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“The Singles Scene” [by Ernest Hilbert]
The Singles Scene As a girl, she had an odd assortmentOf dolls, all missing their partners and mates:Cher with no Sonny, two Charlie’s Angels.Her strange daydreams all centered on absentFriends, a Ken doll, spiffed…
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Ron Padgett: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Ron Padgett by Siobhán Padgett, 2020 ________________________________________________________________________ Morning …
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Your Assignments for Next Week [by Mindy Aloff]
In Ezra Pound’s 1934 ABC of Reading, Pound cautions: “Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.” In a posting on Twitter, analyze why…
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It’s Roy Eldridge Day [by Sean Singer]
Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., c. Sept. 1947 January 30th is Roy Eldridge Day. Eldridge was a major innovator in jazz trumpet, and his concept…
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Two Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]
Schmegeges Schmegeges everywhere. Look over yonderWhere schmegeges march down the street,See how the schmegeges cavort themselvesDay and night, how new schmegege variationsAppear, marching, marching, tailgating me,Telephoning me, telling me what they think,Singing schmegege roundelays,…
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As January Bites the Dust of Snow [Lehman & Shapiro haiku exchange, 2003]
An Old Dispute; I agree (and disagree)Date: 1/27/2003 8:25:35 PM Eastern Standard Time Well, David Lehman,it's an old dispute betweenLi Po — Tu Fu– Scene: O Tu Fu says Liyou're suffering poetry–My kind just…
