The Things I Tweet The president has, in the last six months or so, b…
The president has, in the last six months or so, been the guy I voted for– and hoped for– in 2008. #GObama
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The Things I Tweet If Obama ends this speech with the lyrics to “Shak…
If Obama ends this speech with the lyrics to “Shake It Off,” it’ll basically be perfect.
The Things I Tweet Man, Jellyfish, why did you break up?
Man, Jellyfish, why did you break up?
The Things I Tweet “Too busy” is a load of crap. I’m not too busy. I’…
“Too busy” is a load of crap. I’m not too busy. I’m just a horrible person with poor prioritization skills. Wait, nope, “too busy” is fine.
The Things I Tweet Thinking today of all the young people who joined…
Thinking today of all the young people who joined the struggle for equality; hoping I’m doing my part to help young people find courage.
The Things I Tweet Gram-O-Rama alum Dan Paustian is back with another…
Gram-O-Rama alum Dan Paustian is back with another episode of SIMMER DOWN: youtube.com/watch?v=UIug-a…
The Things I Tweet Poets, submit fee-free to the Nazim Hikmet Poetry…
Poets, submit fee-free to the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition: nazimhikmetpoetryfestival.org/index.php?id=4
The Things I Tweet I like the mid-morning quiet before I work on poem…
I like the mid-morning quiet before I work on poems.
The Things I Tweet I see a lot of listening to Banks in my future.
I see a lot of listening to Banks in my future.
The Things I Tweet Who was that wonderful teacher? Had they merely ap…
Who was that wonderful teacher? Had they merely appropriated the phrase from someone else? I want to know the source, to thank the source.
The Things I Tweet I hate it when I quote someone to a student but ca…
I hate it when I quote someone to a student but can’t remember who said it to me. One of my teachers said, “Strangeness wakes us up.” YES!
The Things I Tweet My students have plotted something. They’re talkin…
My students have plotted something. They’re talking about a “chicken hat.”
The Things I Tweet I love it when a poem leaves me so stunned that I…
I love it when a poem leaves me so stunned that I resort to expletives, aware that I’ll never have the language to describe.
The Things I Tweet Just read Olena Kalytiak Davis’s “The Poem She Did…
Just read Olena Kalytiak Davis’s “The Poem She Didn’t Write” and it f—ing floored me.
The Things I Tweet New DLC from @RockBand? YES PLEASE.
New DLC from @RockBand? YES PLEASE.
The Things I Tweet Why yes, I AM listening to Phil Collins & Phil…
Why yes, I AM listening to Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey’s monster jam “Easy Lover.” Unironically.
The Things I Tweet It does make me uneasy when the pro athletes I’m c…
It does make me uneasy when the pro athletes I’m cheering for/yelling at are younger than the high school students I teach.
The Things I Tweet Seventeen years later, I FINALLY get these great J…
Seventeen years later, I FINALLY get these great Jon Spencer Blues Explosion records from the 90’s. I’m slow, but I do get there.
The Things I Tweet Love how often I find that my past self did favors…
Love how often I find that my past self did favors for the present me, yet I’m doing few favors for the future me.
The Things I Tweet “There is time to live / In superhuman health s…
“There is time to live / In superhuman health seeing mortal unreachable lights far down” — James Dickey