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Every Dog Has His Day, and Today. . .
Our dog Johnny said “I always liked it when you said ‘You’re an excellent fellow’ Or asked me to keep you company While brewing a pot of coffee Or watching the raging bulls On…
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How to Make Love, Write Poetry, & Believe in God (by Nin Andrews)
A few weeks ago, I was part of a Hamilton-Kirkland College alumnae poetry reading, and after the reading a woman asked a simple question: “How do you write a poem?” I didn’t have an…
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Mark Bibbins and Nicole Santalucia at the New School, Sept. 30
Poetry Forum: Mark Bibbins and Nicole SantaluciaZoom: Wednesday, September 30, 6:00PM (EDT) Mark Bibbins (MFA in Poetry 1998), a member of the faculty in Creative Writing, is the author of the 2019…
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Yom Kippur 1984 [poem by Adrienne Rich]
I drew solitude over me, on the long shore. —Robinson Jeffers, “Prelude” For whoever does not afflict his soul through this day, shall be cut off from his people. —Leviticus…
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Billy Collins: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________________________ Afternoon with Irish Cows There were a few dozen who occupied the field across the road from where we lived, stepping…
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On George Gershwin’s Birthday [by David Lehman]
On George Gershwin’s birthdayI keep expecting them to playRhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris,the Cuban Overture, the Concerto in F,Porgy and Bess as played by Miles Davis,but no, all day it’s been Dvorak,…
