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The Starmakers [by Nin Andrews]
Lately I’ve been thinking about how my father used to say, There’s no such thing as the self-made man. Think about it. It was one of my father’s ongoing arguments with the world, with…
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Fifty Years On: March 19, 2021 [by Mitch Sisskind]
I was in North Liberty with Old Man Bud, Old to the point where he just sat there Looking out the window of his house. He asked me, 'What's the date today?' I…
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“Nothing is as Boring as an Atheist” [by Mitch Sisskind]
Trapped on a long drive with an atheistI closed my eyes and sought refuge in My earliest erotic fantasies of capture By an Apache warrior maiden, cruelAt first but then merely unpredictable.As the atheist droned on…
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Games Poets Play [by Heather Christle]
This evening I was reading this post on The Hairpin, all about "low-effort toddler games" like "Do You Like My Hat?" and "Hide Things in Your Clothes," and it reminded me of a passage from…
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For Saint Patrick’s Day: The Gaelic Symphony by Amy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944)
To find out more about this gifted composer, go here. — sdl
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Eamon Grennan: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________________ Skunk Night brims with his bittersweet. Sometimes a squashed body does it: for miles The highway blows…
