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Trochaic Theory Picks Obama…and Nobel Prize Winners!
Trochaic Theory Picks Obama…and Nobel Prize Winners! Dactyls are "frequently/ favored by Destiny" — DL on You Tube Here is the riddle thatunmakes the mystery:most names are dactylsand trochees–no…
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An Obsession of Mine
Reb Livingston, in her No Tell interviews from a couple of weeks ago, pulled nary a punch when she called me an ‘obsessed penis pervert’. And that I am, indeed. But the obsession I…
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Oh, Rats! [by Laura Orem]
One of the things that come with living on a farm is the presence of rats. Let me clarify this before my New York City readers faint in horror — these are not the…
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Erica Miriam Fabri Presents a Poem by Rumi
Erica Miriam Fabri suggests that we look at this poem by Rumi and consider these three questions she has about the poem: 1. Rumi believed strongly in asceticism, yet he seems to be denouncing…
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Olympics – Shenyang Report [by Joe Kruzich]
As I noted last night, there are two sports that the Chinese care most passionately about, and those are soccer and basketball. Tonight, I will give you an update on those two important sports…
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The terrifying poetry of ping-pong (by Mitch Sisskind)
No Olympic sport is more maddening than ping-pong (I refuse to call it "table tennis.") The way the ball will just nick the corner of the table can drive anyone mad — especially poets,…
