Mary Alexandra Agner

Pantoums and Persistence by Mary Alexandra Agner (25)

Irony : I don't know that I still have those papers and I am suddenly very sad, something so integral even though it is so old and I have lost it, when all I try to do is catch the impermanent on the permanent page. (posted Jan 2, 9:22pm)

Pantoums and Persistence by Mary Alexandra Agner (25)

Twice Denouement : Tomorrow (or later) I'll make it sing. (posted Jan 1, 10:12pm)

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I'm Alive And I Waited, Waited : It's impossible to ignore what a non-hate relationship with Job 2 has done to my writing career. (posted Jan 1, 12:32pm)

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Use Your Woman Sense : In July you knew it would be so foggy you would not be able to see ten feet in front of you, and so cold in the morning that the grass would be silvery-white with frost. (posted Dec 31, 9:17am)

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Departures : In which I do not record the fact that I was told three times to watch this movie. (posted Dec 30, 5:49pm)

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Starlight, Ebb-light : Here's my attempt at the complete list of poems which you could choose to nominate for the Rhysling Award next month. (posted Dec 29, 10:00pm)

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Even Superheroines Deserve Capitals : So maybe it is time to try the stories with folks in techno-colored capes again, maybe it is time to sit down and actually read Astro City. (posted Dec 27, 9:48pm)

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Top Ten : This is my first top-ten list ever. (posted Dec 26, 8:59pm)

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Red And Green : In between the flight and the fam and the food, there was more of Black and White. (posted Dec 25, 8:51pm)

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More Grey, Really : I've never read anything where the word "hero" is used as a pejorative. (posted Dec 24, 9:22pm)

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Frontiers And Things : "Wistful Things", "Marvelous Things", "Things I Would Do for You", "Temporary Things", "Things That Are Filled with Grace". (posted Dec 24, 8:48am)

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In Which I Fail To Avoid The News : I'm still freaked out by his near-constant use of the term "shared reality". (posted Dec 23, 11:29am)

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Illumen : The issue includes "The Glass Ship" which is the longest poem of mine ever to be published (149 lines). (posted Dec 22, 8:44pm)

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Lyric Time : Typed it into the machine, looking for holes and rocky bits and found nothing. (posted Dec 20, 8:48pm)

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Right Because It Rhymes : I worry that it is too simplistic and that I have tricked myself into believing it's right because it rhymes but only time will tell me that. (posted Dec 19, 8:24pm)

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Her Watery Ways : First, "The Reef will never be alone again until the world ends" begs for a Dr. Who-like poem. (posted Dec 17, 8:50pm)

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101 Exactly : I have not got one hundred productive words today. (posted Dec 16, 8:52pm)

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Discovery Corps : I don't know where it's going but I have four lines left for it to move, twist, torque, sweat, and dance. (posted Dec 15, 8:48pm)

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Tail : But I have to wonder, how much would one Army tank technician have slowed them? And what might they have gained? Idle questions but I'm still curious. How do you make that decision? (posted Dec 14, 8:41pm)

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Books or Blues : Yesterday was too full of pa`ina, coconut cream ice cream, manapua, road trips, laughter, chicken roasting, and late-night movie-viewing for me to even think about cracking open Death Qualified to finish it. (posted Dec 13, 8:49pm)

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December 11, 2009 : It is late, and cold, and the novel is tired. Oh, wait, I am tired. (posted Dec 11, 10:10pm)

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Both Food and War : In a land as dry and endless as the Atacama, only the sea offered a way to move troops and arms quickly and safely. (posted Dec 10, 9:11pm)

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My Pilgrim Soul : This is not the excerpt you are looking for. (posted Dec 9, 9:05pm)

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The Wrong Savour : I don't like the rhythms and the words seem flat, although they come to the right conclusion. (posted Dec 8, 8:57pm)

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And Many More : This one's right up Pollan's alley because it paints a very dreadful picture---or a story of incredible triumph, depending on how you choose to understand humanity's actions. And I'm only up to the point where he's describing the history of saltpeter. (posted Dec 7, 9:27pm)