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What’s Your Line?
What's your line? 1)" When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions." 2) “Th' unwieldy elephant, to make them mirth, us'd all his might, and wreathed His lithe proboscis." 3) ”My imagination is…
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Hail to thee, Tony Towle, Gemini gem [by David Lehman]
Did you know that Pessoa means person in Portuguese?It’s a secret we share, Tony Towle and I,because he was born on June 13,as were Yeats and Pessoa, an esoteric duo, Gemini at its finest,and…
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The New York School Diaspora (New Series) Part Six: Brooke Harries [by Angela Ball]
New Confusion after Adam Clay This morning I experienced optimismreading assertive sentences & powerfulverbs. An hour later in the…
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“School Ties” – anti-Semitism at an elite prep school in rhe 1950s
Cast members of “School Ties”; included in foreground: Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon. from The Jewish Press of Tampa Bay October 11, 2022 By STEPHEN SILVERJTA news service Cast members of “School…
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A Deep-Sworn Vow [by William Butler Yeats]
A Deep Sworn Vow Others because you did not keepThat deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;Yet always when I look death in the face,When I clamber to the heights of sleep,Or when I…
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“And” versus “&” in modern poetry
In Poets & Writers, Kevin Nance has a fascinating piece on the ampersand in modern poetry. Click here to read it in its entirety after taking a quick peek here: <<<In the twentieth century, the ampersand…
