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“Hymns to Hymnself” [by Tom Disch, 1940-2008]
Hymns to Hymnself 1. He had his haiku too, as who does not.Where there are compounds there will bemolecules, thence atoms and apothegems. Eagleswill appear high overheadscreaming unheard in the ecstasy of sexand Walt,…
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Donne No More: Some Puns (by Jenny Factor)
The recent post about John Donne’s penchant for puns led me to fish out my copy of Donne’s Holy Sonnets in order to transcribe Sonnet 17–the stunningly sad sonnet which was written upon Donne’s…
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John McCain explicates a poem! Or he doesn’t! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Picture this! The "red phone" rings at 3 a.m. for President John McCain. It’s a nuclear emergency! The fate of the world depends on McCain’s ability to explicate a poem! We know that Barack…
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Favorite Iraqi Soldier (by Stephen Dobyns)
Into his kit when sent to the front he had tucked his black three-piece suit and through night after night of the frightful bombing, which not only wiped out but pragmatically entombed his luckless…
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Padma! Where have you been?! (by Mitch Sisskind)
It’s been a little while since we caught up with the former Mrs. Salman Rushdie, but that’s not because I haven’t been thinking about her. It’s just that following the world financial crisis takes…
