poetry
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National Poetry Month Day 9: “We Came Because the Romans Came, Joseph” by Dena Rash Guzman
We Come Because the Romans Came, Joseph You are a scene, an obscene staggering, your legion balls cold & wanting a beach or bayou, a hot place
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Bedtime Reading with Charles Simic
Poet Charles Simic, in a piece on the NYRB blog, shares his quest for the perfect bedtime reading strategy. Simic turns to books to settle his mind for the night, but must be careful with his choices: I read only…
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Angel Park by Roberto F. Santiago
Melissa Adamo reviews Roberto F. Santiago’s Angel Park today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Michael Hecht
Poet, historian, and philosopher Jennifer Michael Hecht talks about Thomas Aquinas, Robin Williams, and her most recent book, Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It.
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Barbara Berman’s National Poetry Month Picks
Barbara Berman offers some quality suggestions on poetry to read during the month of April, and beyond.
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National Poetry Month Day 7: from “The Singing Ape, Or, Life in Pink” by Amy Letter
from “The Singing Ape, Or, Life in Pink”
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National Poetry Month Day 6: Honorée Jeffers
According to the Testimony to the Grand Jury of Newport, Rhode Island by the Sailor John Cranston, After Throwing a Coromantee Woman Into the Sea, James DeWolf, the Captain of the Slave Ship Polly, Mourned the Loss of the Good Chair to Which He Had…
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Yeats’s Easter Poem
The Ploughshares blog looks at William Butler Yeats’s “Easter 1916” and the violent uprising that inspired it.
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National Poetry Month Day 5: “Innocence: A Memoir” by Kathleen Ossip
Innocence: A Memoir All souls grow roughly, out of careless errors. This month brings two things: the moon and you, both at my breasts.
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National Poetry Month Day 4: “Both/Both” by Oliver Bendorf
BOTH/BOTH “We were just kids.” –Patti Smith I’m asking if she wants dumbbells on the top or sort of smack down
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National Poetry Month Day 1: “To Proceed, You Must First Understand” by Barbara Jane Reyes
Welcome to National Poetry Month 2015! For the last six years, we here at The Rumpus have run a new poem every day in April (and often into May) to celebrate this under-appreciated art form. We’ve tried to be diverse…