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Martha Silano
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September 02
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July 2009
It's been so long, I practically forgot what I used to tell you all ...
It's three days before the new year. I enjoy looking back and looking forward. When I found out about Janus, I was quite pleased there was a God who did the same.
When I shared with my husband, he said "doesn't that mean he was two-faced?" But no, Janus isn't about talking behind someone's back. He is, according to Wikipedia, "the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, Read more of this blog post »
When I shared with my husband, he said "doesn't that mean he was two-faced?" But no, Janus isn't about talking behind someone's back. He is, according to Wikipedia, "the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, Read more of this blog post »
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The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
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The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice
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Gravity Assist
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The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception
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2011
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Reckless Lovely
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Blue Positive
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What the Truth Tastes Like
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Terminal Surreal: Poems
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This One We Call Ours (Pacific Northwest Poetry)
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Last Train to Paradise: New and Selected Poems
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May 27, 2015 10:54AM
Ha ha, Mr. Syntax: that's pretty good. I credit Mr. Romond with putting the idea in my head that I might grow up to be a poet. It had never occurred to me before he took us to see Robert Bly, then showed us a poem he'd written about it. My teacher, a poet! Now, that was something new and different. And seeing Bly ... that sealed the deal. It was the 70s; he was still wearing those crazy masks and raging against the machine. I thought: wow, I want to be wild and rage like that ~ I want to be a poet!
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Martha, wonderful that you remember and are able to publicly recognize your ninth grade English teacher. I vividly remember my English teacher at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington, Fr. Ronald Herron, S.J. I became a teacher for a while but I wonder if any of my students remember me. All I know is that when I taught American English at the Government Technical Training School as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Northern Nigeria - They called me Mr. Syntax.
