December 2011
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Dec 29th
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Dec 19th
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“The Pathetic Fallacy resounds in all our praise of wine. For centuries every...”
– Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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“It should seem as if they [poets] considered prose as a sort of waiting-maid to...”
– William Hazlitt, “On the Prose-Style of Poets”
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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A 48-Hour Poem by Murray Dunlap
When we learned that Terry W. Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released his menagerie of animals and committed suicide last month, we asked for poems written within 48 hours in response to the tragedy.  One submission came from author Murray Dunlap. His poem: Rut (mating season)   I watch the animals rut I know they wish to be free I wish I could rut I wish to be free So freedom I’ll give...
Dec 5th
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Listenmanasto: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery...
Dec 4th
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A 48-Hour Poem by C Wallace Walker
When we learned that Terry W. Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released his menagerie of animals and committed suicide last month, we asked for poems written within 48 hours in response to the tragedy.  One submission came from author C Wallace Walker. Her poem: Jake the Jaguar Wire mesh was no bed of comfort My hip hitched and joints stiffened   With nowhere to climb and nothing to pursue  ...
Dec 3rd
Dec 3rd
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A 48-Hour Poem by Divya Rajan
When we learned that Terry W. Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released his menagerie of animals and committed suicide last month, we asked for poems written within 48 hours in response to the tragedy.  One submission came from author Divya Rajan.  Her poem: Now that’s objectivity I bet you got the picture right. You saw a sputtering maniac with a lopsided head, surrounded by wild gypsies...
Dec 2nd
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A 48-Hour Poem by Kate McIntyre and Joe Aguilar
When we learned that Terry W. Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released his menagerie of animals and committed suicide last month, we asked for poems written within 48 hours in response to the tragedy.  One submission was a collaboration between Kate McIntyre and Joe Aguilar.  Here is their poem: Left the Cage by Joe Aguilar and Kate McIntyre See the cougar. Nice bear. You can have these guns if you...
Dec 1st