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“Summer Afternoon” [by David Shapiro]
For DCLehman just feeling happy James’s words you love Today was unbear-ably beautiful like abear walking thru school! Today was amaz-ingly cool and calm like fishrushing to the knife! today the sun hitthe bricks…
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On the Erotic in Poetry and Literature (part IV) [by David Lehman]
W. H. Auden’s “The Platonic Blow” is a camp classic, an over-the-top ballad portraying the ideal blowjob. Auden wrote it in New York in 1948 and relished its composition, but he…
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Poet Spotlight: Karyna McGlynn [by Kristina Marie Darling]
This week, as Guest Author, I will be spotlighting innovative work by women poets in the form of new writing and review-essays. Today I'm delighted to share a new poem by Karyna McGlynn. Karyna…
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Next Line, Please: The Interplay of Voices [by Virginia Valenzuela]
On this week's installment of Next Line, Please, the challenge to write poems “in the manner of” something abstract provoked a great many poems of interest. Poets wrote in the manner of the year…
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Poet Spotlight: Dora Malech [by Kristina Marie Darling]
This week, as Guest Author, I will be spotlighting innovative work by women poets in the form of new writing and review-essays. Today I'm delighted to share a folio of poems by Dora Malech. Dora…
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The Wimbledon: The drink for fans of Roger, Serena, Raffa, the Djoker, Isner et al [by David Lehman]
TTry this variant of the Pimm's Cup while watching Wimbledon: One ounce Pimm'sOne ounce gin (Boodles or Broker's)Three ounces lemonade or Limonata (San Pellegrino)One ounce club sodaOne lemon wheelIce CubesTop with club sodaOptional: teaspoon…
