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Poetry and Warcraft [by Jeff Oaks]
December 7th, as many of us know by heart, is Pearl Harbor Day. It’s also Willa Cather’s birthday (1873). If you want a poetry prompt, I’d say open to page 96 of one of…
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Brian Clements Presents Three Short Poems by Bob Heman
Information The boat is the story the ocean tells. The village listens intently and sings for fish. The road carries the carts in only one direction. Where it ends the railroad seems propelled by…
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December Desk [by Jeff Oaks]
The anniversary of the 13th amendment is today, and it's also the day the Washington Monument finally got finished. Got a project you’re still working on? It’s a little grim in Pittsburgh, although, as…
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This Just In from HotWax. . . O, Poets! We need your help!
Jay Schauer, HotWax Sensei, sends this plea. We're intrigued: Here's what's happening: Our startup company, HotWax, seeks a staff poet. I'd be very grateful if you could pass the following info along to anyone…
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“Push off, and sitting well in order smite the sounding furrows, for my purpose holds to seek a newer world…”
You've heard of the Day of the Dead? This is the Day of the Duck! That's right! The bullshit stops now! It's been fifteen years since the last issue of…
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Happy Birthday, Ira Gershwin
"They all laughed at Rockefeller Center Now they're fighting to get in They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat Hershey and his chocolate bar…
