WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.500 align:middle line:90%
[APPLAUSE]

00:00:00.500 --> 00:00:01.365 align:middle line:90%
Thank you, Wendy.

00:00:01.365 --> 00:00:04.110 align:middle line:90%


00:00:04.110 --> 00:00:09.150 align:middle line:84%
Thank you, poetry
community in Tucson.

00:00:09.150 --> 00:00:13.590 align:middle line:84%
Thank you Tyler,
Eric, Annie, Craig.

00:00:13.590 --> 00:00:18.510 align:middle line:84%
I feel just from the moment
I got up this morning til now

00:00:18.510 --> 00:00:22.920 align:middle line:84%
I've been learning all day
and rethinking, relearning,

00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.250 align:middle line:84%
reconsidering so
much about poetry.

00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:30.150 align:middle line:84%
And I love what Tyler just
said about the pleasure

00:00:30.150 --> 00:00:31.360 align:middle line:90%
and how things work.

00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:34.570 align:middle line:84%
I feel like that's just
been a mantra all day today.

00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:40.410 align:middle line:90%
So thank you so much for that.

00:00:40.410 --> 00:00:41.640 align:middle line:90%
OK.

00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:42.915 align:middle line:90%
I'm going to set my timer.

00:00:42.915 --> 00:00:45.060 align:middle line:90%
[LAUGHING]

00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:45.900 align:middle line:90%
And get to it.

00:00:45.900 --> 00:00:48.510 align:middle line:90%


00:00:48.510 --> 00:00:49.185 align:middle line:90%
"Mother Love."

00:00:49.185 --> 00:00:52.950 align:middle line:90%


00:00:52.950 --> 00:01:01.500 align:middle line:84%
"Because you are not April
or June or January or slush

00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:08.940 align:middle line:84%
caked boots or snow falling
or melting or moving in

00:01:08.940 --> 00:01:11.430 align:middle line:90%
from the Northwest plains.

00:01:11.430 --> 00:01:15.750 align:middle line:90%
One cold coffee of a late night.

00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:17.010 align:middle line:90%
My brews.

00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:18.270 align:middle line:90%
My blade.

00:01:18.270 --> 00:01:19.830 align:middle line:90%
My thorn.

00:01:19.830 --> 00:01:21.570 align:middle line:90%
I love.

00:01:21.570 --> 00:01:26.160 align:middle line:84%
Here in the fold of
a cramped journal

00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:31.830 align:middle line:84%
I have nothing to whine
about, to hate, or to feel

00:01:31.830 --> 00:01:34.530 align:middle line:90%
indifferent to.

00:01:34.530 --> 00:01:38.520 align:middle line:84%
I write with the ink
that is your name.

00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:43.500 align:middle line:84%
Dark blood and the droop
of a pale handkerchief.

00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:47.580 align:middle line:84%
When the baker runs her hands
against the smooth flour

00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:51.990 align:middle line:84%
and sugar tins with
their satisfied lids,

00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:54.540 align:middle line:90%
she is not like you.

00:01:54.540 --> 00:01:58.380 align:middle line:84%
She is not your sewing
machine in danger

00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:00.630 align:middle line:90%
of falling over the edge.

00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:02.250 align:middle line:90%
No.

00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:07.350 align:middle line:84%
You're at least 13 clocks
in the span of two rooms,

00:02:07.350 --> 00:02:11.100 align:middle line:90%
each off by a minute or two.

00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:14.520 align:middle line:90%
Lord help me when they chimed.

00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:18.900 align:middle line:84%
And so my love is
awkward and ill-timed.

00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:24.000 align:middle line:84%
Here's the oversized window
you keep looking out of.

00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.120 align:middle line:90%
What trip are you planning?

00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:34.230 align:middle line:84%
You, never punctual, retired
Secretary, you flat-ended film,

00:02:34.230 --> 00:02:37.590 align:middle line:84%
you holy shock of
self absorption.

00:02:37.590 --> 00:02:41.460 align:middle line:84%
Polyester panties,
cotton knit pajamas.

00:02:41.460 --> 00:02:43.020 align:middle line:90%
You paper jam.

00:02:43.020 --> 00:02:44.550 align:middle line:90%
You yesterday.

00:02:44.550 --> 00:02:46.980 align:middle line:90%
You minister of excuses.

00:02:46.980 --> 00:02:52.170 align:middle line:84%
You tardy bell, parcel
package, unexpected visitor,

00:02:52.170 --> 00:02:56.940 align:middle line:84%
unanswered phone call, shout
from the basement, rainstorm

00:02:56.940 --> 00:02:58.950 align:middle line:90%
static in the busted speaker.

00:02:58.950 --> 00:03:00.450 align:middle line:90%
Hearing aid headache.

00:03:00.450 --> 00:03:03.480 align:middle line:84%
Cabinet void of tea
bags and measuring cups.

00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:05.970 align:middle line:90%
Passive aggressive stomach ache.

00:03:05.970 --> 00:03:10.170 align:middle line:84%
1 and 1/2 minutes too long,
day late dollar short,

00:03:10.170 --> 00:03:14.960 align:middle line:84%
mother of mothers,
you mother, you."

00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.000 align:middle line:90%