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Poem from U of Mississippi, 1957 (by Mitch Sisskind)
Ray Lloyd BurfordStudent As the word got out how Wobble AlforkHad said that the Beatnik Girl was hot,Which he said on the football team’s bus,It caused a controversy because WobbleWas the main Ole Miss…
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“Fragment for John Ashbery” [by Jim Cummins]
I wake, and a fragment, a wisp,entices, then disappears into the forestof an earlier time, and I am leftin a clearing where the sun is stale,or the moon is not a pretty wafer,and the…
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Summer studio shots with Mary Ann Strandell… [by Katie Peyton Hofstadter]
This month, I am locked in the shimmery construction sites of Mary Ann Strandell. I snapped these process shots in her studio, and then we planted a geranium border in her garden. Her husband…
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Why Poets Love Noir # 4 [by David Lehman and Suzanne Lummis]
The soundtrack in noir movies, and the popular songs incorporated in them, whether in whole or in part, contribute significantly to the effect of the film. Which example(s) would you single out? Suzanne Lummis:…
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On JA’s Birthday, Four Introductions to His Poetry
From Jacket here are introductions made by Richard Howard, Kenneth Koch, David Lehman, and Susan Schultz to poetry readings given by John Ashbery. Kenneth's is from 1963; Richard's from 1967; Susan's from 1996, and…
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“Modern Love”: XVII [by George Meredith]
At dinner, she is hostess, I am host.Went the feast ever cheerfuller? She keepsThe Topic over intellectual deepsIn buoyancy afloat. They see no ghost.With sparkling surface-eyes we ply the ball:It is in truth a…
