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  • A Prayer for the Oral Tradition (Or, What I Learned in Salerno) [by Lisa Vihos – Day 4]

    June 18, 2015

      Which Way to Go? (My Dublin Feet)   The blogger respectfully asks that you read this post out loud. Heavenly Mother/Father Poet Above Us, Source of All Our Contemplations, Having roamed the streets…

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  • Happy Birthday, Ron Padgett [by David Lehman]

    June 17, 2015

    In 1968 I didn't really know you thoughDick Gallup, who sat next to mein Kenneth Koch's "Modern Poetry" class, invited me to a party andthere you were and I went to hearyou read and…

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  • Happy Birthday, Ron Padgett [by David Lehman]

    June 17, 2015

    In 1968 I didn't really know you thoughDick Gallup, who sat next to mein Kenneth Koch's "Modern Poetry" class, invited me to a party andthere you were and I went to hearyou read and…

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  • We Grew Up to Be Poets [by Lisa Vihos – Day 3]

    June 17, 2015

    I am thinking back to Saturday, June 6, at the 100 Thousand Poets for Change World Conference in Salerno, Italy. We’d been talking all day about “Art and Activism” and then, “The Oral Tradition,”…

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  • We Grew Up to Be Poets [by Lisa Vihos – Day 3]

    June 17, 2015

    I am thinking back to Saturday, June 6, at the 100 Thousand Poets for Change World Conference in Salerno, Italy. We’d been talking all day about “Art and Activism” and then, “The Oral Tradition,”…

    Continue reading…

  • Ti Volevo Dire [by Lisa Vihos – Day 2]

    June 16, 2015

    Ti volevo dire is a sign in the window of an unassuming storefront located in a tiny alley off a main cobblestone artery in Salerno, Italy. “Ti volevo dire” literally means, “I wanted to…

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