Rumpus Original Poems
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National Poetry Month Day 37: “Two Lyrics from ‘Rondo’” by Janet Holmes
Well I got to keep it going keep it going full steam. Two Lyrics from “Rondo” The boys pawing the ground are horses. They will drag you between them. Come, give them your arms!
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National Poetry Month Day 36: “The Lover’s Field Guide to Lesser Coinage” by Sandra Beasley
Was National Poetry Month over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! The Lover’s Field Guide to Lesser Coinage There are eight stycas in a penny, two pennies in a farthing, three farthings in a nearthing, and eight nearthings…
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National Poetry Month 2012 Lineup
So maybe you’re following our National Poetry Month project and you want to know who else is going to be featured. You’re following, right? I mean, sure you get the tweets from Rumpus Poetry and The Rumpus, and you regularly…
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National Poetry Month Day 35: “A Double Sestina on Happiness” by Cathy Park Hong
We decide when National Poetry Month is over. A Double Sestina on Happiness Part 1: I should never be happy, the Samsung Chairman’s eldest daughter Eunhee thought as she picked up a capsleeved dress in Seoul’s only Marni boutique, and…
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National Poetry Month Day 33: “Carpal Seeple” by Joyelle McSweeney
No tyrannical calendar will define National Poetry Month for us! Carpal Seeple I want to get Augustan pass the mustard make it matter make it
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National Poetry Month Day 32: “Zoo” by Virginia Konchan
We’re never satisfied with the thirty days that April allots us for National Poetry Month, so we’re extending it a bit. Enjoy! Zoo Unbridled, the sick pony traverses listlessly a circle.
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National Poetry Month Day 31: “Machine Song” by Bruce Snider
We’re never satisfied with just the 30 days that April offers for National Poetry Month, so we’re keeping it going for a little while longer. Machine Song I Xerox what I need to keep (a sheaf of papers, taxes, real…
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National Poetry Month Day 30: From “Sungone Noon” by Christian Wiman
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. From “Sungone Noon” One raised goats;
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National Poetry Month Day 29: “A Children’s Story” by Mary Biddinger
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. A Children’s Story One snowflake was a lantern, the other a shellfish. They were unnatural…
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National Poetry Month Day 28: “Nine Out of Ten Dentists Agree I Am Not an Octopus” by Gregory Sherl
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Nine Out of Ten Dentists Agree I Am Not an Octopus I think I am…
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National Poetry Month Day 26: “14 Fragments/10 Muses [Re:Sonnet #38]” by Ana Božičević
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. 14 Fragments/10 Muses [Re:Sonnet #38] We’re with James Baldwin in a lofty basement room, with…
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National Poetry Month Day 25: “Letter To Be Wrapped Around a 12-Inch Disc” by Jake Adam York
Welcome to The Rumpus’s National Poetry Month project. We’ll be running a new poem from a different poet each day for the month of April. Letter To Be Wrapped Around a 12-Inch Disc —To Major Jackson, from Gadsden, Alabama Here…