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One more clerihew for you
William Logan’s mistakesinclude Sullen Weedy Lakes.Can anyone think of a worsetitle for a book of verse? — DL
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Congratulations to Kay Ryan, Poet Laureate
Photo credit: Peter DaSilva for The New York TimesKay Ryan, 62 Longtime BAP contributor Kay Ryan has been named the nation’s sixteenth poet laureate succeeding Charles Simic in the post. Kay Ryan first appeared…
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Three days after Bastille day, yes
Here’s a quick quiz for all frankophiles: (1) Who died today? (2) Fix the error In the following three lines <<It is 12:20 in New York a Thursdaythree days after Bastille day, yesit is…
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“Debbie Overmeyer” (by Jim Cummins)
Debbie Overmeyer Once, for some official reasonor other, I asked a woman if her namewere "Debbie Overmeyer" though I knew she was Debbie Overmeyer:we worked at the same place,but had just never met, officially.…
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Leaving New York: An Experiment (Part III)
[Joy Katz] “Now it is one long agony of taking in.” —Mona Van Duyn I came to St Louis to figure out why I can’t write in New York anymore. There, I’ve buried it…
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Warren Buffett does it again! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Not long ago in a message on this site I quoted Jimmy Breslin’s description of the oracle of Omaha: "the second richest and first most boring person in the world." Well, Warren is not…
