My New Macbook

My PC died recently, which was a drag, but my computer geek salvaged my hard drive. Whew! I bit the bullet and bought a MacBook. I may have to subsist on peanut butter now, but it is worth it. I will NEVER use a PC again. There should be a temple for Apple worshippers...maybe that is part of the reason for the Genius Bar in Apple stores...a place to kneel and give thanks for the Mac. I can totally see it.

Other news...Margaret Oleksa reviewed Tomato Girl on Examiner.com. Read her review.

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Poems for Shark Week

Poems for Shark Week

Where the fin of the shark cuts like a black chip out of the water...
—from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman

In honor of Shark Week, the Discovery Channel's annual weeklong series of television programs devoted to sharks, Poets.org has compiled 35 Poems about Sharks, and examined how the animals have been represented in classic and contemporary poetry.

Described by poets as "death-scenting," with "lipless jaws" and "eyes that stare at nothing, like the dead," sharks have long served as a cultural symbol of mortality and looming danger. Despite the fact that sharks kill fewer than 20 people a year, their reputation as the ocean's most allusive and deadly predator continues to inspire fear and fascination in audiences throughout the world.

Included are poems by Carl Sandburg, Robert Graves, Martín Espada, Denise Levertov, Joel Brouwer, Walt Whitman, Tomasz Rózycki, Herman Melville, Alan Dugan, James Dickey, Vivian Shipley, Jamey Dunham, Nancy Willard, and many others.

On the web at: www.poets.org/sharks