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Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms on Children [by Alex Cigale]
Beaverson was walking down the road pondering: why is it that when you pour sand in the soup, its taste becomes spoiled?All of a sudden, he saw a tiny little girl sitting in the…
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Why don’t you sit down and write a Valentine’s Day Poem for Stacey? [by David Lehman]
OK, I said, and wrote her this calling it "Lune de Miel"and shared it todaywith the infinite internetas "the poet of the month"for The Inqusitive Eater: <<< The best thing about Paris is being here with…
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Happy Valentine’s Day [by Nin Andrews]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Sick with a cold I am, but I still love this day along with all of the trappings—the gold-embossed Cupids, roses, candles, slinky lingerie, sonnets, and chocolate. Who can resist…
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Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms’s Women (Belated Happy Valentine’s Day!) [by Alex Cigale]
From ON UNIVERSAL BALANCE …And, having returned home, Nikolay Ivanovich said this to his wife:“Do not be afraid, Ekaterina Petrovna, and do not worry. Only there isn’t any equilibrium in this life. And the…
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Alex Cigale, Guest Author February 13-17
This week we welcome Alex Cigale as our guest author. Alex’s own poems in English appear in Colorado Review, The Common Online, and The Literary Review, and his translations of Silver Age and contemporary…
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Hang Down Your Head [by Mitch Sisskind]
That day now lost in antiquity When I heard the Kingston Trio Sing the Ballad of Tom Dooley On the radio for the first time: So different, so new, and I saw How big…
