Two Different Views on Poetry

Ben: What are you reading?

KT: A Dictionary of Poetic Terms

Ben: Does if have a definition for poem in there?

KT: "poem (from Greek for 'thing created'): an artistically organized use of language that cannot be replaced by paraphrase...." What's so funny?

Ben: Oh, I think I could paraphrase.

KT:

Ben: "This sure is a good urn. It makes me happy."

Booklist #2

I'm behind on everything, so this posting will just be a crummy picture (sorry!) and a list. This month's books were:

• John Engman, Temporary Help
• Mark Halliday, Selfwolf
• William Matthews, Time & Money
• Jack Myers, The Memory of Water
• Anthony Sobin, The Sunday Naturalist
• William Hathaway, Fish, Flesh, & Fowl

I read all of the first three and part of the fourth and liked them in roughly the (alphabetical) order they appear. I wrote essays on Engman, Halliday, and Matthews.

I am not writing or reading—or sleeping—enough.... but more soon, I promise!