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BIRTHDAY EPIGRAM for both THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS (born 10/5/63) and BRIAN BLANCHFIELD (born 10/5/73) [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
EPIGRAMFifty · and forty · and I’m forty-fiveThe nose and the swan are both taking a diveNobody knows who’ll be fit to surviveFifty · and forty · and forty-five•
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The poetry of Noah [by Rachel Barenblat]
In Jewish communities around the world this week we're reading the Torah portion named after Noah. (Here it is in English.) I can't really imagine that this is a comfortable Torah reading in Boulder…
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Poetry Forum: Tina Chang on October 9th, 66 W 12th St., Rm. 510, 6:30 PM, FREE
Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s poet laureate, will read at The New School’s Poetry Forum next Wednesday, to be followed by a Q&A moderated by David Lehman. A graduate of Columbia’s MFA program and a native…
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A Selection of Contemporary Australian Poems (Week 1): John Forbes
Ode to Karl Marx Old father of the horrible bride whose wedding cake has finally collapsed, you spoke the truth that doesn’t set us free- it’s like a lever…
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In Shadow by Hart Crane
Émile Joachim Constant Puyo, Woman with white parasol, 1909. Out in the late amber afternoon, Confused among chrysanthemums, Her parasol, a pale balloon, Like a waiting moon, in shadow swims. Her furtive lace and…
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Another September [by Lera Auerbach]
Another Fall is falling on me. How many are still ahead? God knows… Does it matter? Would I feel any different about this one if I knew it were my last? Would I still…
