Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows




This is an amazing blog called A Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows which creates neologisms for a wide array of feelings that have no single word

Course Outline





Here's a link to the course outline.

Here's another link, but it's not helpful.




Monday, January 9, 2017

When I Have the Body of a Man by Elizabeth Bachinsky




When I have the body of a man, I have the head of a bull.

When I have the head of a bull, Athena springs from my forehead.

When Athena springs from my forehead, I tell Athena, Cut it out!

When I tell Athena, Cut it out! she makes a string of paper dolls from my money.

When she makes a string of paper dolls from my money, I say Thank you, fold them up, and put them in a drawer.

When I say Thank you, fold them up, and put them in a drawer, the dolls figure out a way to
get out and use eBay when I'm not at home.

When the dolls figure out a way to get out and use eBay when I'm not at home, I know I've not had enough to drink.

When I know I've not had enough to drink, I admire my fortitude.

When I admire my fortitude, Athena says, Cut it out!

When Athena says, Cut it out! one should always listen.

When one should always listen, I think, Don't tell me what to do with my time!

When I think Don't tell me what to do with my time! 
I have the body of a man.




http://elizabethbachinsky.com/sample-hottestsummerinrecordedhistory.html

What Use is Poetry?

What Use Is Poetry?

In an address to the Yale Political Union on April 23, 2013, Meena Alexander began with a line from Shelley’s 1821 essay, “A Defence of Poetry.” The resolution—“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world”—led to a lively debate. What follows is a slightly revised version of the text she wrote for that occasion.


http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2013/september/what-use-poetry-meena-alexander