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distinguish it from hoping, a very different word

goddess         deference         occurrence       usually
literally           baggage           redden              permitting
deferred          slipped            planned            nutting
preference       beginning       beginner         gripping
preferring        stopped           swimming       compelling

Holy+day make holiday, and plenty+ful makes plentiful;
but joy+ful makes joyful












Christine Hamm is working towards her PhD in English Literature at Drew University with a full scholarship. Her poetry has been published in many journals, including The Adirondack Review, Pebble Lake Review, Lodestar Quarterly, Blue Fifth Review, Poetry Midwest, MiPoesias, Rattle, Snow Monkey and Exquisite Corpse. In 2004, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been anthologized in Homewrecker: An Adultery Reader and The Murdering of Our Years: Artists and Activists on Making Ends Meet, both by Soft Skull Press. Her full-length book of poems, The Transparent Dinner, is due out from Mayapple Press in September '06. Christine is on the editorial board of several literary journals, including Vernacular. She teaches English at Rutgers University and poetry writing at Women's Studio Center in Queens, NY. One of her chapbooks, The Animal Husband, is available at www.dancinggirlpress.com, and her other, The Salt Daughter, can be purchased at www.littlepoempress.com.






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