Morning

dam’s broke,

head’s a

waterfall.

MARGINALIA

These headaches, they’re not funny anymore. I’ve been getting a lot of them lately, and I must admit it’s making me a bit scared. Like why-is-this-happening and what-is-wrong-with-me kind of scared. I’ve always had migraines since I was a kid, but never like this – the kind that makes you keel over because of the pain. Also: my heart is broken again. Story of my life.

ABOUT ROBERT CREELEY

Robert Creeley was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, on May 21, 1926. He attended Harvard University from 1943 to 1946. In 1946, he published his first poem, in the Harvard magazine  Wake . Creeley published more than sixty books of poetry including    If I Were Writing This    (2003);    Just in Time: Poems     1984–1994  (2001);    Life & Death    (1998);    Echoes    (1994);    Selected Poems 1945–1990    (1991);    Memory Gardens    (1986);    Mirrors    (1983);    The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975    (1982); …  (more)

Robert Creeley was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, on May 21, 1926. He attended Harvard University from 1943 to 1946. In 1946, he published his first poem, in the Harvard magazine  Wake . Creeley published more than sixty books of poetry including    If I Were Writing This    (2003);    Just in Time: Poems     1984–1994  (2001);    Life & Death    (1998);    Echoes    (1994);    Selected Poems 1945–1990    (1991);    Memory Gardens    (1986);    Mirrors    (1983);    The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975    (1982);    Later    (New Directions, 1979);    The Finger    (1968); and    For Love: Poems 1950–1960    (1962). Creeley died on March 30, 2005, in Odessa, Texas. ( Source )

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