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Tom C. Hunley
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Born
June 22
Member Since
September 2008
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Adjusting to the Lights
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2020
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The Poetry Gymnasium: 94 Proven Exercises to Shape Your Best Verse
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2011
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4 editions
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The State That Springfield Is In
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Teaching Poetry Writing: A Five-Canon Approach
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2007
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8 editions
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Still, There's A Glimmer
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2004
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2 editions
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Here Lies
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Scotch Tape World
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2013
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2 editions
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What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems
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The Tongue
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2004
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Plunk
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2015
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Tom’s Recent Updates
"I use interlibrary loan avidly. I read five poetry books a week, thereabouts. Some I only read five pages of. Others I savor. "The Loneliest Whale in the World" I borrowed. And then bought my own copy. Right now if I could save fifteen books from my "
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"Wittgenstein argues: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Of these matters (that which I do not know), I turn to poetry. I read a lot of poetry. But, I must admit, never critically. I think, like many of Ian McEwan's characters, th"
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| This book is adjacent to the crime thriller genre in that its main character is recovering from brutal abuse at the hands of a serial killer. You know those books you see in the supermarket, the ones that some women are fascinated by, probably becaus ...more | |
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That poem first appeared in my book Still, There's a Glimmer, which is out of print. It was reprinted in What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems.
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“As we made love, our scars met,
grazing long enough for mine to say
“He tries to hide me,”
and for yours to reply
“I know I embarrass her.”
“He never learned how to swim,” whispered my scar.
“She got picked last in gym class,
then cried into her pillow,” replied yours.
Just then, a huge wound opened in me.
You touched it. It closed.
I was filled, fully healed, and I knew
I would never be able not to love you.”
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grazing long enough for mine to say
“He tries to hide me,”
and for yours to reply
“I know I embarrass her.”
“He never learned how to swim,” whispered my scar.
“She got picked last in gym class,
then cried into her pillow,” replied yours.
Just then, a huge wound opened in me.
You touched it. It closed.
I was filled, fully healed, and I knew
I would never be able not to love you.”
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