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  • “This Poem is Better Than Your Poem” [by Lindsay Daigle]

    June 12, 2010

    It looks better. It sounds better. It even smells better. Your poem wishes it were as good as this poem. This poem gets more phone numbers, has a better tan, and doesn’t need to…

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  • Red Bird, Red Berry

    June 11, 2010

    I just took this picture of a fine Brooklyn fellow. Him and his moll have been having quite a feast.  Nature not being cheap on red today.  Click on the pic to see his…

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  • Found Poem – Downtown A Train, 8:15 a.m.

    June 11, 2010

    To the author: If this is your homework, you can tell your teacher that you're published. — sdh

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  • Happy Birthday David!!! I’m Dancing for You

    June 11, 2010

      — sdh 

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  • “Daffodils” [by Alicia Ostriker]

    June 11, 2010

    Daffodils              — for David Lehman               Ten thousand saw I at a glance              Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.              — William Wordsworth              Going to hell so many times tears it             Which explains poetry.            …

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  • Happy Birthday, Judy Garland!

    June 10, 2010

    Today is Judy Garland's birthday. Judy Garland – perhaps the most wonderful singing voice in movies, a terrific dancer, a skillful comedienne. But the clip below from 1961's Judgment at Nuremberg demonstrates her impressive…

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