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NEVER CEASE [by Mary Gilliland]
Persist, I say, fellow poets: if it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. Here we are—making protest—or praise—or revelation—while others devote themselves to making war. In a world out to maim, kill, and discourage the…
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from “Modern Love”: XVII by George Meredith (1828-1909)
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…
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from “Modern Love”: XVII by George Meredith (1828-1909)
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…
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“Abecedary” [by Tom Disch]
Abecedary A is an Apple, as everyone knows.But B is a …. What do you suppose?A Bible? A Barber? A Banquet? A Bank?No, B is this Boat, the night that it sank.C is its…
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“Abecedary” [by Tom Disch]
Abecedary A is an Apple, as everyone knows.But B is a …. What do you suppose?A Bible? A Barber? A Banquet? A Bank?No, B is this Boat, the night that it sank.C is its…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE (October 19, 2022): NEW OHIO REVIEW
Did you ever get an issue of a literary magazine that you find yourself returning to again and again? For me, that is New Ohio Review, Issue 31 published this summer. When first getting…