CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
THE PEDANT
A Newsletter
for CGU
students, or
propaganda for
the general
welfare.
Volume 2 #4, May 2010
The Ranch Santa Ana
Botanic Garden is
currently in full bloom.
Check out our events
calendar on page 8 for
excuses to visit.
pages 2: campus
news
pages 3-6:
Summer plans?
Some sage
advice from your
professors
page 8:
events calendar,
graduate tip, and
more
Reconcile yourself to the
details of student loan reform
We’ve all heard a lot about
health-care reform, but few know
that the recently passed bill was
actually a double feature (Note
its proper title: The Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act
of 2010). This legislation
significantly reforms student-loan
practices and will affect where
you get, and how you pay, them.
this won’t do you any good, as
Pell Grants are only available to
undergrads. Similarly, several
billion dollars will be used to
fund poor and minority schools,
and increase community college
funding.
The program is being closed,
however, because critics allege
the government misallocates
billions of dollars to expand bank
profits at the expense of
taxpayers, rather than directly
financing students. Also, the
government insured the loans for
For us, the termination of the
commercial banks that did not
share the risk burden. According
Federal Family Education Loan
Last year, Congress passed the
to the Congressional Budget
Program (FFELP) will be the
Student Aid and Fiscal
change of most consequence. The Office, direct government
Responsibility Act, which was
lending will save taxpayers $61
FFELP is a public/private
reshaped and attached as a rider
billion over 10 years. About $40
partnership that was created by
to the bill President Barack
billion of the savings will be
Congress in 1965 to deliver and
Obama signed into law last
redirected to higher education
administer student loans
month. Title II of the bill deals
guaranteed by the government. It spending, while an additional
with student-loan reform and
subsidizes private companies like $10 billion will be added to
makes several changes to the
Sallie Mae and Bank of America various higher-education
existing system.
programs.
that service student loans,
providing us with competitive
One of the most significant
options between the marketplace This means as of July 1, 2010, all
alterations will be an increase in and the Department of Education. student loans will be serviced by
Pell Grant awards. Unfortunately,
the Department of Education.
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CGU
factoid
In the wake of
the landmark
Miranda v. Arizona
Supreme Court
decision, one of
CGU’s most
distinguished
former faculty
members won
the Pulitzer Prize
in History in
1969 for his
Origins of the Fifth
Amendment. Any
guesses?
The answer’s on
page 8 . . .
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CAMPUS NEWS
GSC takes initiative
with new initiatives
(2009). Bachmann won her award for
Temper (2009). Currently, she teaches
creative writing at Vanderbilt University.
Bards Imbursed
“I am deeply honored to have been
selected,” Bachmann said. “The Kate
Tufts Award is unbelievably encouraging
and extremely motivating. I’m blown
away. And to be selected alongside D.A.
Powell: amazing.”
For those of us living off-campus, pulled
in a dozen different directions, it’s
difficult to get or stay connected with
other students. Collegiality, however, is
not just good for mental health, it’s good
for research, which is why the Graduate
Student Council (GSC) is rolling out a
series of collaboration resources this fall.
“We see a need for more collaboration on
research, conference presentations, writing
for publication, establishing
transdisciplinary reading and research
groups, and working together to put on
small symposia,” said GSC President
Shamini Dias. “This will make for a richer
graduate student experience, broaden our
horizons, and give us an edge in the
competitive job market.”
Student Research Online Profiles: Will
be a webpage dedicated to profiling
students and their research interests.
Students will be invited to submit their
profiles online to be uploaded and shared
with the CGU community.
Conference and Journals Resource Page:
This one-stop page will list conferences
and journals in all fields, and provide
information about focus areas, deadlines,
and website links.
Advancement Foundation Database
Access: The Office of Advancement will
make their foundations’ database accessible
to students and put on webinars on grant
writing and funding research.
editor’s
note
The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was
established in 1992 to honor work by a
mid-career poet and is the largest prize of
it’s kind in the world. In 1994, the Kate
Tufts Discovery Award was added to
honor the first book of poets who show
exceptional promise.
The awards will be presented April 28 at
6:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Museum of
California Art. The ceremony will feature
a poetry reading followed by a book
signing. The event is free and open to the
public, although an RSVP is required.
