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“September 1, 1939” [by W. H. Auden]
I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade:Waves of anger and fearCirculate over the brightAnd darkened lands of the earth,Obsessing our private lives;The…
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“A Guide for the Perplexed” — chptr. two (by Mitch Sisskind)
An hour before noon Venice Beach was crowded, but something had changed in the rather extended period since my last visit. There were no…
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Backwater Blues (by Laura Orem)
The post-Irene footage from New Jersey, New York, and Vermont is sobering and sad. Our hearts go out to those who have lost so much. New Jersey New York Vermont In 1927, Bessie Smith…
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Six Non Lectures
I was delighted to be invited to participate in Six Non Lectures. The evening will be a surprise in many ways. Check it out! It look fun in that terrifying, surprising, enlightening way! Please…
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Ode to Okra by Kevin Young
I like okry causeit slips, said my old cousinfamously, & I agree— all the more filled with awe at all you can do. Waywarduncle, you grew up like a weedyet were so much my…
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This Just in from Didi Menendez
Check out the most recent issue of Poets/Artist magazine for the latest in the Portrait Studies series. You'll find it here. Poetic Merge (c) Angela Hardy
