{"id":5308,"date":"2011-05-26T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2017-06-20T13:40:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:40:47","slug":"makingclean-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/makingclean-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Things Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-audio.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Making Things Clean<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">One would hardly recognize him like this<br \/>\nthe high-school shop teacher, glasses off,<br \/>\nbent over the kitchen sink. Nearby,<br \/>\nhouse dresses and underpants flutter<br \/>\nin the window of the Maytag he bought<br \/>\nfor his mother. Its groaning is the only<br \/>\nsound while she washes his hair,<br \/>\nlifting the trembling water in her hands<br \/>\nas she has always done, working foam up<br \/>\nfrom his gray locks like the lightest<br \/>\nbatter she ever made. Soon enough,<br \/>\nglasses back on, he will stand<br \/>\nbefore students who mock his dullness;<br \/>\nsoon, putting up clothes, she\u2019ll feel<br \/>\nthe ache of a body surrendering to age.<br \/>\nA little longer let him close his eyes<br \/>\nagainst soap by her apron, let her move<br \/>\nher fingers slowly, slowly in his way<br \/>\nthe two of them have found to be together,<br \/>\nthis transfiguring moment in the world\u2019s<br \/>\nold work of making things clean.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp1-806x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12280\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp1-806x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp1-806x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp1-806x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp1-806x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly1-806x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12281\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly1-806x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly1-806x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly1-806x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly1-806x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp2-807x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12282\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp2-807x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp2-807x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp2-807x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp2-807x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly2-807x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12283\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly2-807x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly2-807x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly2-807x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly2-807x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp3-809x1023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12284\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp3-809x1023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp3-809x1023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp3-809x1023-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-nbp3-809x1023-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly3-809x1023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12285\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly3-809x1023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly3-809x1023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly3-809x1023-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/makingclean-ovrly3-809x1023-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5308\" data-postid=\"5308\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5308 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;Making Things Clean&#8221; 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