Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mute and hardly active


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The past several days, I've had the distinct feeling of being mute. I feel as though I'm giving stillbirth to words.

I haven't written anything about which I'm content in longer than I can remember.

I need to be bolstered up and ordered by something, but I'm not sure what that might be.

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5 comments:

  1. JamesMarch 5, 2009 at 10:28 PM

    I googled you and read your Greek myth/rape poem! I loved it! Bolster!

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  2. Meghan Maguire DahnMarch 6, 2009 at 2:14 AM

    Thank you.

    That poem is such an artifact of that time. I would write it so differently now. Sometimes it makes me cringe a bit, because there are very specific things about it with which I'm not happy, but mostly I think of it like that tattoo I got spontaneously when I was a teenager. At the time it served a direct and undeniable (slightly misguided) purpose. Now, I mostly forget it's there.

    Thank you for the bolstering. And thank you for reading.

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  3. Jacob DurffMarch 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM

    Hey Meghan,

    I shall avoid the typical long time no... statement that people often make. Anyhow, I've got a new blog. Old blog is defunct. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to more posts from you.

    Cheers
    Jake

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  4. AMarch 21, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    My college advisor once (infamously) told a student that his senior creative writing project was "a stillborn child."

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  5. Meghan Maguire DahnMarch 21, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    Jacob - I was just thinking of you!

    Abby - I'm happy to know that I am as harsh with myself and my writing projects as your advisor was with his advisees.

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