Poetry
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Satan Says” by Sharon Olds
Therein lies the brilliance of “Satan Says”: Olds’s Satan is not villainous because he urges the speaker to denounce her parents … but because he is too obtuse to comprehend the uselessness of such denunciations to a curious intellect.
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In the Laurels, Caught by Lee Ann Brown
Sarah Sarai reviews Lee Ann Brown’s In the Laurels, Caught today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Desiring Map by Megan Kaminski
Brenda Sieczkowski reviews Megan Kaminski’s Desiring Map today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “So the Pilot Says Over the Intercom” by David Hernandez
July fifth. My girlfriend and I are waiting on Chinese food to be delivered while the neighborhood kids work their way through buckets of excess firecrackers and I come across a book I thought I’d lost—Always Danger by David Hernandez,…
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Undergloom by Prageeta Sharma
Jeff Alessandrelli reviews Prageeta Sharma’s Undergloom today in Rumpus Poetry.
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murmur in the inventory by erica lewis
Carleen Tibbetts reviews erica lewis’s murmur in the inventory today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Hymn for the Black Terrific by Kiki Petrosino
Julie Marie Wade reviews Kiki Petrosino’s Hymn for the Black Terrific today in Rumpus Poetry.
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O Holy Insurgency by Mary Biddinger
Kristina Marie Darling reviews Mary Biddinger’s O Holy Insurgency today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Flood by Molly Brodak
Sally Rosen Kindred reviews Molly Brodak’s The Flood today in Rumpus Poetry.


