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“That’s 400 years on the breasts. Think how boring that would be. At some point. 15 or 20 years in.”

17 September 201124 December 2022 joannemerriam

Today was the second half of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University class with Billy Collins, “Under the Hood: The Mechanics of Poetry.” (I wrote about the first

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No such things as distractions.

11 September 201122 May 2015 joannemerriam

I attended the first half of Vanderbilt’s Saturday University class with Billy Collins, “Under the Hood: The Mechanics of Poetry,” yesterday. He started with the

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NaPoWriMo Poetry

NaPoWriMo poem & prompt #3

3 April 201125 December 2022 joannemerriam

Listen to “Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes” by Billy Collins. Then write about getting undressed somewhere besides the bedroom or bathroom, or follow one of

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“Fiction writers have to be interested in people. That’s not required of poets. Poets just need a deep interest in themselves.” – Billy Collins

13 November 201022 May 2015 joannemerriam

I saw Billy Collins reading this morning at Hume-Fogg High School here in Nashville. He read a lot of my favourites (but not “Weighing the

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NaPoWriMo Poetry

NaPoWriMo Inspiration #27

27 April 201024 December 2022 joannemerriam
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Poetry

The dead are always looking down on us, they say…

11 November 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam
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in what was once your house

25 October 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam
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the bottoms of my feet appearing, disappearing

21 October 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam
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Ahahahahahah! Poetry

after which each child would be quizzed/by me then executed by drowning

17 October 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam

Read “ Hangover” by Billy Collins.

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Inaugural poems

19 January 200922 May 2015 joannemerriam

An interview with Elizabeth Alexander, who will recite her poem after President Obama’s inaugural address tomorrow. ETA: Here is the text of the poem. Jim

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