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"The fatal problem with poetry: poems." Ben Lerner
"Poetry survives because it haunts" Louise Glück
"Read poetry books like they’re comics." Jordan Davis
"All poets understand the final uselessness of words" Joy Harjo
"Poetry survives because it haunts" Louise Glück
"Read poetry books like they’re comics." Jordan Davis
"All poets understand the final uselessness of words" Joy Harjo
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Goodness gracious they are more than incompetent, they are, like… negatively competent.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Goodness gracious they are more than incompetent, they are, like… negatively competent.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
I scrambled to write this up during Covid. Looking at it now, I'm itching to rewrite and correct...🙂
summit.sfu.ca/item/34625
summit.sfu.ca/item/34625
Serious learning: Older adults in university continuing education
summit.sfu.ca
December 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I scrambled to write this up during Covid. Looking at it now, I'm itching to rewrite and correct...🙂
summit.sfu.ca/item/34625
summit.sfu.ca/item/34625
Just now realized I have three copies of Treasure Island (including the beautiful New York Graphic Society edition). I haven't cracked the book open recently, but have lost count of how many times I've read it, over the decades.
October 5, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Just now realized I have three copies of Treasure Island (including the beautiful New York Graphic Society edition). I haven't cracked the book open recently, but have lost count of how many times I've read it, over the decades.