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Matt Coghill's avatar

Teddy!

Thank you for sharing through my two seasons hanging holiday lights, I have typically shared the same sentiment you mention above. It is a unique, grueling line of work. What got me through the other end of the work day when I was in the industry was seeing the joy on the face of kids as I light up their homes.

Anywho, glad to see you doing well!

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rjm's avatar

You might be interested in checking out the book The Equilibrium Line by David Wilson. It’s all poems related to climbing. Really remarkably good.

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Teddy Dondanville's avatar

Thanks RJM, awesome rec. I will!

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Ryan Gossen's avatar

Good to watch you progress Teddy. What poets are you inspired by?

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Teddy Dondanville's avatar

Thanks, Ryan! I think part of my "problem" with poetry is that I'm mainly self-taught and haven't spent much time reading, learning from, and latching onto specific poets as I have with authors of other types of writing. So, I've been trying to work backward and actually read poetry before writing more. Do you have recommendations? Sidebar: I've been enjoying the variety of poetry I see on the Poetic Outlaws substack (https://poeticoutlaws.substack.com/).

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Ryan Gossen's avatar

As a self-centered person, I never appreciated poetry until I tried to write it, which only happened because they made me in school. For old school, I like Donne. Victorian poems are like combination locks with a pretty high likelihood you will find something good in there. Yeats is my fav for the sounds, and I like the global perspective and occult vibes. I just started reading Anne Sexton again, maybe my favorite all around. To feel like an unhinged American Nature Freak, I go to Whitman.

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Teddy Dondanville's avatar

I appreciate you sharing! I'm going to check them out.

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Teddy Dondanville's avatar

Thanks for reading, Matt. That makes a lot of sense. I would feel psyched! But unfortunately I can count the number of interactions like that on one hand. 😔 I cous have used more customer interactions.

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