Call (909) 621-8974 or http://
www.cgu.edu/tufts to save your spot.
D.A. Powell, a rather dapper 2010
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner.
In February CGU announced D.A.
Powell the winner of the 2010 Kingsley
Tufts Poetry Award and Beth Bachmann
2010 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
honoree. Respectively, that’s a $100,000
and $10,000 cash prize; enough to
compel any retired poet to dust off the
old quill.
Powell teaches English and creative
writing at the University of San Francisco
and is the author of Tea (1998), Lunch
(2000), Cocktails (2004), and Chronic
THE PEDANT is . . .
Brendan Babish:
Managing editor
Kevin Riel:
Head writer
Liz Nurenberg:
Senior colorist
While adding final touches to your end-of-year
papers, you’re probably also fantasizing about
all the things you’re going to do this summer.
To help, in this issue we’ve included a longerthan-usual piece with sage advice/ideas on how
to spend your break from those who should
know: your professors.
CGU students. Though we’ll be working out the
bugs this summer, we invite you to log on now and
start building a profile: www.cgupedant.ning.com.
Play around with it; send us feedback, questions,
concerns; sell your futon; promote your club,
event, research; help us make it something truly
useful. Enjoy your break!
Also, the recent student-loan reform is an
important development that we’ve tried to
elucidate here and will be following closely.
But as we’re learning, student-loan reform is
fluid; as I write, bills are being introduced in
both houses of Congress that would apply the
same bankruptcy laws to student loans as
pertain to private loans. We will be following
this story over the summer and no doubt
tweeting any updates (so check us out at
“CGUPedant” on Twitter).
Brendan Babish
Brendan.babish@cgu.edu
Finally, we are in the process of creating our
own multimedia social-networking site for all
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Also, as part of the award, D.A. Powell
will spend one week in residence at CGU
for lectures and readings. Stay tuned for
details on the when and wherefores. To
get you excited, we’ve included a poem of
his on page 8.
the Pedant
May 2010
Volume 2 #4
Special Thanks
to the Student Services Office, all the professors
who contributed to our summer article, and
anyone else who generously gave their time to
our humble publication; and AMC’s Mad Men.
Clockwise from the top
right: Kathy Pezdak, Paul
Zak, Lori Anne Ferrell,
Jenny Darroch, Lorne
Olfman, Dale Berger,
Becky Reichard, and
Linda Perkins.
The professors’ guide to
summer mixology
So close, you can almost taste it. Like guava and
pineapple juice, but with a distinctively sharp
edge – chilled, of course – something at home in
a halved coconut with a cherry and mini
umbrella . . . summer! It’s enough to make a
mixed drink out of your metaphors. But should we
spend our “break” wasting away in
Margaritaville? We suspect not. So we’ve stirred
up advice from a medley of CGU professors on
how they fill their summer days and how students
like you should fill yours.
“When I need a break – and I do on a regular basis – I take
one,” says School of Behavioral and Organizational
Sciences (SBOS) Professor Kathy Pezdek. “I never do
my best work when I’m burned out. But part of being
professionally successful is figuring out what type of
break works best for you. I do take a week off a couple
times a year, but I have also mastered the art of the threeday weekend. In California, there are many places you can
get to in a couple hours that can offer you a complete
change of pace. Just don’t take your computer with you
and you can come back a different person.
“That said, summer is the best time to get serious writing
done without other interruptions. My summer schedule is
the same as my schedule during the academic year, except
that I typically work at my home office. I write 40 to 50
hours a week in the summer, but work in time for family and
friends every day. I also catch up on recreational reading in
the summer. It’s recreational reading and time with friends
that don’t get on the schedule often enough during the school
year.”
As for us students, she says: “It unfortunately takes some
graduate students too long to realize that the break in classes
around Christmas and over the summer is not ‘free time.’
‘Summer vacation’ ended
forever when you received
your BA. Graduate school
is a special window in
one’s life devoted to
developing professional
skills in the area you are
most interested. What could
be better? At CGU, most
students do not take a full
course load in the summer.
