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Autumn in New York (Binghamton, NY, that is).
Sun Sun, I'm happy to see you. I'm a small child who has had pain and fear.Now it's over for awhile and I'm gratefulfor your company. Come up. Cover my day with your glory,and I…
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Poetry class: Our Lady of Pain (and a cat) [Katy Evans-Bush]
Many apologies; I feel like the guest who comes to dinner and then falls asleep in the chair! Someone commented the other day on my posting a post that positioned poetry firmly in the…
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Autumn Evening by David Lehman
(after Holderlin) The yellow pears hang in the lake. Life sinks, grace reigns, sins ripen, andin the north dies an almond tree. >>> Read the complete poem (and note the Academy's superb "Text Flow"…
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Brian Adams Shoots Marian Call!
at the Anchorage Public Library in 2010 the photographer: Brian Adamsthe subject: singer and songwriter Marian Call
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Heroic Basketball (by Mitch Sisskind)
Last week I noticed the post on this site announcing a poetry contest on the occasion of LeBron James' joining the Miami Heat basketball team. For some reason this put me in mind…
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Lewis Carroll, WN Herbert, and how to use your silver spoon [Katy Evans-Bush]
Yesterday I asked what the shock of this week's spending review would have on UK poetry. Well – I asked something like that. It was a cri de coeur, probably informed by the fact…
