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Poem of the DayBy May SwensonIt’s about Ball fitsthe ball, mitt, butthe bat, not alland the mitt. the time.Ball hits Sometimesbat, or it ...
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poemBy Kim MooreI also love the I, the way it holds everythingI almost know in one great stroke, one great love,I draw it, though I don’t give it flitches,have never heard the word until I read it.Someone tells me about a village...
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collectionBy The Editors
Perfect for snowy days and long nights by the fire.
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ProfileBy Mark Pohlad
Reading the visual in the Chicago Daily Tribune
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Poem GuideBy Tyler MaloneWho are all these people? Where is this waste land they inhabit? What is this chaos of impressions we are privy to? Wherefore such madness?
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Poem GuideBy CM Burroughs
There is lightness within these downtrodden lives!
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Poem GuideBy Stephanie Burt
A contemporary take on an ancient Arabic form.
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poemBy Nathalie Handal
He said I was different because I was dark. She said I was different because I wore a scarf. He said I was different because I had an accent. She said I was different because I couldn’t read. He said...
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poemBy Wing Tek LumI have no wife,much less a son, to lament overwhen he has diedin his infancy. I have neverseen a peach
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