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The Poetry Question [by Dave Morice]
What is poetry? Here is a modern approach to answering that ancient question. The following list contains genuine quotes about “poetry,” “poet,” etc. by famous writers throughout the ages. However, those particular words have…
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West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga [by Mitch Sisskind]
West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga Got a phone number where you talk To dead people of course they're not Really dead it's just some guy out in West Covina or Rancho Cucamonga But…
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“Why ‘Nixonland’ Matters” [by Joe Lehman]
When I was twenty-five, backpacking through Australia, I carried with me my hardcover copy of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. It absorbed me for all seven months…
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Marie-Thérèse Allier, literary talk, dance-performance criticism [by Tracy Danison]
Caroline Breton in “Figures” by Charles Chemin, on stage at Ménagerie de Verre, Etrange cargo program 2022. Photo © Ysé-Ysé-Rouy-Giraaud In an obituary for Marie-Thérèse Allier, the founder and leader of the iconic Ménagerie…
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“Poem with Horse and RB” [by Daniel Lawless]
This is the poem where no one drowns in summerOr propranolol, gyves or sluices or falls in love with Sister Wendy.No one pisses off a dock, no one is pixilatedOr doll-like, no one gets high and…
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Angell of the Basepaths Fondly Remembered [by David Lehman]
From an encyclopedia article on Roger Angell: << In a Newsweek article titled "Angell of the Base Paths," David Lehman made note of what he called Angell's "poetic resonance" and quoted Angell: "If I was…
