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  • “Amapola” [with Doris Day]

    April 3, 2026

     

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  • Happy birthday, Jerome Kern

    January 27, 2026

    Kathryn Grayson's incredible aria. . .in a great tribute to you, Mr. Kern, on your birthday, which you share with Mozart (January 27), whose 20th piano concerto is an eternal delight.

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  • “Company 654” [by Mitch Sisskind]

    January 9, 2026

      When I was in the Navy bootcamp R.L Greene was my Company Commander, like the drill sergeant in the army or Marines. I recently looked for him online and found this picture. It…

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  • Picasso’s Harlequin

    December 29, 2025

    Prompt: You are the model posing for Picasso's Harlequin. It takes all day but your your mind is free and you get to condense your life into a fourteen-line poem. Do it.

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  • Mitch Sisskind eats sushi!

    December 24, 2025

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  • “The Orgasm Farm” [by Nin Andrews]

    December 16, 2025

    It was a beautiful spring day in 1947 when Barb and Joe moved to their orgasm farm in scenic Virginia. Though they had spent years studying orgasmic farming methods, they decided that nothing could…

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