Poetry
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Conclusion
As a poet, you seek to blend your imagination with what you are both witnessing and imagining: “The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.”
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Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet? by Irene McKinney
Charlie Atkinson reviews Irene McKinney’s Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet?” today in Rumpus Poetry.
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What is a Domicile by Joanna Penn Cooper
Julie Marie Wade reviews Joanna Penn Cooper’s What is a Domicile today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Make/Work Episode 17: Brett Fletcher Lauer
In Episode 17 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with writer Brett Fletcher Lauer.
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The Moon Before Morning by W. S. Merwin
Camden Avery reviews W. S. Merwin’s The Moon Before Morning today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “For You” by Jim Moore
Suddenly I understood more deeply what the end of the poem means, when the speaker knows his decisions will change his life, but still has no idea what else may come as a result.
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There, There by George Higgins
Heather Dobbins reviews George Higgins’s There, There today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Her Book by Éireann Lorsung
Lisa Williams reviews Éireann Lorsung’s Her Book today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Glaciology by Jeffrey Skinner
Charlie Atkinson reviews Jeffrey Skinner’s Glaciology today in Rumpus Poetry.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 11
Becoming a poet means to think about delight and distress with equal poise. Becoming a poet means to embrace the child of your imagination where resentment is understood.
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The Tulip-Flame by Chloe Honum
Casey Thayer reviews Chloe Honum’s The Tulip-Flame today in Rumpus Poetry.
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If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? by Matthea Harvey
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Matthea Harvey’s If the Tabloids Are True Who Are You? today in Rumpus Poetry.