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Tom Clark on “Dover Beach”
See Tom Clark's take on Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," one of the world's great poems — and among the most parodied. — DL
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Auden’s Ear for Yeats (David Yezzi)
Here's a thought I had rereading Yeats's slightly curious and gorgeous-sounding late poem "Long-Legged Fly." I am pasting it below, so you can judge for yourself. If you are game for this miniature experiment…
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An Interview with Rachel McKibbens by Jennifer L. Knox
As a former slammer from wa(aaaaa)y back, I’ve experienced the prejudices of “book poets” first-hand. My poems have been dismissed outright (“That may be good for a slam, but…”) when I wasn’t writing slam…
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Jane, You Ignorant Slut by Jennifer L. Knox
I’m reticent to write for blogs because of Comment Field Bullies (CFBs). If you’ve ever written for one, or had your own, the odds are that they’ve made your life miserable for a few…
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Random Thoughts on Fireworks by Jennifer L. Knox
One story is that gunpowder was invented circa 500 A.D. in China by a cook using saltpeter as a spice, which was far more common in ancient China than salt. He noticed how the…
