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Go Outside [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, OTG I have become, like, faithful to you. I posted this little nostrum on Dear Fonzie yesterday and the sense of having bled but not on you has been driving me…
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Why do people go to poetry readings? [by Megin Jimenez]
Why do people go to poetry readings? We have access to books, DVDs, your friend's band's show tonight, Facebook, dinner parties, The Real Housewives, tap dancing classes, movie theaters, long drives, symphony orchestras, YouTube,…
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Megin Jimenez, Guest Blogger, May 30 – June 5
This week we welcome Megin Jimenez as our guest blogger. Megin was born in Venezuela and grew up in Denver. Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, LIT, La Petite Zine, Redivider and Sentence:…
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“La Boheme” [by Lizzy McDaniel]
Poet you have the soul of a millionaireyou are two oboes coupling in the cold heart of a Passionan incurable leitmotifyou lick the rim of my singing bowlyou dust your garret with colored powderyou…
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Top Kill, Junk Shot, Hair Booms [by Megin Jimenez]
I have more to come specifically on poetry, but as oil continues to pour ceaselessly into the Gulf of Mexico, I'm feeling compelled to write a note on the language coming out of this…
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Whatcha doing? A Psycho-philosophical hypothesis. [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, How are you? I am doing okay, or I am a wreck, depending on who you are, and how you are doing. Use whatever calculus amuses you. Today Iād like to…
