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Perfection Wasted [by John Updike]
And another regrettable thing about deathis the ceasing of your own brand of magic,which took a whole life to develop and market —the quips, the witticisms, the slantadjusted to a few, those loved…
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“Theoretical Positivity” [by Loren Goodman]
Theoretical Positivity “Always be positive,” said the neutron“But I’m not feeling well” said the electronWith a tear in the eye of its unsmiling little face“The key is to always be positive“Rejoined the neutron impassively,…
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It Even Has an Image File, I Am a Real Blogger [by Lindsay Daigle]
I am not a blogger, I am a poet. This week though, I was both. And it was thrilling—scary and vulnerable, fun and really pleasing. In determining the direction this fifth and final blog…
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“God Made Me” [by David Lehman]
from The Yale Review: Poem of the Week God Made Me Returning from a walk across the Dug Road bridge and into the Ludlowville woods, Joe carried some violets we…
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Clare Banks: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
___________________________________________________________________ Playing in the Pastoral Dream My neighbor spent the summer destroying his yard. Lopping the tops of his trees, and razing the ground until it was no more than dirt, the roots…
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Vin Scully (1927-2022) Laureate of Play-by-Play Poetry [by David Lehman]
When Kirk Gibson hit perhaps the most unlikely home run in baseball history – when, hobbled with injuries, he pinch-hit with two out and a man on first base, and the Dodgers were one…
