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Poem of the Week: Amanda J. Bradley

April 25, 2014

Poem of the Week: Amanda J. Bradley

By Brian Fanelli

Swallowed Whole Recently, on vacation, I saw a blue heron catch and eat a fish. In its middle, the fish was a good deal larger than the heron’s slender neck. Looking out subway windows, sparks fly, light up graffiti tags in this dark, rat-infested tunnel I am hurtling through. Ideas leap to mind: violence, poverty, […]

Apr

25

2014

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Swallowed Whole Recently, on vacation, I saw a blue heron catch and eat a fish. In its middle, the fish was a good deal larger than the heron’s slender neck. Looking out subway windows, sparks fly, light up graffiti tags in this dark, rat-infested tunnel I am hurtling through. Ideas leap to mind: violence, poverty, […]

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Poem of the Week: Jeff Rath

April 19, 2014

Poem of the Week: Jeff Rath

By Brian Fanelli

On This Side

Apr

19

2014

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On This Side

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Poem of the Week: Christine Gelineau

April 4, 2014

Poem of the Week: Christine Gelineau

By Brian Fanelli

Bliss

Apr

04

2014

Bliss

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Poem of the Week

March 28, 2014

Poem of the Week

By Dawn Leas

Prayer for Topaz, 1942 Dear God, Mom said you are busy and don’t have time to listen to a little 8-year-old Negro girl from North Carolina and her foolishness, like praying for a box of candy. That would be selfish. But if it’s really important she said, then I should take it to you in […]

Mar

28

2014

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Prayer for Topaz, 1942 Dear God, Mom said you are busy and don’t have time to listen to a little 8-year-old Negro girl from North Carolina and her foolishness, like praying for a box of candy. That would be selfish. But if it’s really important she said, then I should take it to you in […]

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Homer to Gluck: First Lines

February 3, 2014

Homer to Gluck: First Lines

By Sarah Foil

Our twitter and tumblr followers shared their favorite first lines of poetry.

Feb

03

2014

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Our twitter and tumblr followers shared their favorite first lines of poetry.

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No Apocalypse by Monica Wendel

August 29, 2013

No Apocalypse by Monica Wendel

By Levi Rubeck

Gestures, grand and diminutive, poetic and otherwise, made with integrity.

Aug

29

2013

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Gestures, grand and diminutive, poetic and otherwise, made with integrity.

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Poetry Essay #1

June 19, 2013

Poetry Essay #1

By Joe Weil

Does feeling write us? Does the landscape watch us vanish without trying to understand us?

Jun

19

2013

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Does feeling write us? Does the landscape watch us vanish without trying to understand us?

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Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays

May 21, 2013

Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays

By Levi Rubeck

The breadth of that poetic growth is in itself a fantastic teacher.

May

21

2013

The breadth of that poetic growth is in itself a fantastic teacher.

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Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

May 2, 2013

Interview with Joe Weil [AUDIO]

By Nicholas Wilsey

The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

May

02

2013

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The Eggshell Parade brings you an interview with poet Joe Weil.

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Interview with Emily Vogel [AUDIO]

April 18, 2013

Interview with Emily Vogel [AUDIO]

By Nicholas Wilsey

The Eggshell Parade brings you a reading and interview from poet Emily Vogel.

Apr

18

2013

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The Eggshell Parade brings you a reading and interview from poet Emily Vogel.

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Great Table Manners!

March 21, 2013

Great Table Manners!

By Jorge Rodriguez-Miralles

Tables proves a raw, every-which-way roaming collection, an enterprise in full creative recall and exposure.

Mar

21

2013

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Tables proves a raw, every-which-way roaming collection, an enterprise in full creative recall and exposure.

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The Ironic and the Un-Ironic: the Role of the Hero in Ashbery and Creeley

January 21, 2013

The Ironic and the Un-Ironic: the Role of the Hero in Ashbery and Creeley

By Andrew Field

If Ashbery’s poems are premised, if distantly, on a hope for the future, a hope for new imaginary communities, a hope for a new way of speaking, Creeley’s poem are cynical about the future, isolated from community, and unable to even speak.

Jan

21

2013

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If Ashbery’s poems are premised, if distantly, on a hope for the future, a hope for new imaginary communities, a hope for a new way of speaking, Creeley’s poem are cynical about the future, isolated from community, and unable to even speak.

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In a Dark Room: Jericho Brown

August 20, 2012

In a Dark Room: Jericho Brown

By Saeed Jones

They dream they are dreaming, and in that dream they never have to wake again.

Aug

20

2012

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They dream they are dreaming, and in that dream they never have to wake again.

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In a Dark Room: Jon Sands

August 13, 2012

In a Dark Room: Jon Sands

By Saeed Jones

My poems have roommates, and until two weeks ago, slept on a loft bed they bought in 2006 while still a paralegal.

Aug

13

2012

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My poems have roommates, and until two weeks ago, slept on a loft bed they bought in 2006 while still a paralegal.

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All Around Meaning

August 8, 2012

All Around Meaning

By Joe Weil

Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

Aug

08

2012

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Idiots wait on both sides of the fence.

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In a Dark Room: Jeannine Gailey

July 16, 2012

In a Dark Room: Jeannine Gailey

By Saeed Jones

My poems want to rescue you but are often only able to watch.

Jul

16

2012

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My poems want to rescue you but are often only able to watch.

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