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“Last Words” [by Mary Jo Salter]
LAST WORDS by Mary Jo Salter Forgive me for not writing sober,I mean sooner, but I almost don’tdare see what I write, I keep mating mistakes,I mean making, and I’m wanderingif I’ve inherited whatmy…
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from “Julius Jaffe: The Poems” [by Mitch Sisskind]
Julius Jaffe and the Angel of Death Julius Jaffe was carrying a large box of bricks. The day was hot. Too exhausted to go on, Julius Jaffe dropped the box and called on…
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My Goal is to go to Mongolia [by David Lehman]
All day yesterday I tried to write a song in the Cole Porter manner beginning "My goal is to go to Mongolia," but the melody of "Columbia, the gem of the ocean" kept getting…
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François Gremaud & Samantha van Wissen’s “Giselle…”: A model classic [by Tracy Danison]
Samantha van Wissen. “Giselle… Comédie Ballet” by François Gremaud. Photo © Dorothée Thébert Filliger Theater pieces always manage a “…triumph…” or a “… wonderful…” printed on the program. Could mean anything – “With thousands of…
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More Clerihews [with thanks to Rick Winston]
In 1995, Henry Rathvon and Emily Cox ran a clerihew challenge, and Rick Winston made a copy of the results: <<< ***Results of Clerihews in the News*** Mr. Rathvon and Ms. CoxDon't fit any…
