Dark Room Billy Collins poetry workout

Date: 2026-07-16
AO: Dark Room
Q: Sparrow ,
PAX: Body Double, Tortuga, Toto, Mr Roboto, LeMond, Sparrow, Dumpster, Lakers, Manhole, Crack FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
The Thang:
• Cheerios — 70 and 85; your pick of curls and squats • Introduction to Poetry — Run a half mile
• The Lanyard — Indian Merkin push-up routine
• Tennessee Fainting Goats — Burpees while someone reads the poem
• I Chop Some Parsley While Listening to Art Blakey’s Version of “Three Blind Mice” — Spread out in a field, close your eyes, and do lunges. When you contact another “blind” participant, link arms and continue in the same direction. • Sonnet — 105 LBCs: 14 LBCs, followed by 13, and so on
• To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl — Thrusters in sets of 17; rinse and repeat until the poem ends • Child Development — Circle of trust

Moleskine:
Moleskin:
If there’s a voice inside your head that’s saying, “Don’t tell anyone about that horrible thing that you did, they won’t forgive you.” That voice is coming from your enemy. Your enemy doesn’t give you good advice. I’ve tested it dozens of times, and confession is worth it. Forgiveness is real.
Last night I woke up with that voice running through my head, so I scheduled a call with my boss and a client so I could confess and bring my behavior into the light.
Example two: I was planning to publish the full text of all the poems, even though I am not the owner. The guilty feeling in my conscience, and the 12,000 word limit of slackblast helped me think better of it. I have a clean conscience now. PTL

Tags: Dark Room, Body Double, Tortuga, Toto, Mr Roboto, LeMond, Sparrow, Dumpster, Lakers, Manhole, Crack

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