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John Struloeff
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Here is the boy
kicking a worn hackeysack
in a field,
his shirt off
to feel the sun on his skin,
to show the world
his chest and
narrow waist, his legs
and back still feeling
strong,
when physics happened,
as suddenly as a torn
cartilage.
His quest to understand
how two bodies
might come together, how
one life might discover
its inner gravity,
was ignited the way a sun
is born, with radiant heat
and light,
propelli... read more »
kicking a worn hackeysack
in a field,
his shirt off
to feel the sun on his skin,
to show the world
his chest and
narrow waist, his legs
and back still feeling
strong,
when physics happened,
as suddenly as a torn
cartilage.
His quest to understand
how two bodies
might come together, how
one life might discover
its inner gravity,
was ignited the way a sun
is born, with radiant heat
and light,
propelli... read more »
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The Man I Was Supposed To Be
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The Man I Was Supposed to Be (Poetry)
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This is the title poem of my poetry collection (Loom Press, 2008).
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location: AWP Conference Bookfair, Table G10, Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL, The United States description: Copies of my chapbook, A Thirst That's Partly Mine, will be available for sale and signing at the SHP Bookfair Table (G10) from 1:30 to 2:30 on Friday. Additionally, I'll be on a panel focused on teaching poetic meter, on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 (Continental B, Hilton Chicago), and reading very briefly as a part of the celebration of 25 years of Pecan Grove Press poets -- at the Gage Gallery (18 S. Michigan Ave) on Thursday evening from 6-8PM. Copies of Luck will be available at the Pecan Gro...more |
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“So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
“Tucker: Why would you tell me now if it's against the rules?
Clara: Because I love you.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
Clara: Because I love you.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
“Sam: "I always thought you were the most beautiful of all the Nephilim."
Meg: "That's ironic because I always thought you were the ugliest of all the angels.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
Meg: "That's ironic because I always thought you were the ugliest of all the angels.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
“I beat at him uselessly with my fists. I scream. My mind races. I'll pee on him. Puke, bite, scratch. Sure, I'll lose, but if he's going to mark me I am going to mark him, too, if such a thing is possible.”
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
― Cynthia Hand, Unearthly
