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Anne Harding Woodworth: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_________________________________________________________________________________ Looking Homeward Bill Waldron spared my mother and father agony by teaching me how to drive a stick…
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Poetry and the Movies: Daily Double [by Mindy Aloff]
Question: What is the greatest feature film ever made about a poet? Give the title of the film and the name of the poet who served as its subject. Answer: The Color of Pomegranates (image, above),…
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The Great B-Sides [by David Lehman]
I just heard Bobby Darin sing "Beyond the Sea" — wonderful song translated from the French of Charles Trenet — followed by Sinatra's "Summer Wind." It seems worth pointing out that neither song was…
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Charles Baudelaire’s “Le Vin Des Amants” [translated by Sandra Simonds]
I Love Wine! Today, omg, Iām just so spaced out and splendid, as I walk this earth without death, without an apron, without being a wife and so my heart becomes the…
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Haiku Exchange 1/22/03 [David Lehman and David Shapiro]
DL to DSNY 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 I…
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Happy 233 Birthday Bad Boy Byron
I WANT a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one,Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one;Of such as…
