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Happy Birthday, Cathy Wagner! [by Anthony Madrid, via Facebook]
CATHY WAGNER (4/21)Wagner! Wagner!RAH RAH RAHWe got it in the bagnerAnd HA HA HAWith a vagabond, vagabond,Evacuate the vowel, theyValidate, debilitateAnd fascinate the owlWith a FIRE DRILL, FIRE DRILLFreakin’ out the Fred, I’mComing from…
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Bruce F. Kawin Guest Blogger April 22-26 (and contest!)
This week we welcome Bruce F. Kawin as our guest blogger. Although he published chapbooks in 1964 (Breakwater) and 1970 (Slides), Bruce did not publish a book of poems until 2012, when Thames River…
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Is There Poetry in Soccer? By Alissa Fleck
Musing on how to make sense of myself as a soccer player with the heart and mind of a poet The diehard poet sees a poem in everything. The most seemingly unpoetic experience still…
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Quote of the Week: The 99-cent Slice
On Monday morning, April 15, with taxes on people's minds — before the bombs went off in Boston — commuters reading the Wall Street Journal got to ponder the implications of the ninety-nine cent…
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With a Poem by Cate Marvin (and a few words about Boston) I start a new phase of The Lion and the Honeycomb [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dearest Bleaders, I’ve been away so long! Been tending a few other fireplaces, to wit, I’ve got two books coming out in the fall; also changes in husband’s work has given me more time…
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The Punk Singer and The Florist: A conversation between Frankie Rollins and Selah Saterstrom. By Sarah Suzor
From Scene II of Barbara Guest’s play, The Lady’s Choice Christian: You like only myth, And so you would go riding, Greensleeves and all To where love’s hiding. Antoinette: I like…
