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Beating his lead
2023-12-06by Hans Faverey Translated by Francis R. Jones Beating his lead with the blunt end of his axe, flattening it in order to forget that he is a child of ...
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Beach Glass
2023-12-06by Amy Clampitt While you walk the water's edge, turning over concepts I can't envision, the honking buoy serves notice that at any time the w...
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The Great Wheel
2023-12-06by Paul Mariani In the Tuileries we came upon the Great Wheel rising gargantuan above the trees. Evening was coming on. An after-dinner stroll, descen...
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Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
2023-12-06by Jack Prelutsky Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot...
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Be Drunk
2023-12-06by Charles Baudelaire Translated by Louis Simpson You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it——it's the only way. So as...
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Baudelaire's Ablutions
2023-12-06by Roger Fanning Baudelaire, dead broke, nonetheless allowed himself two hours for his morning ablutions. (Warm water can be a narcotic too.) His razo...
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The Great Black Heron
2023-12-06by Denise Levertov Since I stroll in the woods more often than on this frequented path, it's usually trees I observe; but among fellow humans what...
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Basket of Figs
2023-12-06by Ellen Bass Bring me your pain, love. Spread it out like fine rugs, silk sashes, warm eggs, cinnamon and cloves in burlap sacks. Show me the detail,...
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the great american yellow poem
2023-12-06by Frances Chung she heard tales about saving grapefruit skins for cooking she grew bright under the neon dragon of Chinatown she made saffron curry r...
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Baseball and Writing
2023-12-06by Marianne Moore (Suggested by post-game broadcasts) Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either...