Thursday, May 13, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Poem by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Lesson
Whenever my mother, who taught
small children forty years,
asked a question, she
already knew the answer.
"Would you like to" meant
you would. "Shall we" was
another, and "Don't you think."
As in "Don't you think
it's time you cut your hair."
So when, in the bare room,
in the strict bed, she said,
"You want to see?" her hands
were busy at her neckline,
untying the robe, not looking
down at it, stitches
bristling where the breast
had been, but straight at me.
I did what I always did:
not weep --she never wept--
and made my face a kindly
whitewashed wall, so she
could write, again, whatever
she wanted there.
Ellen Bryant Voigt was born and raised in VIrginia. Her poetry is influenced by her background in music. She has written several books of poetry and served as the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She currently lives in Vermont and teaches for the Warren Wilson low-residency MFA program.
Whenever my mother, who taught
small children forty years,
asked a question, she
already knew the answer.
"Would you like to" meant
you would. "Shall we" was
another, and "Don't you think."
As in "Don't you think
it's time you cut your hair."
So when, in the bare room,
in the strict bed, she said,
"You want to see?" her hands
were busy at her neckline,
untying the robe, not looking
down at it, stitches
bristling where the breast
had been, but straight at me.
I did what I always did:
not weep --she never wept--
and made my face a kindly
whitewashed wall, so she
could write, again, whatever
she wanted there.
Ellen Bryant Voigt was born and raised in VIrginia. Her poetry is influenced by her background in music. She has written several books of poetry and served as the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She currently lives in Vermont and teaches for the Warren Wilson low-residency MFA program.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
flood pictures
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DN&Dato=20100503&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=5030815&Ref=PH
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Great Tennessee Flood of 2010
The rain stopped about two days ago, but there is still high water all over town and three main bridges are closed.
- Looks like the river just crested. 62.4 ft. at 10:30 am...(Tuesday May 4, 2010) -- 16.4 ft. above flood stage.
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Nashville: Cumberland River at Clarksville
water.weather.gov
National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
And from Greg:
Gregg Schlanger We were some of the lucky ones... our house and my artist studio
That's Gregg's studio, not mine. This is Riverside drive or near there.
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