https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu By Louis Jenkins en-us 2017-01-12 08:09:44 UTC 2025-11-30 09:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146711017 By Louis Jenkins
I take the snap from the center, fake to the right, fade back...
I've got protection. I've got a receiver open downfield...
What the hell is this? This isn't a football, it's a shoe, a man's
brown leather oxford. A cousin to a football maybe, the same
skin, but not the same, a thing made for the earth, not the air.
I realize that this is a world where anything is possible and I
understand, also, that one often has to make do with what one
has. I have eaten pancakes, for instance, with that clear corn
syrup on them because there was no maple syrup and they
weren't very good. Well, anyway, this is different. (My man
downfield is waving his arms.) One has certain responsibilities,
one has to make choices. This isn't right and I'm not going
to throw it.

]]> 2017-01-12 08:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146711017 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146915324 January 3rd, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

]]> 2017-01-12 20:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146915324 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146924571 a piece of writing in prose having obvious poetic qualities, including intensity, compactness, prominent rhythms, and imagery.

]]> 2017-01-12 20:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146924571 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146925194 a type of lace-up shoe with a low heel]]> 2017-01-12 20:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146925194 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146926098 Louis and his wife lived in Duluth, Minnesota for over 30 years ]]> 2017-01-12 20:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146926098 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146926832 Minnesota, University of. “Louis Jenkins, Poet, April 13, 2014.” Institute for Advanced Study, Regents of the University of Minnesota, 20 May 2015, ias.umn.edu/2014/04/13/jenkins/.]]> 2017-01-12 20:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146926832 hunter_mansanas https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146927232 Hemphill, Stephanie. “Poet Louis Jenkins Writes about Life 'North of the Cities'.” Minnesota Public Radio News, Minnesota Public Radio, 15 Aug. 2007, www.mprnews.org/story/2007/08/01/louisjenkins.]]> 2017-01-12 20:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hunter_mansanas/yhfh3iauobdu/wish/146927232