{"id":1386,"date":"2012-09-23T13:44:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T13:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2017-07-11T17:16:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:16:57","slug":"learning-to-speak-by-christopher-oie-keller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/learning-to-speak-by-christopher-oie-keller\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Speak by Christopher Oie Keller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ween by Jim Sholes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Learning to Speak<\/h1>\n

by Christopher Oie Keller<\/p>\n

There are so many names for things and new
\nthings needing names that polyglots may have the fastest
\nmoving feet out of any soles. Their tongues
\ndo the legwork of multitudes; a computer is new
\nand the internet is new but so are ginormous Touaregs
\nand those phat Elantras. Every multi-million-dollar
\ncompany makes new jobs for scribes as they throw
\ntrademarks like life preservers. They are life preservers; they
\nkeep our dictionaries coming.
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\nSo You Think You Can Dance reject Christopher Oie Keller earned his MAT from Western Oregon University . A former Victoria’s Secret supervisor, he now substitute teaches in Portland . He enjoys gardening and still thinks he can dance. His work has appeared in publications such as The Delinquent, Leveler, and Fogged Clarity and will be appearing in The James Dickey Review. He also co-manages the poetry forums of DryTear.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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