That’s great because it
avails time for other venues
of professional
development. Masters
students should be using
this time to get relevant
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internship or job experience to
strengthen their resume. PhD students
should be using this time to advance
their research – write up the program
of research they conducted during the
previous academic year and launch
the program of research they will
conduct next year. This is the most
exciting part of graduate school and
summer is the best time to indulge in
it.”
If this sounds like a death sentence to
your research-avoidance plans, rest
assured that Pezdak’s is not the only
view. School of Politics and
Economics Professor Paul Zak
recounts: “When I was a student I had a policy against
attending summer school (and like many of you, I needed a
break). I spent my summers working. I had both odd jobs (I
was a bouncer at a bar one summer, quite fun) and careeroriented jobs (for me, doing research). I also tried to travel
as much as I could afford. I think students should have a
ball in the summer: travel, explore, intern, work, meet some
new people, see your parents, learn a new language, or find
a new love.”
As for himself, Zak says: “Since we run several
experiments when the students are on campus during both
semesters, I use the summer to analyze the data I've
collected with my students and write papers. This year I'm
also writing a lay-audience book tentatively called The
Moral Molecule about my research. And, of course, I travel
to conferences and sneak in some vacation time. For me,
writing is cathartic, a
professional
recreation (or maybe
just ‘creation’).”
“I work as hard over the summer, but
my work changes a bit: I buckle down
to any book, article, or research
projects in my to-do pile (a pile that
often shifts contents – like items in an
overhead bin during flight – but never
empties entirely) and try to get my
projects finished by the day before fall
classes start. So I spend about four
days a week at the Huntington Library
instead of my normal two. Plus, I’m
usually in England or a different US
research library at least a month every
summer. Oh, and like every other
happily domesticated Southern
California transplant, I am a
Disneyland annual-pass holder. There’s
nothing like a few stolen summer hours in the Magic
Kingdom a couple times a month to make you feel like a
bona fide vacationer.”
For students, Ferrell recommends: “Language study, exam
preparation, dissertation writing, cook a few real meals, and
take a moment to remember what partners/kids/best friends/
family/pets look like – reintroduce yourself – and then
spend some golden afternoons with these best beloveds.
Most important, though, is always take one day a week off!
This is a real boost to the other six days’ productivity. I
won’t say ‘finish those incompletes’ because, as my
students know, I don’t grant them. Summers are too
precious to waste on overdue papers and deadlines are a fact
of life in the academy so get used to them. Get those papers
in on time and use your summer wisely!”
“Summers are too
Likewise, for many
professors – including
Arts and Humanities
Professor Lori Anne
Ferrell – their work is
their pastime: “As far
as relaxing over the
summer goes, this
query reminds me of
the woeful fact that I
have not had a true
holiday in at least a
decade. I think I travel
so much (and mostly
to England, a place
I’m very fond of) for
my research I just
count it as a holiday.
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precious to waste on
overdue papers and
deadlines are a fact
of life in the academy
so get used to them.
Get those papers in
on time and use your
summer wisely!”
“Be a d ve n tu ro u s b y try in g so m et hi ng
yo u ha ve n't d o ne b e f o re : a ro ad t ri p
t o a c it y yo u ’v e b e e n me a n i n g to
t o ur, a visit to a mu se u m, a rt g alle ry,
o r na t ure t ra i l. ”
“As for what students might do – this is a
difficult question to answer because we
have such a diverse student population –
some work full time, some are full-time
students, some have children, some do
Time with family is a theme we heard in not, some want to get through their
all the replies we received. For Peter F.
studies quickly, others are happy to take
Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate
their time. So, my advice is this: make
School of Management Associate
sure you allow yourself the opportunity
Professor Jenny Darroch it is a central
to spend time with people who are
concern: “My summer is broken into a
important to you. And, be adventurous by
number of distinct parts as we have two
trying something you haven't done
boys in high school who are also
before: a road trip to a city you’ve been
competitive swimmers. During the latter meaning to tour, a visit to a museum, art
part of summer, I like to get away with
gallery, or nature trail. Not only will you
the family. Sometimes we take local
feel a sense of achievement of a different
vacations. For example, we might head
kind to the grades you get on your
to the beach for a week to surf. Other
assignments, but also you will have
times we go overseas. Last year, we went memories that will define the year.”
