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National Poetry Month, Day 17: “Ode to Government Cheese” by Oscar Bermeo

Ode to Government Cheese The streets are alive with your radioactive smile, your distinct glow, not quite pumpkin, not quite squash, not quite orange; no, not anything organic.

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National Poetry Month, Day 16: “Missed Connection” by Kelli Russell Agodon

Missed Connection You: Bartender at the left wing bar, sleeves rolled up, preaching happiness, Fredrich Nietzsche. Small scar across your chin. We high-fived, nodded about get-out-the-vote rallies, about Gore, Clinton,…

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His Forked Voice Licked My Mortal Ears Clean

In The Flight Cage, Rebecca Dunham adopts and manipulates the personas of historical, usually literary, women to explore the various confinements and resistances that they—and by extension, all women—endure.

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National Poetry Month, Day 15: “Persona Ficta” by Jena Osman

Jena Osman’s The Network was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection for November, 2010. You can read Brian Spears’s essay on why he chose the book here and the Rumpus…

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National Poetry Month, Day 14: “The Lion’s Mouth” by Randall Mann

The Lion’s Mouth I walk into a stanza. There’s decent gin here; the men are critically tanned in winter. The gin kicks in;

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Rambling Toward Understanding

Editor’s Note: This is not a typical review, but I think it captures the challenge of reviewing, and it delves deeply into the book it is examining.

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National Poetry Month Day 13: “A Litany of Wants” by Neil de la Flor

A Litany of Wants I want to erase my name from this poem so I can write what I want to write. I want the two badass Brazilian guys in…

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National Poetry Month Day 12: “Dear Empire” by Oliver de la Paz

Dear Empire, These are your murders. I’m not one to speak of atonement, given my sins are expressly for you. Given night’s easy wound and your own scar. Given the…

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National Poetry Month Day 11: “Sonnet to Ash Wednesday” by Noelle Kocot

Noelle Kocot’s The Bigger World was the Rumpus Poetry Book Club’s selection for the month of February. You can read Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s essay on why she chose the book here…

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National Poetry Month Day 10: “Universal Translator” by Amy Letter

Universal Translator Universal Translator from Amy Letter on Vimeo. Science fiction stories set in an alien-rich future like to show the universe’s different species communicating seamlessly by means of (what…

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Poetic Lives Online

I hope you’ve been following along with our National Poetry Month project. For links to the poems we’ve already run as well as the poets to come, you can follow…

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National Poetry Month Day 9: “Letter to the Winding-Sheet” by Camille Rankine

Letter to the Winding-Sheet After the snowfall, snowfall jewels my hair, my church shoes muddy the bedspread. Crazy, you called me, not much of a lady.

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