repeater
I remember reading once an article (somewhere, by someone, I’m sure) where the author discussed how legendary New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani loves to use the word “limn,” in all it’s splendid forms. It was actually reassuring to read how such a well-known writer also falls prey to the common trap of overusing a favorite word or phrase. Today I’m especially reassured, having noticed that I use the phrase “treasure trove” twice in two separate entries on this very page!
I started a new poem recently after I implored my students to stop treating poems like dead frogs of human cadavers, to be carefully dissected but never really interrogated. We’ll see how it goes, but I like the idea of my teaching feeding my writing, and vice versa, of course.
Also, I’m entering three poems in a contest at the end of this month– I’ll keep you posted as I revise and polish and muster up the guts to finally submit!
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