And I know it's you knocking around in there

[sovay]

In no particular order—

1. I have been Spontaneously Spotted! I feel like some sort of rare species.

2. Today is my father's birthday non-observed. Last night I made a hazelnut cake; today it gets whipped cream, strawberries, and that very dark chocolate icing that is basically cacao with a little butter to make it pliable. I believe we are taking him to Za for dinner. Mostly I got him books.

3. This is the best poem about the Odyssey I've seen in a long time.

4. heliopsis has coined an excellent word.

5. The trees are budding. It's not snowing yet.

Comments

[emily-jiang.livejournal.com]

Hi Sonya and Athena, Thank you so much for your kind comments about my poem. It means a lot to me b/c I have admired your work in Stone Telling (which published my first real poetry sale) and other zines.

Sonya, I really enjoyed reading your Goblin Fruit interview! Congrats!

[helivoy.livejournal.com]

Thank you for writing so well about my namesake, Emily! The form of your poem is very like the Cretan mantinades, which are call-and-response two-liners. So it's Hellenic along several dimensions, which makes me inordinately happy.

[sovay]

Sonya, I really enjoyed reading your Goblin Fruit interview! Congrats!

Thank you! I'm very glad.