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The Great B-Sides [by David Lehman]
I just heard Bobby Darin sing "Beyond the Sea" — wonderful song translated from the French of Charles Trenet — followed by Sinatra's "Summer Wind." It seems worth pointing out that neither song was…
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The Great B-Sides [by David Lehman]
I just heard Bobby Darin sing "Beyond the Sea" — wonderful song translated from the French of Charles Trenet — followed by Sinatra's "Summer Wind." It seems worth pointing out that neither song was…
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Simile of the day: from a conversation with John Ashbery
I continue to be inspired by Auden, Stevens, Bishop, MacNeice, Marianne Moore, Dylan Thomas, etc., the list goes on, but I don’t often read them. Once something has inspired you, that’s it. Somebody (maybe…
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Simile of the day: from a conversation with John Ashbery
I continue to be inspired by Auden, Stevens, Bishop, MacNeice, Marianne Moore, Dylan Thomas, etc., the list goes on, but I don’t often read them. Once something has inspired you, that’s it. Somebody (maybe…
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A Simile Contest is Like . . . [by David Lehman]
We're having a simile contest — a contest for the best short poem that is simile-driven. Either a poem consisting of all similes or a poem that goes to town with just one. Consider…
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A Simile Contest is Like . . . [by David Lehman]
We're having a simile contest — a contest for the best short poem that is simile-driven. Either a poem consisting of all similes or a poem that goes to town with just one. Consider…
