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  • LATER FLOWERS FOR THE BEES [by Mary Gilliland]

    October 12, 2022

    I garden at the end of a one-block cul de sac. This area bordering the woods is classified on the municipal maps as vacant land. Yes, it’s poetry. The gardens are anything but decorous,…

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  • Forbidden Fruit [by Michael Lally]

    October 12, 2022

    Forbidden Fruit all the forbidden fruit I everdreamt of–or was taught toresist and fear–ripens andblossoms under the palms of myhands as they uncover and exploreyou–and in the most secretcorners of my heart as it…

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  • Forbidden Fruit [by Michael Lally]

    October 12, 2022

    Forbidden Fruit all the forbidden fruit I everdreamt of–or was taught toresist and fear–ripens andblossoms under the palms of myhands as they uncover and exploreyou–and in the most secretcorners of my heart as it…

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  • Wednesdays with Denise (October 12, 2022): The Prose Poem

    October 12, 2022

    T This ‘Wednesday with Denise” is devoted to the prose poem, such as those included in Short (edited by Alan Ziegler) or, if you can find it, Michael Benedikt's anthology The Prose Poem. I…

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  • Wednesdays with Denise (October 12, 2022): The Prose Poem

    October 12, 2022

    T This ‘Wednesday with Denise” is devoted to the prose poem, such as those included in Short (edited by Alan Ziegler) or, if you can find it, Michael Benedikt's anthology The Prose Poem. I…

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  • “Ode to Poking Around” [by Catherine Woodard]

    October 11, 2022

                “I wish to speak a word for the art of poking around,” begins philosopher and nature writer Kathleen Dean Moore in a fine art book beautifully built around…

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