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Poetry

“The Pig Roast” by Joshua Mehigan

By On April 13, 2009

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Bad Homemade Star Wars Costumes

By On April 11, 2009

My brother, ever alert to rare examples of genuine humor on the web, sent me a link to these extraordinary, and very funny, homemade Star Wars costumes. You don’t have to be… Read More

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“Smoking Discouraged”

By On April 10, 2009

Sixty Sonnets is currently being translated into Danish by two gentlemen, a translator at the United Nations and  Seamus Heaney’s Danish translator. The first of these two intrepid adventurers sent me some… Read More

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“Gently Read”

By On April 6, 2009

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E-Verse warrants a mention by the Smithsonian “Dinosaur Tracking” Blog

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“He managed to smooth it out and use this experience”: William Burroughs on Allen Ginsberg’s “Blake Experience”

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“When I Am Dead, My Dearest” by Christina Rossetti

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“Man and Wife” by Robert Lowell

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“Larkin” by Adam Kirsch

By On April 2, 2009

What the average sensual man cannot forgive Or triumph over, slowly he forgets; By thirty-five or so begins to live With the faint metal taste of choked regret Flavoring every swallow. For… Read More

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Meghan O’Rourke talks to John Ashbery

By On April 2, 2009

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Sixty Sonnets with its Parent Sheet Music

By On March 31, 2009

E-Verser Jan Schrieber sent in this photograph. I visited his home outside Boston two years ago, and I spotted some Bach sheet music as I was leaving. I felt it would possibly… Read More

Poetry

“Prof of Profs” by Geoffrey Brock

By On March 31, 2009

For Allison Hogge, in memory of Brian Wilkie I was a math major—fond of all things rational. It was the first day of my first poetry class. The prof, with the air… Read More

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By On March 30, 2009

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“Instrumental” by Priscilla Becker

By On March 27, 2009

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“Paradoxes and Oxymorons” by John Ashbery, read by D.J. Spooky

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An E-Verser comments on Frederick Seidel’s comment

By On March 25, 2009

Seidel says, “I once wrote a poem about a girl I was in love with. I compared her to a seal. . . . It was a poetic problem,” he explains, “to… Read More

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By On March 23, 2009

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Introducing a new term: “Murphy’s Razor”

By On March 21, 2009

Sure, it could be a punk band from Boston, or it could be a subtle mingling of two very useful concepts. 1. Occam’s Razor: From the logician and Franciscan friar William of… Read More

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224-Word Palindrome Poem by Demetri Martin, Courtesy of Paste Magazine

By On March 21, 2009

I won’t make any claims that this is a good poem, even by its own lights. But I am fond of palindromes, so here we go. “Dammit I’m Mad” by Demetri Martin… Read More

Poetry

“Fourteen Final Lines” by J. Allyn Rosser

By On March 20, 2009

The favored sight is that which disappears. Wise angels only hum, and hide their wings. Some toxins will not drain except by tears. The monkey throws his feces as he swings. In… Read More

Poetry

“Tiger Face” by Stephen Dunn

By On March 19, 2009

Because you can be what you’re not for only so long, one day the tiger cub raised by goats wandered to the lake and saw himself. It was astounding to have a… Read More

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Bad Paintings of President Obama

By On March 18, 2009

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“OCD” by Erica Dawson

By On March 13, 2009

The learned men call it all a true Emergency, the summer’s long, Tireless drought. And I walk through The public park breaking the thong Of my flip flop, limping in strong Heat… Read More

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Shark Wrestling and the South by Southwest Film Festival

By On March 12, 2009

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Found Poem of the Day

By On March 11, 2009

I received a “complimentary” letter from a salesman in New York about my book Sixty Sonnets. I chopped up his passionately anguished prose into a parody free-verse poem. What else can you… Read More

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Ernest Hilbert interviews Matthew Rohrer

By On March 10, 2009

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“Lullaby” by W.H. Auden

By On March 9, 2009

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“Rose Thorns” by Molly McQuade

By On March 9, 2009

Why do roses need their thorns? Some things are little known. But thorns of roses spring and seize the surface of  fey airs before the roses come. I’ve seen thorns huddle in… Read More

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By On March 8, 2009

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By On March 8, 2009

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