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The Passage of Time

My mother sent myself and some brothers and sisters a few pictures from home two weeks ago, e-mail-ily. She wrote: “For those who haven’t seen the house this fall. These are both from the … more →

Wheat, Not Oats, Dear.

The Passage of Time — 1 comment

wheatdear wrote 1 month ago: My mother sent myself and some brothers and sisters a few pictures from home two weeks ago, e-mail-i … more →

Tags: Brothers and Sisters, My Parents, Phebe Davidson, Poetry, 10 or 8, Berlin Wall, my dad is a gambling man, raccoons, thick with living things

In Which I Discover That There Is A Great Big World Out There — 2 comments

wheatdear wrote 1 month ago: I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee. I had forgotten–or perhaps I never knew this, and am p … more →

Tags: Math and Science: General, Mia Nussbaum, Poetry, Autumn In My Heart, doesn't even require discussion, I say wet pavement keep on holding me up, Mares, riot of color, Roman Polanski

Dearest — 1 comment

wheatdear wrote 5 months ago: What? I can’t call you “dearest”? Dearest dearest dearest. *** Finally saw … more →

Tags: Poetry, Math and Science: General, Brothers and Sisters, jennifer l. knox, outer space fiddle, Moussavi, Jimmy Dinnerpail, wouldn't come out

I'm Taxed, And I Mean That Literally And Figuratively

wheatdear wrote 7 months ago: I just got done filing my taxes; pardon me while I bury my heart in yonder godforsaken patch of ston … more →

Tags: Poetry, lisa williams, Bury My Heart, taxes-shmaxes, High Seas, isn't absence what they are

Brimful — 1 comment

wheatdear wrote 8 months ago: E-mail from my mother: “Our Dunkin Donuts is now open. Dad and I were the 4th and 5th customer … more →

Tags: Poetry, My Parents, Dan Bellm, 2 DD coffee mugs, Angela Merkel, wardrobe wrasslin' match, Gack, long as he's not right there in front of me

Landings — 3 comments

wheatdear wrote 10 months ago: Let’s talk about… oh-I-don’t-know the US Airways Airbus A320 Hudson River water-la … more →

Tags: Poetry, My Parents, Matthew Dickman, Water Landing, Sully, cold and cold, how reckless it is

Particle Accelerators, Et Cetera — 2 comments

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: This was one rainy weekend, here in the greater Chicagoland area. Rain, rain, rain; more rain; rain … more →

Tags: Poetry, Anne Stevenson, rain, Large-Hadron-Collider, LHCb vertex reactor, live here roundly, Rattlesnake Jones

Democracy! Democracy! — 1 comment

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: This past Sunday, August 31, was the one-year anniversary of my friend Aimee’s crazy-o-crazy b … more →

Tags: Poetry, Anne Sexton, Sweet Aimee, Grand Traverse Bay, Tom Brokaw, hot rollers all the way, party sword, your wheels wind

Homegoing — 1 comment

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: I watched the first evening of the Democratic National Convention last night. PBS was the only stati … more →

Tags: Poetry, My Parents, Mahmoud Darwish, journey of words, Hypnotize, Joe Biden, Pantsuit, Old Guard, america

The China.

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: This week’s blog–like it, love it, leave it or not–is going to be about China/the … more →

Tags: Poetry, Alison Stine, How To Stop Illegal News Coverage, Drywall, Team Darfur, l'il black eye, Unfettered, row and row, Falun gong

Heart-stoppers — 3 comments

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday morning was one news-heart-stopper after t’other, wasn’t it? Scarcely had I al … more →

Tags: Poetry, Rachel Hadas, Solzhenitsyn, The Magic Line, grande vide, cups of cups, barely peeking

Home again, home again, jiggity-jig. — 4 comments

wheatdear wrote 1 year ago: The best fireworks display I ever done seen was from the window of an airplane in 2005. I was flying … more →

Tags: Poetry, Beginning Brand New Things, My Parents, Philip Larkin, Ablaze, krakatoa, Ingrid Betancourt, Strzelecki, gentle-sharp

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