The Lightness of Sidney Wade
Her lightness is not merely pointing out the details of the world but showing us that without the glory of the everyday, the parsnip, for instance, there can be no weight lifted.
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Randall Mann: A Poem I Love
The last poem I loved is John Casteen’s fifteen-line poem “Regret,” from his first collection, Free Union. Here’s the first stanza: This life, it is like conducting the symphony of a warring country; the cellist has been shot through the wrist it’s all in, the horn player has buried his child and sworn off music. […]
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