tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562453500170008439.post1931708728233196059..comments2010-07-14T13:26:48.736-07:00Comments on The Norton Anthology of Thom: Not Being ThereThomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851922901383153082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562453500170008439.post-22767065253153374372009-04-02T09:41:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:41:00.000-07:00I can admire the persistence of thriving in a plac...I can admire the persistence of thriving in a place not meant to be inhabited while still questioning its practicality. Let the river take the towns, I'll take the people.Lanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578639185997387443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562453500170008439.post-82740695148459943892009-04-01T00:59:00.000-07:002009-04-01T00:59:00.000-07:00I sense a new North Dakota poem coming on.I sense a new North Dakota poem coming on.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691075104934579489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562453500170008439.post-73053892487901018192009-03-31T12:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:16:00.000-07:00Charles Baxter: "Given the chance, people from the...Charles Baxter: "Given the chance, people from the Dakotas will apologize for being from the Dakotas. It's a reflex."<BR/><BR/>But there's something here. There's something there, too. There's a there everywhere.<BR/><BR/>And you aren't gone. Did you seriously think you could leave?<BR/><BR/>The river has thrown its weight against you, and like the slow-belt-silt-conveyer that it is, you probably didn't notice how deeply it carved. Nothing drastic. Subtler. Hidden until it wells up and swells beyond its banks.<BR/><BR/>At least it has the decency to only presume to be meaningful once, maybe twice a decade. You've got other things to do.<BR/><BR/>wv: orkpi, the ratio between an orc's circumference and an orc's diameter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com