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The Year in Review: APOLLONIA: Greetings from Sifnos [by John Hennessy, July 22, 2012]
SIFNOS (c) IAN MacLELLAN Greetings from Sifnos, Greece, an island in the Western Cyclades, quiet sibling to the flashier and better known Santorini and Mykonos. Before I arrived this summer for my tenth return…
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ELLISTON POET R.I.P, PART 2 [by Jim Cummins]
So last night I'm in this mellow mood–autumnal, musing. Thinking about "the old days," remembering when I asked my grandmother what it had felt like to her to have lived through horses & buggies,…
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The Year in Review: Color, Scent, and Exile (by Sharon Dolin, July 26, 2012)
Birthday Macarons from Le Varens de Gens, neighboring town This was my birthday present from Cheryl and John, who hosted a fabulous birthday dinner party for me in the garden here. It's a feast…
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Happy Birthday, Marilyn Hacker (by Jenny Factor)
Tuesday marked the birthday of poet, Marilyn Hacker. In her honor, I've been thinking about a writing an odd multi-part fairy tale poem, based around a particular Grimm story, and featuring a transgendered bear.…
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“every day millions of people die for our sins” [by Dina Gatina]
every day millions of people die for our sinsso what I won't say it twice let in a littleintime every day millions of people die for our sinsso whatyou're repeating yourselfso what, so what…
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WILLIAM BLAKE (11/28/1757) by Anthony Madrid (via facebook)
*I* have had just about all I can take Happy birthday, William Blake Planing and sawing before Iām awake Happy birthday, William Blake The God of our Fathers is still on the make Happy…