false 1922542 25 female Ypsilanti, MI 01/2009 03/2009 11 275 260 true 6123870 read 4 true 4207779 currently-reading 11 true 4207778 to-read Anthropological Theory in North America (Paperback) by E. L. Cerroni-Long]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43348989 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MOvRIQ6kL._SL75_.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:34:45 -0700 Dressage Tips and Training Solutions: Based on the German Training System (Hardcover) by Petra Holzel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43349806 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177610133s/718028.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:34:37 -0700 Dressage Riding (Paperback) by Richard L. Watjen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43350166 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:34:26 -0700 Equestrian Education: Professional Development for Instructors (Paperback) by Jill K. Hassler-Scoop]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43455592 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176261000s/608572.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:34:14 -0700 The Mermaid Chair: A Novel (Paperback) by Sue Monk Kidd]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43457482 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165605360s/6976.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:33:53 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/93394-post-your-february-entry-for-the-goodreads-contest-now http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1182288212p2/233.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:45:13 -0800
I pound pinatas of you to
the walls in my bedroom, blindfold you and hand you a bat:
there is an alley of light between
your weapon and
the proper point of contact
which is why I have covered your eyes
I want you to know:
which part to caress.
which part to dissect.
which part to impale.

When you have finished
thrashing about and
deconstructing the parts
of you which mean hollow,
house wrappers and
low resolution eyebrows,
I will have time to teach you things.
And somehow, this seems to be why you come here
in the first place.

Seal your lips.
I will write you a check.
For the kind of music you listen to on Sundays with
croissants
coffee
a bed:less large.

Tie your hands.
I'll make a plaque for your wall
stating your accomplishments
out of macaroni and poster paint fingerprints.

I'll build you a house out of cotton panties and
phone calls to my mother
but first
you must raise your hands above your head.
And promise to obey.

by Rachel C. Kelly]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/76681-goodreads-monthly-newsletter-poem-contest http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1182288212p2/233.jpg 1922542 Rachelckelly http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232214032p2/1922542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1922542-rachelckelly Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:35:44 -0800 Amy wrote: "* DO YOU WANT YOUR WORDS TO MEET 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE? *

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For your consideration...

SEAMSTRESS

she needs something to
smooth out the wrinkes
increase the chance he will find no lapse in face
when he runs his fingers past a point she will
play games with sandy creams and lectures on the
nature of elasticity watch
documentaries on how
a ball bouces back
in her court
yard she
divides duties with ashes and
vines and
borers
which:
of you will do
the bleeding the
seeding the
spreading of dieing she
waters posies wilting
it is
catch-up or
let-go but
no chance of gauzy growth on her
fingers pruned no
apptitude for
height worth trellis training a
bird to
sit still she had
no span of
wing and sought
cultivation in
journals the
medical profession re:
sense of touch
it is
one of five basic
like writes with her toes and prints
the same sketches over
over so there is more and
puts blood on her hands he will think
there is more.
if it seems
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