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  • “The Eagle is in the Future” (from “Three Dates”) [by Geoffrey Young]

    July 3, 2021

    <<<RENE CHAR : Isle-Sur-Sorgue It was early July, 1970, and we were at Le Chateau d’Lignane, guests of the Boutié family in Aix-en-Provence. Laura had spent a month with them when she was sixteen.…

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  • Trying To Hold On [by Lera Auerbach]

    July 2, 2021

    Ink on Paper by Lera Auerbach Alone When you try to hold on – what exactly are you holding onto? In the labyrinth, Ariadne left a thread for Theseus to help him find his…

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  • Emily Dickinson 4 [by Mitch Sisskind]

    July 2, 2021

    Her final words? For years She gave thought to them But here was the difficulty: Her reputed last murmurings Would be far from final and Quite the opposite in fact: The words in the…

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  • Summer Camp Quiz [by David Lehman]

    July 1, 2021

    1) Bug juice is a) an experiment conducted by the nature counselorb) insect repellent for canoe tripsc) the fruit drink that is served at mealsd) none of the above 2) The song beginning "Great…

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  • 2021 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize Winners

    June 30, 2021

    MARSH HAWK PRESS Chapter One   Contact 2021 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize Winners Chosen by David Lehman The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE($1,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book, along with the…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Seven): George Green [by Angela Ball]

    June 29, 2021

    Gone With the Wind When Rhett grabs Scarlet on their flight to Tara,their isometric kiss implies coitionand romance will peak with his profession of lovemade to a horny widow woman imperiledon the bumpy road…

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