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“Rapture” [by Loren Goodman]
The Rabbi’s little sonDecked out in stripesOne leather strapOver the edgeOf the blackLacquer box wrapsThe tefillin IHave taken from myHead as he isWrapped by theStripes on his shirtAs I watchI am raptAs the boyAs…
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Rugged Silence [by Lera Auerbach]
Personal Mythology – Acrylic on Wood Board - by Lera Auerbach I love old rugs. Rugs with animals, flowers, and small people. Prayer rugs and large entrance rugs. Rugs with dragons and monkeys. …
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“Tasman Sonnet’ [by John Tranter]
A, green, the tint of absinthe dripping throughA wad of lawn clippings – E,Chartreuse, colour that only monks can see –I, cloudy violet with sparkling points of blueOr paler, the fresh paint sheen of…
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“The Complete History of the Boy” [by David Lehman]
"The Complete History of the Boy" is the poetry feature of the month on the The Common out of Amherst, Mass.,ably edited by the poet John Hennessy Here is part one of the poem:…
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“Twas the Night before Christmas” [poem by Clement Clarke Moore. Reading by Louis Armstrong]
Merry Christmas to one and all. — sdl
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On Poetry and Tennis [by Kate Daniels]
John Crowe Ransom] has a wonderful line: what a poet must have in the right order is the head, the heart, and the…
