Aidan – Page 3 – Marie Gauthier

Short newsy post ending with a Spontaneous Vision of Cuteness.

The CPS reading last night with Nikky Finney, Tara Betts, and the ladies of the Holyoke Care Center was phenomenal! The energy & passion in that room was just amazing, and, as Tara & Nikky both noted, it was like a continuum, the poetry torch passed down from Nikky to Tara to the talented teen…

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March 6, 2009

Aidan, babies, Collected Poets Series, poetry, Vincent, Writing

Aidan, babies, Collected Poets Series, Nikky Finney, poetry, Tara Betts, Vincent, Writing

The bells are ringing…

I love Gene Kelly. I have absolutely everything he’s ever done on VHS, even the really obscure stuff, some where he doesn’t dance, is only the host/narrator, like the video of a production of “Swan Lake”. Did you know he was in an animated musical version of “Jack and the Beanstalk”? Not great, but if…

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February 26, 2009

Aidan, family, movies, poetry, Time, Vincent, Writing

Gene Kelly, poetry, stefanie marlis, tap dancing

A Sporadic Interlude.

Aidan is sleeping, and Vincent is thoroughly absorbed in cutting newspaper into itty-bitty pieces with his little scissors — one of a few sporadic interludes of quiet time I manage each day. It could end at any second, though — we have squirrels running around in our ceilings, between the 2nd & 3rd floors, egads…

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January 29, 2009

Aidan, babies, books, poetry, Time, Vincent

books, Cate Marvin, Deborah Pope, Jennifer Grotz, Karin Gottshall, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Marianne Boruch, new poet-critics, poetry

Good Times.

Emma commented below something to the effect that she doesn’t know how I do it all. And my reply is, I don’t. The lion’s share of my time right now is spent taking care of Aidan and Vincent. I’ve taken notes for poems, actually read some books of poems, but I haven’t even picked up…

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January 26, 2009

Aidan, babies, poetry, submissions, Time, Vincent, Writing

Aidan, babies, good news, poetry, Vincent

Praise.

By some inauguration day minor miracle, both of my boys stopped crying long enough for me to hear the actual swearing-in of our new president, and while I’m trying to keep my expectations reasonable, to bear in mind that President Barack Obama is a man, a good, intellectual, thoughtful man, but still a man, one…

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January 20, 2009

Aidan, babies, books, family, poetry, Time

books, Elizabeth Alexander, family, history, poetry, President Barack Obama

Momentary Calm.

Last Sunday I got further than I’ve ever managed on the NYT Sunday crossword puzzle, primarily because I spent the day working on it as I huffed through contractions, unable to concentrate on anything beyond the Sunday paper. This Sunday, I’ve haven’t had the time to read more than a section or two of the…

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January 5, 2009

Aidan, babies, family, New York Times, poetry, Time, Vincent, Writing

Aidan, motherhood, no time none, poetry, Vincent