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  • “That Ship Has Sailed” [by Terence Winch]

    November 1, 2021

    That Ship Has Sailed In our old life, we ate ice cream and breadpudding. We drank glass after glass ofGrand Marnier until it made us sick.Our libido was as big as a billboard.Our libido…

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  • Near Wuhan [by David Shapiro]

    October 31, 2021

    I wandered lonely as a mapI had to return to the poisonous, little town of WuhanI played with my father’s ancient microscopeAnd I played with my mother’s telescopeAnd I met my sister’s metronomeAnd I…

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  • Ed Ochester Retires as Pittsburgh’s Poetry Point Person

    October 31, 2021

    <<A toast to Ed Ochester, to whose retirement we raise our glasses in celebration of his editorial achievement (and poeitc prowess). As director of Pitt Poetry, Ed Ochester has published some of our most…

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  • Hailey Leithauser: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    October 31, 2021

                    Hailey Leithauser. Photo by Sandra Beasley. __________________________________________________ Zen Heaven   No melon, no lemon, no scone, no crumb, no tuns of gin or barrels of bourbon,…

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  •  Sonnet [by Alexander Lazarus Wolff]

    October 30, 2021

    The sun hangs among tatters of clouds;amber light slides through the interwoven boughsof the tree beside my window. The day decays,and a darkness pours into the room like a poolof black liqueur. Who holds…

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  • Tonight at 7 PM (East Coast time): Michael Caine and Poets (including Lally and Lehman)

    October 30, 2021

    Organized by Suzanne Lummis: << You won't want to miss this All-Star Line-up. It's a ZOOM event. Click event for link. Please join us! >>

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