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“What Trumps Vain Boasts”: The Wizardry of “Ozymandias” [by David Lehman]
Impromptu poetry competitions were not uncommon among the English Romantic poets. The poets would be given a quarter of an hour or so to turn out a serviceable sonnet on a chosen theme.…
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“The Definition of Gardening” [by James Tate]
Jim just loves to garden, yes he does. He likes nothing better than to put on his little overalls and his straw hat. He says, "Let's go get those tools, Jim." But then doubt…
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“Links of Snow” [haiku exchange by David Lehman & Shapiro, Jan 13-19, 2003]
Subj: Re: A little group to compensate for senior miscounting; more on KKDate: 1/13/03 9:42:35 AM Eastern Standard TimeFrom: DaJoShapTo: DCLEHMAN Let the breeze of So WhatBlow through you, said the masters:Now it does:…
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“The Master of the Gamblers”: Omnia Vincit Amor
The "Master of the Gamblers" is how art historians, curators, and auctioneers refer to the 17th-century Italian painter (Rome, maybe Naples), otherwise unnamed, who painted, in the main, gamblers playing cards and shooting dice.…
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John Yau: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Photo by Eve Aschheim __________________________________________________________________________________ Things I Should Tell You Before It’s Too Late Princess Sitting Duck isn’t…
