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“The Junior High School Band Concert” [by David Wagoner]
The Junior High School Band Concert When our semi-conductorRaised his baton, we sat thereGaping at Marche Militaire,Our mouth-opening number.It seemed faintly familiar(We'd rehearsed it all that winter),But we attacked in such a blur,No army…
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“Free Fall” [by David Wagoner]
Free Fall At first he's making better and better timein his descent toward an unavoidablenecessarily inevitableconclusion against a remarkable-looking surfaceno longer keeping its distance or its placein the scheme of things and then the…
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Tripping [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Oh mirth. I wish I could get with you. Everybody is dealing with the some handful that stacks against them, and we hear that even the royal flush is hard to hold. As the…
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“Lost” [by David Wagoner]
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it…
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Congratulations Heather McHugh – 2009 MacArthur Foundation Grant Recipeint
Read all about it here. — sdh
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The Best American Poetry 2009: GALA LAUNCH READING SEPTEMBER 24, 7:00 PM The New School, 66 W. 12th Street FREE
Join series editor David Lehman as he introduces an all-star line up of the following contributors to this year's volume, chosen by guest editor David Wagoner: John Ashbery, Mark Bibbins, Suzanne Cleary, Billy Collins,…
