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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Nicky Beer

  • Dave Roderick
  • April 24, 2015
In Episode 10 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, poet Nicky Beer chats about her new collection, The Octopus Game, turning subject matter into art, and how we're all just shape-shifting actors trying to get through the day.
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National Poetry Month Day 23: “Pre-Need” by Stacey Lynn Brown

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  • April 23, 2015
Pre-Need In the same cemetery where Uncle Remus lies, my father’s crypt awaits, his mother,
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National Poetry Month Day 22: “The Limit” by Adam McGovern

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  • April 22, 2015
The Limit “I don’t see them,” I saidwhen my mom told me men were landing on the moonbut I wasn’t surprised they were, and why would I be,I was expecting…
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Splitting an Order by Ted Kooser

  • James Crews
  • April 22, 2015
James Crews reviews Ted Kooser's Splitting an Order today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Fate of the Writer: Shuttling Between Solitude and Engagement

  • The Rumpus
  • April 21, 2015
I’d propose that we learn better ways of speaking up for and protecting that space, that valley; that we prescribe uselessness as a core nutrient, one we’d surely wilt without. That we write with very fierce love.
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National Poetry Month Day 21: Emoji Poem by Jenny Browne, Translations by Carrie Fountain and Michele Battiste

  • Brian Spears
  • April 21, 2015
Emoji Poem
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National Poetry Month Day 20: “Conflict Tourism” by Erika Meitner

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  • April 20, 2015
Conflict Tourism Belfast, NI People here think my accent is charming because America is young. Today at the Friday bakery
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National Poetry Month Day 19: 3 Poems by Amy Newman

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  • April 19, 2015
While John Berryman Crosses The Washington Avenue Bridge 6 January 1972 While John Berryman crosses the Washington Avenue Bridge,
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The Heart Is Strange: New Selected Poems by John Berryman

  • Patrick James Dunagan
  • April 19, 2015
Patrick James Dunagan reviews The Heart is Strange: New Selected Poems by John Berryman and John Berryman's Public Vision: Relocating the Scene of Disorder by Philip Coleman today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 18: “Instantaneous Letter Writer” by Sandra Beasley

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  • April 18, 2015
Instantaneous Letter Writer After the others go to bed, my lamp the only light for six miles,
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Streaming by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke

  • Ann van Buren
  • April 18, 2015
Ann van Buren reviews Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's Streaming today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 17: “Apollinaire in Iowa” by Hai-Dang Phan

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  • April 17, 2015
Apollinaire in Iowa After “Les Colchiques” The prairie is poisonous but pretty in autumn
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