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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 3

The ritual of poetic discovery is a reanimation of the whole metaphor of human dream and reason, irrationality and rationality, the ancient and the contemporary, the organic and the artifice.

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The Rusted City by Rochelle Hurt

Julie Marie Wade reviews Rochelle Hurt's The Rusted City today in Rumpus Poetry.

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The Earth Avails by Mark Wunderlich

Laura Haynes reviews Mark Wunderlich's The Earth Avails today in Rumpus Poetry.

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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Matthew Zapruder

In the second episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with Matthew Zapruder for a chat about his latest collection, Sun Bear, his dual role as poet and musician, and close encounters with Grace Paley.

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National Poetry Month Day 30: “Jubilate Patro” by Brian Spears

Jubilate Patro – Brian Spears *** Author’s note: I wrote this poem about five years ago when my relationship with my father was strained. My father died earlier this year,…

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Woman Without Umbrella by Victoria Redel

Brachah Goykadosh reviews Victoria Redel's Woman Without Umbrella today in Rumpus Poetry.

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The Last Poem I Loved: Richard Siken’s “Scheherazade”

Tell me, Richard, that I, too, will never get used to this.

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National Poetry Month Day 29: “City of Eternal Spring” by Afaa M. Weaver

City of Eternal Spring My mind rises up as the silos of interchanges, streams, passages of myself in floating layers so nothing can connect, and I dream emptiness on ships…

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National Poetry Month Day 28: from “Bombyonder” by Reb Livingston

from Bombyonder Without an imaginary world, without a proper backpack, without my little pink orb, without an old tablet’s commandments, without a hair dryer, empty hands, empty birdcage obscured by…

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National Poetry Month Day 27: “Prodigal Electrons Return to Shine” by Matthew Zapruder

Prodigal Electrons Return to Shine is the name of the movie she wants to see, the first the daughter of a famous director whose plots to her always seemed designed…

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National Poetry Month Day 26: “Everything Twice” by Rae Gouirand

Everything Twice Pinkened quince with potatoes, cold for breakfast. Stones by the door I’ve pocketed the last year. Too bright today to see the road. One blue for the sky,…

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