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Sonnet to Rubens [by Mitch Sisskind]
She longs for the loud mouth action man While I am of the diffident dreamy tribe.However, if life of the party is her desire, Then let’s get the show on the road will beMy…
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Next Line, Please: Four-Word Lines [by Virginia Valenzuela]
It's the very first prompt of the new year, and in it, we turn to May Swenson and her poem “Four-Word Lines” for inspiration. Here is the original: Your eyes are justlike bees, and…
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January 10: Swing along with Max Roach [by Sean Singer]
Max Roach (c) Herman Leonard, 1954 Though it doesn’t appear on any calendar, January 10th is Max Roach Day. He was born in Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina in 1924, but moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant,…
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“On the Cards and Dice” [by Sir Walter Raleighj]
On the Cards and Dice Before the sixth day of the next new year,Strange wonders in this kingdom shall appear:Four kings shall be assembled in this isle,Where they shall keep great tumult for awhile.Many…
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Michael Dirda Reviews The Best American Poetry 2018
Michael Dirda's review appeared in the Washington Post on January 2, 2019 under the headline "How do you define authenticity? A poetry collection explores a modern problem." Here is Dirda's opening: << Verbal felicities, haunting…
