Author Archives: Mel Green

“Disabled” by Wilfred Owen

‘He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark, / And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey, / Legless, sewn short at elbow….” In celebration of National Poetry Month. Continue reading

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“Emergency Haying” by Hayden Carruth

‘And I stand up high / on the wagon tongue in my whole bones to say // woe to you, watch out / you sons of bitches who would drive men and women / to the fields where they can only die.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Mass Extinctions

‘A rip in the sky, a roar: / impact of a meteor — / shroud of iridium dust / on the dusk of Dinosaur.’ Two dinosaur poems in celebration of National Poetry Month.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-03: National iPad Day

RT: @celticdiva: updated post on Eddie Burke’s Lt. Gov candidacy with his amazing gaffe during KTVA interview: http://tinyurl.com/yfvuuza # RT: @afdstatus: vote Yes on Prop 2: http://www.afdstatus.org // Help Anchorage Fire Department keep Anchorage safe # Based on other people’s … Continue reading

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Stone Poem

‘We rocks, we trees will give rise to new words / when you are gone to dust and scattered shards.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Why I picked Dick Traini over Andy Clary, & you should too (Anchorage Assembly Midtown Seat F)

Three reasons to vote for Dick Traini over Andy Clary in next Tuesday’s municipal election: (1) Dan Sullivan; (2) LGBTQ equality (or rather, its lack); (3) experience. Please vote on April 6!

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-02: Sometimes it’s good to be out of the loop. But sometimes one must willingly suffer.

Ta-Nehisi Coates:”The Tea Party’s Rank Amateurism” – on TP’s lack of discipline, which is why we think they’re nutters http://bit.ly/aYJMH4 # I’m happy to say that I don’t know what Lady Gaga looks like, or what her voice sounds like. … Continue reading

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The Mountain

Spine of the land thrust up / by the grinding of continents, you signify / the might of the planet. You glow like a lamp in the arctic summer. / Even in winter night do you shine. / You are never dark.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-01: Girl Scout cookies made me queer

Out of the grey, finally, after five days in it. Much better. #fb # Fox Nation Punks Itself with Global Warming “News” Story http://bit.ly/azF07D # Now the Republican National Committee is sending out fake-census fundraising letters w/ a dial-some-phone-sex number. … Continue reading

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“Inversnaid” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

‘What would the world be, once bereft / Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, / O let them be left, wildness and wet; / Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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