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Congratulations Emma Trelles, Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, CA
Ed note: Emma Trelles has been generously contributing here since the early days of this blog. We are thrilled to share the news that she has recently been made Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara,…
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Selfie with Marilyn Monroe: Writing in the Persona of Marilyn Monroe [by Heidi Seaborn]
She was a just postcard at the MOMA, a stamp of pink and lemon yellow. Her mouth, a red smear, slightly open. Is that a word forming, wanting to slip from tongue to lip…
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At the Ritz: Plath, Sexton & Monroe [by Heidi Seaborn]
1958: Eisenhower’s in the White House, Explorer 1 satellite launched, The US. Supreme Court rules for school integration, Elvis joins the Army, the Yankees win the World Series, the microchip is invented, Truman Capote’s…
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I like New York in June (how about you?) [music Burton Lane, lyrics Ralph Freed]
When a girl meets boy,Life can be a joy,But the note they end on,Will depend on little pleasures they will share,So let us compare. I like New York in June, how about you?I…
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Poets Love Marilyn Monroe [by Heidi Seaborn]
Marilyn Monroe not only loved poetry and poets, poets have reciprocated in writing Marilyn into poetry. While I may be the first to write an entire collection centered…