back to New Zealand to see family and
added a vacation in Queensland,
Similarly, the multi-talented School of
Australia so we could hang out at the
Educational Studies Professor and
beach. The year before that, I took my
School of Arts and Humanities Director
family with me to conferences in Sweden of Applied Women's Studies and the
and the UK. We place a big emphasis on Africana Studies Certificate Program
spending time together as a family. I am Linda Perkins says: “Family time is
very mindful of the fact that my oldest is sacred. I always schedule a family
off to college in a year and I feel strongly vacation with my daughter and often my
about spending time together now and
siblings during the winter and summer
building memories.
breaks. I do a combination of
professional work and leisure. I often
“When the summer begins, I enjoy
teach the first session of summer school
catching up on research projects I have
as well as continuing my on-going
neglected and other projects I have
research.
shelved; and catching up on sleep. I
especially enjoy not having to teach in
“During my college career, I did a
the evenings because during the semester combination of things over the
I teach two to three nights a week but
summer. My mother's best friend lived in
still get up at 6 a.m. to get my boys to
Palo Alto, California and worked at
school. My boys finish school toward the Stanford Medical School. I left my
end of June, which is also when the
hometown of Mobile, Alabama each
summer swimming season gets busy.
summer to stay with her and work in the
development office of Stanford
University. This was an outstanding
experience since I learned a great deal
about how elite universities raised
money. It also began my interest in
higher education. As a graduate student, I
alternated between working and/or
summer school. As a doctoral student at
the University of Illinois, ChampaignUrbana I spent one summer living in
Philadelphia where I did research for my
dissertation.
“Most of my students at CGU have fulltime jobs and often families. I was single
as a graduate student and had a lot of
freedom and mobility to travel. I also had
complete graduate funding, which is rare
today. Thus, I didn't have the financial
stresses that most students have today,
so I could always ensure that I combined
both academic and leisure pursuits into
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camping, surfing, scuba diving, and
traveling.
later spent the time studying for my
quals. My final summer, though, I
worked hard on my dissertation
“I suggest students try to find a summer proposal all the way through.”
internship in an area that they might see
themselves working in after graduation. Along the same lines, SBOS Professor
This is a great chance to find out what
Dale Berger says: “I am usually busy
you like and don't like and can be very much of the summer with academic and
helpful in learning what career path is
professional activities, but the pace is
right for you. If you are seeking
more relaxed and I do take some time
academia as a career path, then
to visit family and friends in
working to advance your own research Minnesota. Summer is a great time to
or that of a research lab on campus
catch up with reading, writing, and
would be ideal. When I was a student, I research projects that have been pushed
worked for the Army Research Institute aside during the academic year.
during my summers, which was very
helpful for me to learn more about
“For students, a relevant internship or
research from a different
job can be great,
perspective. Of course,
with time set
though, everyone should be
aside for
sure to schedule some fun
research and
my summer. I’ve noticed that
time.”
writing as well
many CGU students complete classes
as travel and
during the summer in a shorter period
Indeed, as School of
relaxation. I
than they could during the academic
Information Systems and
worked every
year. This is a wise decision. Yet, my
Technology Professor Lorne
summer as a
advice is make time for family and
Olfman knows, variety is the
graduate student,
friends. Positive and nurturing
spice of a well-spent
though I did
relationships are essential for healthy
summer: “Each summer I do
travel quite a bit,
emotional and psychological well
a variety of things. Most
too. It is
being.”
summers I work on research
important to
projects, sometimes teach
make good use
An expert on psychological well-being, courses (I recently had two
of the big block
SBOS Assistant Professor Becky
short visiting faculty
of time away
Reichard, advocates hard work with a positions in Paris!), travel,
from classes –
dash of recreation: “This will be my
and prepare for next year’s classes.”
finding a good mix of work and
first summer as a CGU faculty member
relaxation.”
