Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Great Regulars: Stephen Dobyns's whimsical poem about

a restless householder consulting his dog on how to escape ordinary life makes me laugh out loud. But the end delivers a knife twist to kill off the unexamined life. How do we resolve the need for comfort with desires that press us in wild directions? Sometimes like this:

How To Like It

from Mary Karr: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice

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