting some of those here on the blog, for everyone’s reading enjoyment. “Invictus” has been my favorite poem for around twenty years now; I […]

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Reading Wrap-Up: March 2012, and some words from Langston Hughes

April 1, 2012

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March was a bad month for me in terms of mood, reading books, and blogging. I have been very distracted for reasons that aren’t appropriate for me to write about here, and it has been more important for me to spend my time listening/talking to my friends and trying to spread some goodness into a […]

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