I am guest blogging on Best American Poetry's blog this week. This is one of the poems I featured there today. The poem reminds me of the film, Contagion, or what I have heard of it. I am not sure why anyone would want to watch a movie about the spread of deadly disease.
It might because of a general "sixth sense" on the part of what was once called the populous (now composed of 92.5% zombies) that a massive and as yet unidentified and unacknowledged deadly contagion is spreading amongst us, the latest outbreak of the ominous ignis fatui preluding the End.
This must also be the source of the otherwise inexplicable vogue in curious imprecations and predications involving that "b" word which used to cause 13 year olds to get their mouths washed out with soap when their moms heard them using it in the back seat of the SUV on the way to soccer practice.
Well, maybe not anything so extremely old fashioned as real honest to goodness Castile. Mint flavoured dental floss possibly.
The Antagonist’s POV
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Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s
prompt, write from the perspective of an antagonist.
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Shift the Balance
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… The crucial common aspect of these predator effects is that they weigh
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Patchy frost this morning in Monson, and the sun is a blurred orange behind
the eastern trees. Branches are still mostly bare up here, though fields
have...
Zadie Smith on the Courage to Be More Than Yourself
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Every act of learning is an act of intellectual appropriation,
incorporating someone else’s knowledge into your own mental library. Every
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Stay away from the pool
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My mother & I were visiting a friend of hers who was living in an apartment
complex that I regarded at the time as positively palatial, what for the
commun...
In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP
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We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the
next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The
editor of N...
“In spite of all the learned have said ...”
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Philip Freneau
Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our
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Balance is important in design
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ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis Theme natoque penatibus et
magnis dis ...
Proof of Life
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Um, hello? Is this thing on?
I am writing from the Central Time Zone, as we have officially moved to
Oxford, Mississippi for the academic year! And I have ...
Lana K. W. Austin
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Lana K. W. Austin’s poems, short stories, and reviews have recently been
featured in *Mid-AmericanReview, Sou’wester, Columbia Journal, Zone 3,
Appalachia...
The translucent veil of life
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Haha, so the truth comes out. Having 2 children is A LOT more work than 1!
I haven't been able to get out of the rocking chair more than a few
moment...
On the move
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*Gal about town, photo by Bob Perkoski*
Dear readership,
Your humble hostess has been doing a whole lot of what is depicted in
today's photo: walking aro...
Strawberry Month
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The strawberry sweets at Lagusta's Luscious this month are insane! I
missed out last year and decided that this year I would take full
advantage.
I luck...
AWP in Minneapolis, and recommended reading
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Again I've been away from this blog longer than I'd intended. Much busy
with writing, and reading, and life in general.
I'll be attending the annual AWP co...
Remixing the World's Problems Results
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The one thing about judging poetry is that it often takes me much longer
than I expect. For everyone who has waited so patiently for me to get these
result...
In a Landscape - The Playlist
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John Cage, “In a Landscape”
Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages”
Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues”
The Twilight Zone Theme
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2 comments:
It might because of a general "sixth sense" on the part of what was once called the populous (now composed of 92.5% zombies) that a massive and as yet unidentified and unacknowledged deadly contagion is spreading amongst us, the latest outbreak of the ominous ignis fatui preluding the End.
This must also be the source of the otherwise inexplicable vogue in curious imprecations and predications involving that "b" word which used to cause 13 year olds to get their mouths washed out with soap when their moms heard them using it in the back seat of the SUV on the way to soccer practice.
Well, maybe not anything so extremely old fashioned as real honest to goodness Castile. Mint flavoured dental floss possibly.
A contagion of b-ing!
I love this -- the drawing, the title and the words. I wouldn't wish to see that movie either. Curtis
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