Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse

Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse

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Mikko Harvey's "For M"
Thoughts on tenderness and surprise and lightness.
May 8, 2022 • 
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Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Mikko Harvey's "For M"
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Linda Pastan's "Imaginary Conversation"
Thoughts on time.
Mar 23 • 
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Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Linda Pastan's "Imaginary Conversation"
8
Mary Oliver's "Some Questions You Might Ask"
Thoughts on a life full of questions.
Dec 31, 2023 • 
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Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Mary Oliver's "Some Questions You Might Ask"
17
Naomi Shihab Nye's "The Art of Disappearing"
Thoughts on, well, disappearing.
Sep 10, 2023 • 
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Naomi Shihab Nye's "The Art of Disappearing"
9
Matthew Nienow's "For What It's Worth"
Thoughts on showing up.
Jun 15 • 
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Matthew Nienow's "For What It's Worth"
6
Matthew Rohrer's "There Is Absolutely Nothing Lonelier"
Thoughts on loneliness, of all things.
Apr 20 • 
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Matthew Rohrer's "There Is Absolutely Nothing Lonelier"
22
Marie Howe's "Hurry"
Thoughts on the word "and."
May 11 • 
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Marie Howe's "Hurry"
14
Marcellus Williams' "At Last...Another Heartbeat"
Thoughts on taking each other seriously.
Sep 29, 2024 • 
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Marcellus Williams' "At Last...Another Heartbeat"
9
Camille Rankine's "This Is What I Do Instead of Dying"
Thoughts on cruelty.
Feb 16 • 
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Camille Rankine's "This Is What I Do Instead of Dying"
4
Philip Levine's "Today and Two Thousand Years from Now"
Thoughts on uselessness.
Jun 1 • 
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Philip Levine's "Today and Two Thousand Years from Now"
13
Maurice Manning's "XXXV" (from "Bucolics")
Thoughts on devotion.
May 4 • 
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Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Maurice Manning's "XXXV" (from "Bucolics")
14
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura's "If this were the day"
Thoughts on this being the day.
Jan 1, 2023 • 
Devin Kelly
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Ordinary Plots: Meditations on Poems + Verse
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura's "If this were the day"
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