poetry
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Fanny Says by Nickole Brown
Julie Marie Wade reviews Nickole Brown’s Fanny Says today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 31: “Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All” by Angel Nafis
We’re never satisfied with the 30 days of poetry National Poetry Month allots, so we’re extending it by a day. We’d like to thank all the poets who shared their work with us this year. And here to take us…
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The Pain and Poetry of Fame
…because the role-model pressure becomes so insane, the personal and private takes a backseat to whatever it takes to maintain that fame and to maintain that lifestyle, and before you know it you’re not a human being anymore. The Believer…
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National Poetry Month Day 30: “Dear Weather” by Alison Stine
Dear Weather Dear weather, what are you? It’s not the season, but there he stands: old man in flannel,
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National Poetry Month Day 29: “Deconstruction: Citizenship” by Kenji Liu
Deconstruction: Citizenship Have you ever been a member of or in any way associated either directly or indirectly with? Indirectly a biometric hazard, activate. Associated with a cold rubber stamp. Are we within earshot of a dissection table? Your eagle…
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Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook by David Meltzer
Patrick James Dunagan reviews David Meltzer’s Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook today in Rumpus Poetry.
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National Poetry Month Day 27: “Scientific” by Marisa Siegel
Scientific A pond / reflecting / koi swimming slipping through strands / of refraction. Cue shadow and its companion. The pathology justifies nothing / the disease has created.
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National Poetry Month Day 26: “The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road” by Ada Limón
The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road That we might walk out into the woods together, and afterwards make toast in our sock feet, still damp from the fern’s wet grasp, the spiky needles stuck to our legs, that’s all…
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National Poetry Month Day 25: “Poem For Her In Time” by Christian Anton Gerard
Poem For Her In Time –After Her and Wallace Stevens I. Thirteen days. This morning I counted, read Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
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National Poetry Month Day 24: “Imagénes” by Juan Sánchez Peláez, translated by Guillermo Parra
Imágenes I Tú, que asímismo en la copa de tu verbo desbordas el líquido. Yo, que despeño tu grito
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Red Deer by Anne Marie Macari
Dana Johnson reviews Anne Marie Macari’s Red Deer today in Rumpus Poetry.