Written Poems List

1/143

12/30/2009
- "Julia In Absentia" (not as pathetic as it sounds!)

12/30/2009

Read 3 poems

from Nine Horses by Billy Collins:
- "Paris"
- "Istanbul"
- "Love"

Read 1 Short Story
from Fantasy&ScienceFiction December
- "Farewell Atlantis" by Terry Bisson (it was awful. Might write a review later.)

Wrote 1 poem
- titled "Julia In Absentia" ; Not as pathetic as it sounds!

Cleaning Room
- Sorted all the dirty laundry

Notebook
- Made notes!

12/29/09 update

Today's completion:

Short Stories
- "Bad Matter" by Alexandra Duncan (in Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009)

Poems
Billy Collins, Nine Horses:
- ""More Than a Woman"
- "Aimless Love" (I LOVED THIS ONE)
- "Absence"
- "Royal Aristocrat"

Other
- Got a blank composition notebook for Notebooks journal.

Read Book List

3/143

12/29/2009
In Progress: Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson (p. 79/167)
1/3/2010
In Progress: Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson (p. 106/167)
1/4/2010
Finished: Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
1/5/2010
In Progress: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (p. 741/1112; pages are continuous throughout the trilogy)
1/6/2010
In Progress: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (p. 790/1112; pages are continuous throughout the trilogy)
1/7/2010
In Progress: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (p. 826/1112; pages are continuous throughout the trilogy)
1/12/2010
In Progress: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (p. 866/1112; pages are continuous throughout the trilogy)
In Progress: Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (p. 66/157)
1/13/2010 - 1/28/2010 (2)
- Finished Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (for class)
- Read Thud! by Terry Pratchett

Read Poem List

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12/29/09 (4)
Billy Collins, Nine Horses:
- ""More Than a Woman"
- "Aimless Love" (I LOVED THIS ONE)
- "Absence"
- "Royal Aristocrat"

12/30/09 (3)
Billy Collins; Nine Horses:
- "Paris"
- "Istanbul"
- "Love"

1/2/10 (10)
Billy Collins: Nine Horses
- "Languor"
- "Obituaries" (reminded me of a Lou Reed song, from Magic & Loss)
- "Today"
- "Ave Atque Vale"
- "Roadside Flowers"
- "As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse"
- "Trompe L'Oeil" (I LOVED THIS ONE)
- "Creatures" (This one confused me)
- "Tipping Point" (I loved this one too!)
- "Birthday"

1/3/10 (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Albany"
- "Study in Orange and White"
- "Rooms"

1/4/10 (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Nine Horses"
- "Litany"
- "The Return of the Key" (pretty interesting!)

1/5/10 (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "The Listener"
- "The Literary Life"
- "The Great Walter Pater"

1/6/10 (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa"
- "Bermuda"
- "Ignorance"

1/7/10 (3)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Death in New Orleans, a Romance"
- "Air Piano"
- "Drawing"

1/9/10 (6)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "To My Patron"
- "Writing in the Afterlife"
- "The Parade"
- "The Only Day in Existence"
- "No Time"
- "Balsa"

1/10/10 (4)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Elk River Falls"
- "Earth"
- "Colorado"
- "Lying in Bed in the Dark, I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona"

1/12/10 (6)
From Nine Horses by Billy Collins
- "Bodhidharma"
- "Rain"
- "Christmas Sparrow"
- "The Stare"
- "Surprise"
- "Poetry"