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“Why the ‘Best American Poetry’ series is ending with BAP 2025” [by Erik Pedersen in “The Orange County Register”]
Why the ‘Best American Poetry’ series is ending, says David Lehman David Lehman is the series editor of “The Best American Poetry” books, which will cease publication with the 2025 edition. (Photo credit John…
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The Black Car [a “Next Line, Please” prompt from May 3, 2017]
The Black Car For our theme this week, I took the suggestion of Lee McAden Robinson and proposed that we use as starting point the penultimate line of C. D. Wright’s poem “Dust”: “I have seen…
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“I have but one heart. . .” [Vic Damone]
"I Have but One Heart" was Vic Damone's breakout song. He tried for the part of Johnny Fontaine in The Godfather.They cast Al Martino instead. And what song did they have him sing at…
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Do you need a kick in the ass? [by Mitch Sisskind]
A Kick in the Ass When somebody went to prisonHe'd say they went to college orIf somebody was sick he'd sayThey had the sniffles regardless0f a cancer raging or whateverThey had the…
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Restored footage of Ike and Patton at concentration camps
Restored Footage of Ohrdruf and Hadamar – Shown at the Nuremberg Trials [4K Colourised] I have received this message from Matt Mason– DL. <<< I wanted to share our first completed reel of restored…
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from “Why I Love ‘You’ ” [for Stacey Lehman on her birthday]
A woman in California asked me whether I have a favorite word and if so what is it? I said my favorite word is “you.” I love “you.” She was disappointed. I think…
