My proudest literary moment

Post by **Dale** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:10 pm

Thanks to the recommendation of our own carrie, my poem "Wave" has been published in a high school literature textbook. (Pathways: Literature for Readers and Writers, 2008, Perfection Learning.) It's the coolest moment in my writing life.

It's a little weird and humbling to see this in the Table of Contents:

Unit Three: The Forces of Nature

The Interlopers, Saki
The Birches, Robert Frost
Haiku, Basho
spring is like a perhaps hand, e.e. cummings
from An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore
The Deadliest Tsunami in History?, National Geographic
Wave, Dale Wisely
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, Emily Dickinson

Now, is that cool or what?

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:13 pm

Wow. You are in such exalted company! I've simply got to start treating you with more respect. Congratulations! Now, please post the poem.

Susan

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:29 pm

Impressive! Well done, Dale!

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:33 pm

oh man I am jealous of your literary moment
but I will try
not to say anything
mean.

because
in truth it is lovely.
no?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:34 pm

dang!!! congratulations!!!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:54 pm

congratulations. how did you score on the review questions?

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:58 pm

You're really up there with the best of them, Dale. Next step, the encyclopedia.

Kevin Krell

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:08 pm

I can imagine how you feel.

Congratulations and well done, mate. Outstanding!

Oh, and, er, that jealous thing that Emm mentioned...

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:40 pm

I,too, am green with envy. Oh to have my poetry among such company!

Congratulations, Dale! May this be the first of many!

larrym. · Post by **larrym.** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:49 pm

You da man, Dale!!!!_________

Larry

Jeferson · Post by **Jeferson** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:12 pm

Dale wrote: It's a little weird and humbling to see this in the Table of Contents:
Unit Three: The Forces of Nature
The Interlopers, Saki
The Birches, Robert Frost
Haiku, Basho
spring is like a perhaps hand, e.e. cummings
from An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore
The Deadliest Tsunami in History?, National Geographic
Wave, Dale Wisely
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, Emily Dickinson

Now, is that cool or what?

Congratulations, Dale.

Jef
I'll admit, though, as I went down that list of literary names, I was thinking...yep...uh huh...yep...uh huh...Al WHO?!...yep...uh huh...yep...uh huh...

Jeferson · Post by **Jeferson** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:15 pm

Oh, and if you need a vast army of unsolicited letters heading in to the school board, you know, demanding a change to the mandatory texts used in the district, just let us know. We're all over it.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:38 pm

Neat.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:48 pm

I admit to being really thrilled.

Just the thought of all of those students having to answer the discussion question at the end of the chapter:

3. What does Wisely's poem communicate about the power of water?

...and drawing little fighter planes shooting dotted lines at my poem and drawing little hearts with the names of their boy/girlfriends in 'em. It's the coolest.

The poem is part of a section on the 2004 tsunami. Here's the poem:
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.
.
.

Wave

My child
Born to me by water
And by water
Swept away

12/2004

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:39 pm

Now, is that cool or what?

The coolest.

Now that I've read it , I can see why it's included. Very deserving.

Y'aughta be right proud!

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