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Beowulf Sheehan i. the old marrieds But why the moon rose so cruelly, neither of them would say. Though a listless jazz buzzed obediently...
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The Committee for the Arts began meeting in Chicago in 1966. In 1967, it would become the Organization of Black...
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Jennifer Girard water this fountain where I am yoked sun-break he holds you how once I this secret dark dagger my body rip off the collar your cage don’t...
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths Each flower a wilting sun The death of a new day is never kind Grief ain’t no song No loss is this romantic
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
The Reading List is a feature of Poetry’s Editors’ Blog. This month contributors to the June 2017 issue share some books that held their interest....
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06/09/2017: Mark Strand, Collages (2011-2014)
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05/23/2017: Reading List: May 2017
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05/16/2017: Failure’s Failure
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The editors discuss Mahogany L. Browne's "Coco(nut)" and "Marigold" from the June 2017 issue of Poetry.
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