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“Ode to Weird” [by Elaine Equi]
Emily Dickinson was weird.Fernando Pessoa was definitely weird. All poets are weirdeven when their poemstry to appear normal. Macbeth’s weird sistersstirring up trouble’sunsavory soup: “Just be yourselfand you’ll be king.” Weird always wins and…
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The Virtual Poetry Conference [by Nin Andrews]
I’ve been daydreaming about the magic wand I kept under my bed as a child. If my sister or I were sick, I waved it in the air. “Go away sickness. Now!” I would…
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Judith Hall’s Prospects
Announcing Judith Hall's new book Prospects (New from LSU Press), which includes this poem: Natural / Work Hard / Ability Done in stain-obscuring dark pants pulled on for…
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“Half of an Epic Simile not found in Hesiod” [by A. E. Stallings]
As at the winter solstice, when a faded blondeOn the brink of middle age, goes to the salonTo brighten up her outlook and her spirits(Warm water on her scalp, the rich shampooThat breathes of almond-blossoms), to…
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The Best American Poetry 2020: Guest Editor Paisley Rekdal, Series Editor David Lehman
The 2020 edition of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Paisley Rekdal, the award-winning poet and author of Nightingale, proving that this is “a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title”…
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Robert Hershon: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________________________ Chatter I did the Saturday puzzle on Sunday and the Sunday puzzle on Saturday and I watched a thousand hours of cops and robbers when…
