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“No Second Try” [by Mary Jo Salter]
Why should I blame her that she filled my daysWith misery… W. B. Yeats, “No Second Troy” Why should I blame him that he filled his daysWith mistresses, or that he came home lateTo…
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Remembering Richard Wilbur [by A. E. Stallings]
Eric M. Crawford I am lucky to have a number of memories of Richard Wilbur, who died on October 14. The first time I heard him read was in the mid-90s. I was working…
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Tommy Lasorda, Dodger fan no. 1, on his pal Frank
<<<Today [December 12] is Frank Sinatra's birthday. We should all celebrate because he was a tremendous man who touched many, many lives. He did something for me that I never ever thought possible, and that…
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Sandra Beasley: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Vocation For six months I dealt Baccarat in a casino. For six months I played Brahms in a…
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“Poem about Math” [by Loren Goodman and Pirooz Kalayeh]
Most of my friends are numbers43, 38, 26, 73, 19Boom—you won the lottery So I have a lot of friends nowMost of whom, as I said, are numbersWhat I really like about numbers Is…
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“Hat Day” [by Mary Jo Salter]
Early 70’s.Beautiful day. On the dormlawn, some guy happy to watch his hat flyoff his head every time heleaps for the Frisbee fears neverthelessgetting bored. “How about ifwe all put on hats?” he calls…
