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Three Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]
The Girls Began Speaking Pig Latin When the girls began speaking Pig Latin On the school bus I saw the pleasure Women discover in a secret language And more importantly I understood how Learning…
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An Interview with Major Jackson [by Aspen Matis]
January 19, 2021 AM: What do you see as poetry’s role in our present society? A unifying force? A destabilizing force of social and personal change? A reprieve from the mundanity and suffering of…
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“I Took a Creative Writing Class” [by Molly Arden]
Everybody wanted to sleep withOn one sideEach line had to And embrace For example a cupEqualsA pearl necklace means Where can I go whenWhy did you think I didn’t Toys If you left…
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“What Trumps Vain Boasts”: The Wizardry of “Ozymandias” [by David Lehman]
Impromptu poetry competitions were not uncommon among the English Romantic poets. The poets would be given a quarter of an hour or so to turn out a serviceable sonnet on a chosen theme.…
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“The Definition of Gardening” [by James Tate]
Jim just loves to garden, yes he does. He likes nothing better than to put on his little overalls and his straw hat. He says, "Let's go get those tools, Jim." But then doubt…
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“Links of Snow” [haiku exchange by David Lehman & Shapiro, Jan 13-19, 2003]
Subj: Re: A little group to compensate for senior miscounting; more on KKDate: 1/13/03 9:42:35 AM Eastern Standard TimeFrom: DaJoShapTo: DCLEHMAN Let the breeze of So WhatBlow through you, said the masters:Now it does:…
