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FUNNY WOMEN: A Novel, a Short Story, a Memoir, and a Poem Walk into a Bar

  • Sarah Totton
  • June 3, 2022
"Poem and I are better at sex than you two," said the short story accurately. "We get in. We get out. Boom. Done."
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Rumpus Original Poetry: “When I die, I hope they talk about me”

  • Camille T. Dungy
  • December 8, 2018
I hope / there is a heaven copious enough / to hold a place for every soul
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The Last Poem I Loved: The Waste Land

  • Emily Frisella
  • March 19, 2018
It is March, almost April, and the year feels like a spool of days spliced out of order, leaping treacherously from sun to ice to sun to rain to snow.
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National Poetry Month Day 32: Heid E. Erdrich

  • Rumpus Original Poems
  • May 2, 2017
Every year, The Rumpus celebrates National Poetry Month by running new poems from poets we admire. We feature a different poet each day, and aim to illustrate the variety in voices and styles of poetry being written today.
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Think you know The Night Before Christmas? Think Again.

  • Ashley Perez
  • December 25, 2013
Alexandra Socarides gives a clear warning at the beginning of this article that she doesn’t want to ruin anyone’s Christmas, but you should probably read the original poem one last…
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