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“To Ford Madox Ford, Still in Heaven” [by Mary Maxwell]
Since, as you’ve said, There is room in this world for infinities of gods, would you mind too much if I made you one of mine? As genius loci, a sort of outsized daimon…
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John Ashbery’s “Therefore”
Consider the weight of the word therefore in "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" and here, in "Uptick," from his 2009 book Planisphere: We were sitting there, and I made a joke about how it doesn’t dovetail:…
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Twice Told (a poem) and Bonjour Precipice (a picture) [by Geoff Young]
I was there, I’m sure of it, at the San FranciscoArt Institute to hear the Sun Ra Arkestra play in theCourtyard, late 70s, just as I was in New YorkCity, at Slug's Saloon, on…
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Every Dog Has His Day, and Today. . .
Our dog Johnny said “I always liked it when you said ‘You’re an excellent fellow’ Or asked me to keep you company While brewing a pot of coffee Or watching the raging bulls On…
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How to Make Love, Write Poetry, & Believe in God (by Nin Andrews)
A few weeks ago, I was part of a Hamilton-Kirkland College alumnae poetry reading, and after the reading a woman asked a simple question: “How do you write a poem?” I didn’t have an…
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Mark Bibbins and Nicole Santalucia at the New School, Sept. 30
Poetry Forum: Mark Bibbins and Nicole SantaluciaZoom: Wednesday, September 30, 6:00PM (EDT) Mark Bibbins (MFA in Poetry 1998), a member of the faculty in Creative Writing, is the author of the 2019…