and I plan to be very busy with research Definitively, Olfman advises students:
and grant-related work. Because the
“They need to do some relaxing over
If there is one thing all of these
academic year is so busy with class,
the summer. When I was a doctoral
esteemed summer veterans can agree
students, committees, etc., I have
student, for the first couple summers
on, it’s that a good mix for the break is
several papers I will be revising for
I took one class in the first part of the
not just two parts vodka to one part
publication. In addition, assuming grant summer. The second part of the
quinine with a lime squeeze, it’s
funding comes through, I will have
summer, I
finding the right balance
several intensive summer weeks
would either
between getting work done
developing a new leadership education go home for
and forgetting you have
curriculum. I hope, however, to also
almost two
work to do. The recipe will
find some time to relax and go hiking,
months or
vary from student to
student and year to year,
but if you can make the
ingredients congeal, you’re
“For students, a relevant
in for a delicious summer.
inter nship or job can be great,
Cheers.
with time set aside for research
and writing as well as travel
and relaxation.”
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Reconcile yourself to the details of student loan reform
(Continued from page 1)
But what does this mean for you? Well,
practically speaking, not much. You will
have to fill out a new master promissory
note. Loans will still be received and
delivered by our student loan office in
exactly the same way. You won’t have to
redo entrance counseling, and nothing
will change about your existing loans
(except that a different company may
end up servicing them).
Finally, the new bill sweetens the rules
for Income-Based Repayment (IBR),
starting in 2014. There are several other
repayment plans, but if you don’t know
about IBR, you should. For students like
us, enrolled at a private university, this
could be a useful option. Here are the
basics: Enacted in 2007 as part of the
College Cost Reduction and Access Act,
IBR helps students pay back their debt
who are experiencing financial difficulty,
have low income compared to their debt,
or are pursuing a career in public service.
IBR annually adjusts a cap on your
monthly payment according to your
based repayment will be 15% * ($30,000
- 150% * $10,830) / 12 = $171.94 a
month . . . most borrowers will have a
monthly payment under IBR that is less
than 10 percent of gross income.”
After 25 years of this song and dance
(which you must apply for yearly),
whatever balance may be left on your
loan is forgiven, interest and all! Even
better, if you work in the public-service
sector your loan will be forgiven after 10
years. However, what constitutes “public
service” is tricky, so before you make
end-of-the-decade party plans, get in
touch with a loan officer
to make sure your work
applies.
Is this a better deal for you? It really
depends. The appeal of commercial
banks was that they
could offer a range of
interest-rate
adjustment programs
that benefit students in
If you’re still taking out
different economic
loans four years from
situations. However,
now, IBR will require
the interest rate on
you to pay just 10
Grad Plus loans (the
percent of your
loans you get in
discretionary income
addition to your
toward whatever loan
Stafford for living
balance you accrue after
expenses) will be
2014, which will be
lower with the
forgiven after 20 years
Department of
of prompt payment. For
Education: from 8.5 to
all the details on IBR,
7.9 percent. Plus,
go to: www.finaid.org/
you’ll pay a 1 percent
loans/ibr.phtml.
With tuition costs quickly rising across the country, the new reforms may
origination fee with a
help keep your piggy bank out of the muck.
half-a-percent rebate
So if the monstrous size
each year that you
of your debt has been
discretionary income and family size,
follow through with your payments.
giving you nightmares, rest assured that
rather than on the amount borrowed.
However, should you happen to default
it’s very unlikely you’ll ever have to
Currently, this works out to 15 percent of default; you might just not see a chunk
(and this is very unlikely for reasons
monthly discretionary income, found by
you’ll find below) the rebates will be
of your paycheck for a long while. That
multiplying 15 percent with your yearly
added back to your loan amount as
said, your education is the best
income minus 150 percent of the federal
principal. Moreover, you’ll be able to
investment you can make. Make it
poverty line corresponding to your
apply for Grad Plus loans online and
intelligently. And with these new
family size and the state you live in
receive immediate qualification
reforms, perhaps you’ll make it with a
divided by twelve. Got that? No? There
information at www.studentloans.gov
little more confidence.
is a nice example on www.finaid.org (a
(after June 15). If you don’t qualify you
can also make appeals on the website, or website you should know!) that doesn’t
Note: This article is not intended to be
factor in family size or state but will give the the last word on student-loan
register with a cosigner.
you a good idea of how it all works:
information. If you have questions or
If the Department of Education loans are
concerns, there are great websites to
“Consider a single borrower earning
a better deal than what you’re getting
consult (like www.studentloans.gov) or
$30,000 a year with $40,000 in federal
now, the new legislation also allows for
drop by the Office of Student Financing
education loans. Using the 2009 poverty
in-school consolidation. However, you
and visit one of our ever-knowledgeable
line of $10,830 for the continental US,
can no longer consolidate loans with
and friendly counselors: Jack Millis,
the monthly payment cap under incomeprivate banks.
