Patrick O'Neill is an English professor at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan. He read from his newest book Deciduous March 19, 2009 at Nora's Red Carpet Lounge in Hurley, Wisconsin.
He also read from unpublished works.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Patrick O'Neill
Patrick O'Neill is an English professor at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Michigan. He read from his newest book Deciduous March 19, 2009 at Nora's Red Carpet Lounge in Hurley, Wisconsin.
He also read from unpublished works.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
American Life in Poetry: Column 208
Welcome to American Life in Poetry. For information on permissions and usage, or to download a PDF version of the column, visit www.americanlifeinpoetry.org.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 208
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006
To have a helpful companion as you travel through life is a marvelous gift. This poem by Gerald Fleming, a long-time teacher in the San Francisco public schools, celebrates just such a relationship.
Long Marriage
You're worried, so you wake her
& you talk into the dark:
Do you think I have cancer, you
say, or Were there worms
in that meat, or Do you think
our son is OK, and it's
wonderful, really--almost
ceremonial as you feel
the vessel of your worry pass
miraculously from you to her--
Gee, the rain sounds so beautiful,
you say--I'm going back to sleep.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright (c)2005 by Gerald Fleming. Reprinted from "Swimmer Climbing onto Shore," by Gerald Fleming, Sixteen Rivers Press, San Francisco, 2005, by permission of the author. Introduction copyright (c) 2009 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. There are no costs for reprinting the columns; we do require that you register your publication here and that the text of the column be reproduced without alteration.
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American Life in Poetry: Column 208
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006
To have a helpful companion as you travel through life is a marvelous gift. This poem by Gerald Fleming, a long-time teacher in the San Francisco public schools, celebrates just such a relationship.
Long Marriage
You're worried, so you wake her
& you talk into the dark:
Do you think I have cancer, you
say, or Were there worms
in that meat, or Do you think
our son is OK, and it's
wonderful, really--almost
ceremonial as you feel
the vessel of your worry pass
miraculously from you to her--
Gee, the rain sounds so beautiful,
you say--I'm going back to sleep.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright (c)2005 by Gerald Fleming. Reprinted from "Swimmer Climbing onto Shore," by Gerald Fleming, Sixteen Rivers Press, San Francisco, 2005, by permission of the author. Introduction copyright (c) 2009 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
******************************
American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. There are no costs for reprinting the columns; we do require that you register your publication here and that the text of the column be reproduced without alteration.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Ojibewegan:A Community Writing Group
Ojibewegan:A Community Writing Group
-share family stories and personal journeys
-craft a written record through poetry
-experience the works of contemporary Ojibwe poets
When: Tuedays from 2:00-4:00 p.m. beginning April 14-May 5
Where: Bad River Elderly Nutrition Center
Who: All community members, family and friends are invited
Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
The writing group is FREE
and funded by the Woodrow Hall Jumpstart Award
Group facilitator is Jan Chronister, English instructor at LCOOCC Bad River Outreach Site.Please direct questions to Sandy Corbine at the Bad River Elderly Nutrition Center, (715) 682-7150 or Jan at janchronister@yahoo.com
-share family stories and personal journeys
-craft a written record through poetry
-experience the works of contemporary Ojibwe poets
When: Tuedays from 2:00-4:00 p.m. beginning April 14-May 5
Where: Bad River Elderly Nutrition Center
Who: All community members, family and friends are invited
Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
The writing group is FREE
and funded by the Woodrow Hall Jumpstart Award
Group facilitator is Jan Chronister, English instructor at LCOOCC Bad River Outreach Site.Please direct questions to Sandy Corbine at the Bad River Elderly Nutrition Center, (715) 682-7150 or Jan at janchronister@yahoo.com
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