Solace in a Book

About Face

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I have been meaning to write a blog about Facebook for quite some time now, especially after I read Shawn Misener’s funny poem (see guest blog). I never thought I would be a booster for FB, but I am. Before I had FB I couldn’t imagine what I would post on FB, but I have found that I like having an outlet, a little place to share what I have found interesting. Posting on FB is easy, easier than blogging, that’s for sure. Blogging you have to write in sentences, maybe … [Read more...]

Dear Facebook by Shawn Misener

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Dear Facebook: at this point you seem futile   I feel guilty when I forgo breakfast to read your wall   I feel guilty when I clean house and delete people   I thought I once knew in high school   I feel guilty when I write a poem and use you just to get it out to other guilty writers   Oh poor Facebook: you’re an old used-up lover   My wife glares at me when I ignore … [Read more...]

Rosemarie Rowley

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"To match the 'is' and the 'ought' is one of the great philosophical conundrums, but it is the most urgent questions poets, and all of humanity on whose behalf they speak, are having to face today."   From her essay "Embodiment and Poetry"  in Poetry Ireland News, January/February 2012 … [Read more...]