{"id":1054,"date":"2007-12-10T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T06:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2007-12-10T00:02:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T06:02:33","slug":"a-short-entry-of-sorts-in-my-holiday-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"A Short Entry (of Sorts) in my Holiday Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Sunday night, and I’m trying to talk about a book here, but I’m too distracted, playing around at the web site of The Poetry Foundation<\/a><\/strong>. And I found the short poem “Christmas Tree Lots” by Chris Green. It’s not exactly uplifting, so if you want such a thing right now, look elsewhere. But, even as someone who has a real, live tree currently in my living room (trying its best to stay alive with the water we give it), I really like this one — and I always like reading the other point-of-view. The entire poem is one huge metaphor that evokes sadness, but I can still appreciate the poet’s craft. It’d be almost pointless to put an excerpt. If you’re so inclined, you can read the entire thing here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Consider this my late entry for Poetry Friday, since last Friday we were having too much fun chatting with MotherReader<\/a><\/strong>. Actually, I take it back: Poetry doesn’t have to be relegated to just Fridays. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

P.S. My Web search of Chris Green took me here, “Hair Tips for Poets,”<\/a><\/strong> quite an enjoyable read. And I’m really intrigued, as this link also tells us that he has an anthology of poetry entitled The Sky Over Walgreens<\/em> — 2007 even. How can you not love that title? I’ll have to explore this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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