Original poem reprinted online here: "Book of Hours" by Kimberly Johnson Originally read: January 4, 2013 More information about the Poet: Kimberly Johnson So I've been procrastinating all day for this poem. Why? Even though I read this poem quite a lot of times, I still have a hard time initiating a discussion about it. It should be easy, right? I have a lot of notes on the page, I have an entry way through word play or use of difficult words. However, I really don't want to go this route, but, since I've been hesitating (and this is supposed to only take 15 minutes not the whole day) I should. Language is a tricky subject. I don't want to write, "well this poem has difficult words in it -- it add/takes away from the poem." If I do that the entire message, techniques, images, etc. are washed out. I will write this though -- in any poem or writing, there has to be a draw in for the reader to read or even look into the poem. Every poem I ch...
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