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Disasterology
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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In Maggie Smith's Disasterology the poems lie down and make angels in the fallout as "a tide of fire drags everything away." Whip smart and darkly funny, Smith chronicles how disaster proves itself time after time, film after film, yet another doom after doomsday. But everything is not one red phone ringing away from ruin. There is a future still waiting to be said, a hope that the pear trees will outlast us, bright, unending, maybe even sweet. -Traci Brimhall As with the Hollywood hairdos of her poems' heroines, no strand is out of place in Maggie Smith's fraught and funny new chapbook. Smith brings her characteristic crispness and smarts to questions of disaster, large and small, with poems that expertly snake through iconic films, color-coded terror alerts, and the bleakest of daydreams. Read it, and read it fast-tomorrow we might all be gone. -Natalie Shapero
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RamsFan1963
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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Horrible pun, but all puns are pretty horrible, that's what makes them fun.

Disaster was an okay episode, for a ship board story. I liked Picard with the kids best. Stewart was great showing Picard's initial discomfort with the kids, changing into respect for them.

#StarTrekSummerMay #Disaster @Megabooks

Megabooks Agree re: Picard, but I loved Worf delivering Keiko‘s baby! 6y
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Jamiedemo
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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This photo is from the literary magazine F(r)iction. I'm not sure if this specific poem is included in Disasterology. I got goosebumps the first & third times I read this poem, so far...

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BookishMarginalia
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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Disaster! With just 1.5 hours to go to reach 24, I grabbed my phone and inadvertently RESET the stopwatch! 😢😢😢 #24in48

GarthRanzz Oh no!! At least you know where you were. I've been afraid of doing that all weekend. 7y
My_novel_obsession 😱😡☹️ 7y
Bostonmomx2 Ugh!! 7y
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MicheleinPhilly OH NO! We'll vouch for you. 😉 7y
Sweettartlaura 😱😱😱 7y
mcipher Oh, that stinks!! 7y
Kris10 Nooooo!!! 😫😫 7y
Jas16 Nooooooooo!!! 7y
HardcoverHearts That happened to me last time. I'm sssooooo sorrry!!! 7y
Rabidgummibear 😱😱 nooo!! 7y
Rachbb3 That's horrible, thats just horrible. 😬 7y
Megnogged Oh noooooooo!!!! Every time I opened my stopwatch last time I managed to reset it!! 😳🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess Oh no!!! I am so sorry.😱 7y
stacybmartin Noooooooooooooo!!! 😫 7y
Sfbeavers I've done twice this readathon. So annoying! 7y
cocomass I did that TWICE 😞 you have all my empathy!! 7y
MrBook Ohh nooo!!! 7y
MrBook We know you'll do it though. You're completely trustworthy 👍🏻👍🏻 *big hug* 7y
Megabooks 😱😱😰😰 7y
tysephine I feel your pain! My phone died this afternoon around the 11.5 hr Mark ☹☹ 7y
Laalaleighh Oh noooooo! I would cry!!!! 7y
Soubhiville Awwww! Congrats anyway! 7y
EllieDottie I did this too but not at such a devastating time! I'm sorry!! But congratulations on making it to 24hours! 🎉 7y
Bostonmomx2 Seriously impressive. No way I could do it. 7y
Iceangel9 😱 7y
literarywisdom You did awesome though 😊 I totally forgot to participate, so gutted 🙈 7y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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"Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you, though I keep this from my children. I am trying to sell them the world. Any decent realtor, walking you through a real shithole, chirps on about good bones: This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful." From the poem Good Bones in Waxwing #worldpoetryday #maggiesmith #nofilter

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Kelly
Disasterology | Maggie Smith
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Smith's poem "Good Bones" was making rounds recently so I wanted to pick up her book. I want to read more poetry this year -- I used to read so much.

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