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Poem of the Week: r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r by e.e. cummings
Check out this poem here. Now that you’ve seen it, notice your emotions. I have taught this poem to poets of all ages. The most common emotional response to this poem seems to be rage, followed by determination, followed by delight. Check it out again. What words can you find?…
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Poem of the Week: We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky
Read the poem here. There is much to unpack in this poem, but I am a day late and a dollar short with this post. So just a few thoughts: first, this poem makes me think of the concept that guilt is a choice. It makes me think of how…
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Poem of the Week: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean-the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-who is gazing around…
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Poem of the Week: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Welcome to “Poem of the Week!” In my new(ish) job as an adjunct instructor at CO School of Mines, I am teaching a course called Nature and Human Values. It’s a interesting mix of about one million topics–ethical frameworks, writing skills, environmental and engineering dilemmas galore–and this semester, I’ve decided…
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Stuff I’m Into: Nonprofit AF
Hello! I’m starting a new and occasional feature of this website called “Stuff I’m Into.” Pretty self-explanatory, yes? Today I’d like to highly recommend Nonprofit AF. Written by Vu Le, this blog comes out Monday mornings and points out inequities in the world of nonprofits and ways to fix them,…
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White Lung featured on Verse and Image
I’m honored that NC poet Bill Griffin featured White Lung on “Verse and Image” earlier this month. He captures my hope for this book so well when he says: “But here is our best chance for hope, for a world where we dig out the pain, find its roots, put…
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Brockman-Campbell Book Award
Exciting news! I was honored to get a call a few weeks ago that White Lung was selected as the winner of the North Carolina Poetry Society’s 2022 Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Even though I am a Coloradan now, I still consider myself a North Carolina poet, and the contest’s rules…
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Mark Your Calendars: Summer Events
I’m excited to share a few upcoming events! First, if you’re in the Denver area, mark your calendar for Friday, July 9 at 6 PM, when I’ll be reading with Suzi Q Smith at Tattered Cover’s McGregor Square location. Check it out here: https://www.tatteredcover.com/event/kimberly-oconnor-and-suzi-q-smith-live-mcgregor-square I’m beyond thrilled to share an…
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National Poetry Month 2022
Hi friends, Thanks to everyone who reached out about enjoying my handwritten poems for April 2022. It turns out that the end of April was a bit of a battle and the end of April won, so I decided to wrap up the project with a single post highlighting some…
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