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“House Warming” [by Emily Moore]
House Warming Arrivals. Kisses. Midnight knocks on doors.Cassy in thick black boots. Her big green eyes,her coat thrown on my mattress on the floor when she showed up at ten, her friends in thrift…
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Haiku Exchange 1/22/03 [by David Lehman and David Shapiro]
DL to DS NY Unstuck Exchange (Hi, koo!) Three drops of blood ona hill of snow: signal forrebellion to start. Two snakes intertwinedaround a tree: signal forcouple to have sex. One touch of Venusand…
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Inaugural poem from the Last Lady [Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Change is hi-larlious. Everyone wants it, no one wants to do it. Stroll with me into Plato's cave? Rather not? Well, here we go anyway. Comfy, right? Easy for the eyes, nice temp. Hard…
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Best American Poetry 2008 Found Poem (Definitions) by Ming Holden
A canopy of state over a throne,A duck or a lie,A string of prayer beads. A scar,Bruised,An error in a book. From the tar of the beech tree,Formerly used as an expectorant, A bizarre…
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Reaction to the Inaugural Poem from (EW) readers [by Ken Tucker]
Please note the largely negative response to Elizabeth Alexander's poem among the readers of the Entertainment Weekly blog. It surprises me primarily because most posts of this sort at EW–that is, non-pop-cult entries–don't usually…
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Ken Tucker on the Inaugural Poem
Entertainment Weekly's (and our) Ken Tucker weighs in here. — sdh
