You who read this blog regularly know I can’t resist any meme involving poetry, and hence it was only a matter of time before I succumbed to the Ten Poems meme. The idea is to post ten poems that represent what you want to write. Here are a rapidly-chosen ten of mine: John Ashbery, "Wet […]
Overheard in a used bookstore near the University of Virginia this weekend: Family friend [addressing six-year-old child]: "So! Do you like books?"Father [to child, prompting]: "Remember what Thomas Jefferson said?"Six-year-old child [a bit hesitantly, as if reciting]: "I can’t live without a book."* Only in Charlottesville… * The child was paraphrasing a bit, but got […]