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In Other Words [by Jeffrey Levine]
[Poetry is] a means of seeing invisible things and saying unspeakable things about them. – Howard Nemerov I want to write this week about the flesh, about loss, and about my father’s passing at…
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Jeffrey Levine, Guest Author June 17-21
This week we welcome Jeffrey Levine as our guest author. Jeffrey is the author of three books of poetry: Rumor of Cortez, nominated for a 2006 Los Angeles Times Literary Award in Poetry, Mortal,…
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Poem for Father’s Day (Terence Winch)
My father, Paddy Winch (1905–1971), worked as the custodian of St. Thomas Aquinas elementary school in the Bronx, which this poem commemorates. He was a very generous and loving man, much beloved by his…
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Fashion and Beauty with Poetess Vinny: Freelance Fashion [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Dear Poetess Vinny, Here's a challenge for you: I'm a freelancer and I just sold my first book (a memoir with poems). Hooray for me. Now I'm on a tight deadline so I'm basically…
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In Celebration of Airplanes [by Dolores Hayden]
Alamy Stock Photo, Orville Wright flying in Berlin, 1909. One hundred years ago, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made a non-stop transatlantic flight for the first time, taking off on June 14, 1919…
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The Mushroom Chronicles Part II: Prugnoli Frittata [by Barbara Hamby]
(Ed note: This is Part II of Barbara Hamby's mushroom chronicles. Find Part I here. sdl) All human history attests …
