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  • A Posthumous Poem by Tom Disch

    November 24, 2011

    A Reverie by the Shore We all respect you, Sir, for the violenceof your death. Who'd ever heard of a stingrayturning its tail into a spearand thrusting it in someone's heart?What can one say…

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  • Happy Thanksgiving! (Posted by Bruce Covey)

    November 24, 2011

    Well, it is Thanksgiving after all, so even though it’s a bit over-determined and even though I don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving for obvious reasons, I’m going to post some heartfelt poetry thanks by category. …

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  • Gratitude for the Simple Gifts by Laura Orem

    November 24, 2011

    Happy Thanksgiving! I have many things to be thankful for this year. First, that I am alive and cancer-free. Second, for my incredible family and friends who not only have buoyed me on this…

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  • Poets Do Thanksgiving, 2008-2010, A Look Back

    November 24, 2011

    First, a poem: Thanksgiving  Later, after dinner, we examine your uncle’s photos of trees, flowers, waterfalls, birds until I just can’t stand it another second. I am not at one with nature.  Never was.…

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  • Happy Coconut (posted by Bruce Covey)

    November 23, 2011

    In addition to the three collections available for AWP that I talked about on Monday, Coconut will be publishing six other new books in 2012-2013.  Maybe more!  I’m going to be working with a…

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  • Bagging the Whole “Be” Thing (Posted by Bruce Covey)

    November 22, 2011

    Yesterday I said I was going to talk about distribution paths for poetry, but mine certainly isn’t any kind of definitive word.  We choose how we give and get our poems; we choose which…

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