August 2010
11 posts
and so it ends...
it’s done. it’s really, really done. since August 13th of last year, i have read 365 short stories, 365 poems, and 365 essays. i’ve also written 52 short stories (plus a couple drabbles, a poem or two, and some spare bits of story fodder). i have had a little bit of time to reflect on the experience and decided that wrapping things up today, on Uncle Ray’s 90th birthday, would be...
Aug 22nd
365
poem: doing is being - ray bradbury essay: the beautiful bad weather - ray bradbury story: the wonderful ice cream suit - ray bradbury
Aug 12th
364
poem: my father’s lunch - erica funkhouser essay: insert flap ‘a’ & throw away - s.j. perelman story: the man who rowed christopher columbus ashore - harlan ellison
Aug 10th
363
poem: my husband discovers poetry - diane lockward essay: the hostess diaries - coco henson scales story: the working slob’s prayer - poppy z. brite
Aug 9th
362
poem: the happiest day - linda pastan essay: of doubts & dreams - samuel r. delany story: cage of brass - samuel r. delany
Aug 8th
361
poem: now winter nights enlarge - thomas campion essay: on juvenile tastes - c.s. lewis story: death on the nile - connie willis
Aug 7th
360
poem: the three kings - muriel spark essay: brother can you spare a hyperlink - paul di filippo story: the food farm - kit reed
Aug 6th
359
poem: dawn revisited - rita dove essay: plutonium for breakfast - robert silverberg story: tupilak - terry tafoya
Aug 5th
358
poem: ordinary life - barbara crooker essay: a labor of love, and thumbs - kathi maio story: the mist on the moor - diana l. paxson
Aug 4th
357
poem: the con job - charles bukowski essay: the thisness of what is - diane ackerman story: section 7(a) (operational) - lee child
Aug 3rd
356
poem: calling him back from layoff - bob hicok essay: introduction to ‘good poems for hard times’ - garrison keillor story: graves - joe haldeman
Aug 2nd
355
poem: break of day - galway kinnell essay: why i write girl heroes, for the most part - tamora pierce story: in search of the bearded lady
Aug 1st
July 2010
31 posts
354
poem: endless sestina - lawrence schimel essay: it all began with a picture - c.s. lewis story: indigo’s mermaid - penny simpson
Jul 31st
352
poem: for my sister, emigrating - wendy cope essay: death - tori amos story: jeremiah’s terrible tale - george konrad
Jul 31st
353
poem: still life - carl sandburg essay: fire season -rick bass story: waves of stone - jon fosse
Jul 29th
351
poem: the unsaid - stephen dunn essay: a sweet devouring - eudora welty story: the birth day - b.w. clough
Jul 28th
350
poem: children’s hospital, emergency room - gregory djanikian essay: bop - langston hughes story: the gates of gold - mark kreighbaum
Jul 27th
349
poem: after dark vapours have oppressed our plains - john keats essay: joseph smith & the book of mormon - terryl l. givens story: valosag & elet - steven brust
Jul 26th
348
poem: jack - iain m. banks essay: a few notes on the culture - iain m. banks story: piece - iain m. banks
Jul 25th
347
poem: fifteen miles - james richardson essay: equilabrate - susan fox rogers story: insomnia - waldo van der waal
Jul 24th
346
poem: morning after prom - james hoch essay: catalina court - denise gess story: the smile - ray bradbury
Jul 23rd
345
poem: night driving - joyce carol oates essay: nowheres - john mcphee story: the town where no one got off - ray bradbury
Jul 22nd
344
poem: scratch & sniff - jason biggs essay: my life list - john mcphee story: the marriage mender - ray bradbury
Jul 21st
343
poem: ode to the garden state - timothy liu essay: swimming with canoes - john mcphee story:fever dream - ray bradbury
Jul 20th
342
poem: rides - erica kaufman essay: silk parachute - john mcphee story: if i had the wings of an angel - joe haldeman
Jul 20th
341
poem: the star-ledger - bj ward essay: cruise holidays - john barrowman story: carp - mark hillringhouse
Jul 18th
340
poem: i’m not saying this right - rumi essay: you must not be afraid - sandra odell story: the story of an hour - kate chopin
Jul 17th
339
poem: solomon’s crooked crown - rumi essay: making smarter dumb mistakes about the future - cory doctorow story: ripe figs - kate chopin
Jul 16th
338
poem: no room for form - rumi essay: democracy - e.b. white story: the rumor - john updike
Jul 15th
337
poem: a mouse and a frog - rumi essay: the rabbits who caused all the trouble - james thurber story: the rumor - john updike
Jul 14th
336
poem: shreds of steam - rumi essay: a modest proposal - jonathan swift story: misery - anton chekhov
Jul 13th
335
poem: no flag - rumi essay: the shatterer of worlds - kildare dobbs story: a & p - john updike
Jul 12th
334
poem: the human seasons - john keats essay: histories in the making - michael bierut story: a new life - john logan
Jul 11th
333
poem: to the evening star - thomas campbell essay: the dancing busboy - derek day story: peaceful world - thomas desrochers
Jul 10th
332
poem: by the sea - william wordsworth essay: billie holiday - haruki murakami story: berry moon, laments of a muse - camilla bruce
Jul 9th
331
poem: elegy - george gordon, lord byron essay: why people do not go to church - beatrice violet greville story: shoes - lavie tidhar
Jul 8th
330
poem: invocation - percy bysshe shelley essay: maintenance - lin jensen story: the two of me - ray vukcevich
Jul 7th
329
poem: the blind boy - colley cibber essay: on sympathy - t. augustus forbes leith story: the long and short of long-term memory - cecil castellucci
Jul 6th
328
poem: the last conqueror - james shirley essay: warning, may contain non-design content - michael bierut story: remembrance is something like a house - will ludwigsen
Jul 6th
327
poem: to the daisy - william wordsworth essay: on the pleasures of not belonging - henry jenkins story: the beautiful feast - m. rickert
Jul 5th
326
poem: the death bed - thomas hood essay: new day for women - laura ingalls wilder story: the war between heaven & hell wallpaper - jeffery ford
Jul 3rd
325
poem: coronach - sir walter scott essay: the march of progress - laura ingalls wilder story: bones - francesca lia block
Jul 3rd
324
poem: the bridge of sighs - thomas hood essay: pioneering on the ozark farm - laura ingalls wilder story: rose - francesca lia block
Jul 1st
June 2010
31 posts
323
poem: madrigal - william shakespeare essay: the hard winter - laura ingalls wilder story: wolf - francesca lia block
Jun 30th
322
poem: the passionate shepherd to his love - christopher marlowe essay: when grandma pioneered - laura ingalls wilder story: charm - francesca lia block
Jun 29th
321
poem: the twa corbies - anonymous essay: rocky ridge farm - laura ingalls wilder story: tiny - francesca lia block
Jun 28th
320
poem: to the lady margaret ley - john milton essay: on chickens and hawks - laura ingalls wilder story: snow - francesca lia block
Jun 27th
319
poem: the soul selects her own society - emily dickinson essay: on leavened bread - salman rushdie story: they would judge his trespasses - todd keisling
Jun 26th
318
poem: mary morison - robert burns essay: arthur miller at eighty - salman rushdie story: my branch of work - jeromy henry
Jun 25th
317
poem: a red, red rose - robert burns essay: beirut blues - salman rushdie story: the geezenstacks - frederic brown
Jun 24th