Essay
By Nick Sturm
She survived in and because of poetry. That, and love.
Poem
By Alice Notley
The Goddess who created this passing world
Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction
Life spilled out onto the street, colors whirled
Cars & the variously shod feet were born
And the past & future & I born too
Light as airmail paper away she...
Said Let there be lightbulbs & liquefaction
Life spilled out onto the street, colors whirled
Cars & the variously shod feet were born
And the past & future & I born too
Light as airmail paper away she...
Poem of the day
Any fool can get into an ocean
But it takes a Goddess
To get out of one...
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