Susie Guilbault, or Rosie Ruiz.
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CGU factoid
The late Leonard W. Levy (April 9,
1923 – August 24, 2006) was the
Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont
Professor of Humanities and
Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of
History at Claremont Graduate
University. His 1968 Origins of the
Fifth Amendment, which focused on
the history of the privilege against
self-incrimination, was widely
praised upon publication. During his
long career he went on to pen almost
40 books and assembled the widely
consulted and hailed Encyclopedia
of the American Constitution. He
was an outspoken champion of
freedom of the press and civil
liberties.
Graduate tips
CGU Professors Paul
Gray and David E.
Drew, authors of
What They Didn’t
Teach You in
Graduate School:
199 Helpful Hints for
Success in Your
Academic Career,
have been kind
enough to allow us to
publish one helpful
hint from their book in each issue. This is so
that one day you don’t raise your fist in the
air and curse CGU for not teaching you . . .
4. DREW’S LAW. Every paper can be
published somewhere. Your first papers will
be rejected. Don’t worry about this. View
the reviewer’s complete misunderstanding
of your brilliance as cheap editorial help.
Use his or her advice to revise. Every paper
has a market. If Journal A rejects it, make
the appropriate changes and send it to
Journal B. If the work is sound, someone
will publish it.
Events calendar
CGU
April 30 – May 1: Spruce up your lawn: Grow Native Nursery is hosting
“Season of Sales: Cacti and Agaves and Succulents! Oh My!” at the Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG), 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
May 7: Second Annual Global Health Symposium: “Global Health Challenges
for the 21st Century: The Epidemic of Chronic Disease from East to West.”
8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Burkle 16. Plus: free breakfast and lunch! RSVP at
www.cgu.edu/healthsymposium.
May 9: Show mom you care by taking her to RSABG’s “Mother’s Day Brunch
and Lunch,” 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Visit www.rsabg.org for details.
May 14: Spring semester ends and summer officially begins!
SPE Commencement Forum: “The Politics of Economics: Impacts &
Implications of the Recession, and How We Rebuild.” 2:30 p.m., Albrecht
Auditorium. For list of speakers and more information visit: www.cgu.edu/
pages/1254.asp
May 15: CGU’s 83rd Commencement Ceremony: Mudd Quadrangle 9:00 a.m.
– 11:30 a.m. And a hardy congratulations to all graduate graduates!
May 17: For those who can’t get enough: first day of summer-school classes.
May 21: Gulp! Last day for grades to be due from faculty. Good luck.
We leave you this summer with a poem from D.A. Powell. Here’s to hoping
your break is anything but cruel, cruel.
cruel, cruel summer
either the postagestamp-bright inflorescence of wild mustard
or the drab tassel of prairie smoke, waving its dirty garments
either the low breeze through the cracked window
or houseflies and drawn blinds to spare us the calid sun
one day commands the next to lie down, to scatter: we're done
with allegiance, devotion, the malicious idea of what's eternal
picture the terrain sunk, return of the inland sea, your spectacle
your metaphor, the scope of this twiggy dominion pulled under
crest and crest, wave and cloud, the thunder blast and burst of swells
this is the sum of us: brief sneezeweed, brief yellow blaze put out
so little, your departure, one plunk upon the earth's surface,
one drop to bind the dust, a little mud, a field of mud
the swale gradually submerged, gradually forgotten
and that is all that is to be borne of your empirical trope:
first, a congregated light, the brilliance of a meadowland in bloom
and then the image must fail, as we must fail, as we
graceless creatures that we are, unmake and befoul our beds
don't tell me deluge. don't tell me heat, too damned much heat
“cruel cruel summer” first appeared in Chronic (Minneapolis: Graywolf
Press, 2009) and is used by permission of the poet and Graywolf Press
(www.graywolfpress.org).
8 Otium cum dignitate