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This poetic trace was used in:
Poem 23: Useful Bullshit


Here are a few gems (from d___ l____):

-there is nothing in this that interests me
-you might want to give up on poetry entirely and take up creative non-fiction, perhaps even learn to write linearly and write your own memoir.
-why don't you try centering all your poems--both physically and theoretically.

here's some more language...

dust bunnies and the holocaust
two coats...too coax?
we're all encased in plastic
try a vignette
first person
who speaks
who is speaking why
chafe in conjugation
hilarity is not a word
break the line/brake the line?
more feelings
this feels absent vacant vague
i want writing to be funny
trust the beginning of books
stimulating
visual
be more visual and visceral
typical
you call this a performative nature?
but we're not competing
i want my terminal degree

ok, that's it for now--these are culled from my MFA thesis feedback from peers.