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  • Egyptian Poetry [translated by Susan Brind Morrow]

    September 24, 2022

    Editor's note:  Susan Brind Morrow published a translation of The Song of Baramhat by Salah Jahin in The Seneca Review, Vol XVI, 1; p.93in 1986. Morrow included her translation of Salah Jahin’s The Song of Baramhat immediately…

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  • What are the Scariest Poems in the English Language? [by David Lehman]

    September 23, 2022

                What is the scariest poem in the language? I wager that many would select Poe’s “The Raven,” and it is unquestionable that Poe has the ability, in his…

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  • End [by Susan Brind Morrow]

    September 23, 2022

    I like having a fierce dog Who barks and bites And leaps at your head The beauty boy who sleeps at my thigh Red fox red My beautiful Ted.           …

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  • “I hadn’t expected so intense a pleasure . . . ” [by Edwin Denby]

    September 22, 2022

    looking at New York again, in the high white February sunlight, the childishly euphoric climate; looking down Second Avenue, where herds of vehicles go charging one way all day long disappearing into the sky…

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  • Wednesdays with Denise [by Denise Duhamel]

    September 21, 2022

    For my first post, I’d like to highlight Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast which began in December of 2021.  The hosts, James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith, offer insightful, hilarious, dishy (or…

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  • The Eastern Forest [Susan Brind Morrow]

    September 21, 2022

      The horns of a deer are still soft in SeptemberAn owls face is mostly ear   Fire in the trees at the end of winterWhen red tongues of color run under their skin…

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