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  • Next Line, Please: A Winner and Introducing Angela Ball (by David Lehman)

    June 19, 2015

      For last week's "Next Line, Please" contest over the Amercan Scholar, David Lehman challenged readers to submit poems with secret messages embedded in them. He announced the winner on Tuesday, June 16. He also…

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  • Everything Else I Wanted to Say to You [by Lisa Vihos – Day 5]

    June 19, 2015

    I have come to the conclusion that it is quite impossible to sum up all the epiphanies that took place over five days with 80 plus poets from 21 countries.I cannot even begin to…

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  • Everything Else I Wanted to Say to You [by Lisa Vihos – Day 5]

    June 19, 2015

    I have come to the conclusion that it is quite impossible to sum up all the epiphanies that took place over five days with 80 plus poets from 21 countries.I cannot even begin to…

    Continue reading…

  • Two Fathers at Macy’s, 1992 [by Alan Ziegler]

    June 18, 2015

        Sinatra sings about an unlikely couple: “She was Mozart, I was Basie… She was polo, I was racetrack.” Although Erin’s father, Paul, doesn’t frequent polo matches, my father is frequently racetrack, and they do…

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  • Two Fathers at Macy’s, 1992 [by Alan Ziegler]

    June 18, 2015

        Sinatra sings about an unlikely couple: “She was Mozart, I was Basie… She was polo, I was racetrack.” Although Erin’s father, Paul, doesn’t frequent polo matches, my father is frequently racetrack, and they do…

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  • A Prayer for the Oral Tradition (Or, What I Learned in Salerno) [by Lisa Vihos – Day 4]

    June 18, 2015

      Which Way to Go? (My Dublin Feet)   The blogger respectfully asks that you read this post out loud. Heavenly Mother/Father Poet Above Us, Source of All Our Contemplations, Having roamed the streets…

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