Five Things that Don't Suck, Being Home Edition

1. the dogs and love therefrom
2. Jed and love therefrom
3. seltzer after a week of flat water
4. silence
5. knowing that the next gathering will be happening before I know it

Five Things that Don't Suck, Poetry Week Edition

Hi! I'm going to be at my favorite poetry week of the year starting today--so I might post a FTTDS list every day, I might miss one or two days, or I might miss all of them. It's a fantastic week and definitely does not suck, but it gets busy and my world is wondrously full for a few days. 

1. reading good poems
2. talking about good poems
3. talking about all sorts of other things
4. going for a swim*
5. long walks

*or five

Five Things that Don't Suck, Getting Ready for Connecticut Edition

1. wondering if Connecticut can possibly be ready for me
2. movie night with The Wolf Man*
3. having someone else take care of most of the day-to-day all week so I can be a poet
4. being with other poets
5. these specific other poets**

*that's the movie, not some euphemism for any of the dudes in CT
**though I'll be missing some others, it's true