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Gene Twaronite

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Poetry, Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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James Thurber, Kurt Vonnegut, E.B. White, author:Mark Twain|1244] ...more

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A native New Englander, Gene Twaronite now lives in Tucson, Arizona. His published books include five poetry collections, including Trash Picker on Mars, a winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. He is also the author of juvenile fiction, a rhyming picture book, and four collections of short stories and humor essays. A former Writer-in-Residence for Pima County Public Libraries, he leads a poetry workshop for the Universty of Arizona OLLI program. Follow more of Gene’s writing at his website: genetwaronitepoet.com.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 118 ratings · 33 reviews · 23 distinct works
My Vacation in Hell
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The Foot

The Bathers, William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

The Art Institute of Chicago

Ignore for a moment
the sight of two
curvaceous young ladies
skinny dipping
at the beach.
Concentrate
on the left foot of one
as she shifts her weight
and turns to the left,
how its flattened arch
is so firmly planted
in the sand
you think it will bear
all the burden
women have had to face
since booted out of the garden
in disgrace
by a g

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Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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“So many books, so little time.”
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message 1: by Shirley
Nov 19, 2012 04:31PM

Shirley Willis Great to see you on my site--I'm so new at this, I reek green, but am liking the site. Thanks for "friending" me. We are acquainted through PWP in Prescott and I really enjoyed your talk a couple of weeks ago on the panel discussion!


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