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“Southern Wind, Clear Sky”: A Rumpus Original Poem by Elisa Gabbert and Kathleen Rooney

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  • October 24, 2012
Southern Wind, Clear Sky Hokusai says the morning is clear, but it’s never really clear around Mount FujiMount Fuji is an active volcano, so we can never get entirely comfortable…
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Sunday Rumpus Poetry

  • Jill Alexander Essbaum
  • May 13, 2012
Time is a curve with a caveat.
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National Poetry Month Day 38: “A Room in Cleopatra’s Palace” by Mary Jo Bang

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  • May 8, 2012
This brings us to the end of our National Poetry Month project, one poem short of a sestina’s worth. We close out this year with a poem by Mary Jo…
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National Poetry Month Day 37: “Two Lyrics from ‘Rondo'” by Janet Holmes

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  • May 7, 2012
Well I got to keep it going keep it going full steam. Two Lyrics from “Rondo” The boys pawing the ground are horses. They will drag you between them. Come,…
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National Poetry Month Day 36: “The Lover’s Field Guide to Lesser Coinage” by Sandra Beasley

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  • May 6, 2012
Was National Poetry Month over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! The Lover’s Field Guide to Lesser Coinage There are eight stycas in a penny, two pennies in…
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National Poetry Month 2012 Lineup

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  • May 5, 2012
So maybe you’re following our National Poetry Month project and you want to know who else is going to be featured. You’re following, right? I mean, sure you get the…
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National Poetry Month Day 35: “A Double Sestina on Happiness” by Cathy Park Hong

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  • May 5, 2012
We decide when National Poetry Month is over. A Double Sestina on Happiness Part 1: I should never be happy, the Samsung Chairman’s eldest daughter Eunhee thought as she picked…
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National Poetry Month Day 32: “Zoo” by Virginia Konchan

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  • May 2, 2012
We’re never satisfied with the thirty days that April allots us for National Poetry Month, so we’re extending it a bit. Enjoy! Zoo Unbridled, the sick pony traverses listlessly a…
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National Poetry Month Day 31: “Machine Song” by Bruce Snider

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  • May 1, 2012
We’re never satisfied with just the 30 days that April offers for National Poetry Month, so we’re keeping it going for a little while longer. Machine Song I Xerox what…
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National Poetry Month Day 30: From “Sungone Noon” by Christian Wiman

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  • April 30, 2012
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. From “Sungone Noon” One raised…
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National Poetry Month Day 28: “Nine Out of Ten Dentists Agree I Am Not an Octopus” by Gregory Sherl

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  • April 28, 2012
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Nine Out of Ten Dentists…
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National Poetry Month Day 27: “Barry Bonds on the Witness Stand” by Oscar Bermeo

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  • April 27, 2012
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Barry Bonds on the Witness…
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