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Checking up on my baseball card collection [by Greg Pattenaude]
The Super Bowl is over and it's almost time for baseball. Spring training is starting; pitchers and catchers reported today. You wouldn’t know that looking out my window seeing at least a foot of…
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An Interview with Grace Schulman [by Aspen Matis]
Grace Schulman received the 2016 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement awarded by the Poetry Society of America. One of the country’s most distinguished living poets, she was inducted as member of the American…
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Time For A Snack! Body Movement with Melissa Canter [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
It's time to push away from your desk, or get out of bed, or get off the couch, and take four (just four!) minutes to clear your head and get the oxygen flowing. This…
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Poetic License [by Jim Cummins]
I booked a four-way once. I was sitting in a bar when War & Peace sidled up and sat down on the stool next to me. "Gotta light?" she asked in a heavy Moscow accent.…
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The Haiku Masters of Japan drop in for a visit [by David Lehman]
Thanks to Bob Hass, I'mreading the haiku mastersof Japan — Basho, Buson and Issa —in one essential book: TheEssential Haiku, published by Ecco,with smart intro and usefulnotes by Mr. Hass. Examples follow.(Translators do not observestrict…
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The Many Faces of “Oy!” [by Mitch Sisskind]
"Oy" is one of the greatest words in any language and I've noticed that people of all backgrounds quickly pick it up and start using it. Let's take a look at some situations in…
