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“Asphodel” by A.E. Stallings

By On June 10, 2010

(after the words of Penny Turner, Nymphaion, Greece) Our guide turned in her saddle, broke the spell: “You ride now through a field of asphodel, The flower that grows on the plains… Read More

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“The War Correspondent Returns to his Neighborhood” by Ernest Hilbert

By On June 10, 2010

1. The War Correspondent Returns to His Neighborhood by Ernest Hilbert      Summertime, I hear gunshots from the street. The windows of my narrow apartment Are open for lack of a working AC.… Read More

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“Minotaur” by Joanna Pearson

By On June 8, 2010

One of the finest poems I've read so far this year. I nearly teared up a bit on the trolley this morning. Joanna Pearson is a poet of great skill, sensitivity, and… Read More

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“Thoughts upon Reading George Gissing’s New Grub Street” by Ernest Hilbert

By On June 2, 2010

Avoid creditors but court your editors. A lukewarm notice in the Times is like Heroin and sex combined, remember. Bring extra pens and aspirin for your tours, And scan the weekly lists… Read More

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“White Noise” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 26, 2010

The past does not fade, nor does it decline; It merely grows louder, slightly, tone by tone, Until its vast din is blank as silence. The grand chords boom on for some… Read More

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*wild life rifle fire* by Paul Siegell (book trailer)

By On May 21, 2010

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“At the Grave of Thomas Eakins, Late Winter” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 20, 2010

1. At the Grave of Thomas Eakins by Ernest Hilbert      Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia The first visit I failed to find it, where Commodores and captains lie in brazen White vaults over humble… Read More

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“Milkweed and Monarch” by Paul Muldoon

By On May 20, 2010

The rain comes flapping through the yard like a tablecloth that she hand-embroidered. My mother has left it on the line. It is sodden with rain. The mushroom shed is windowless, wide,… Read More

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“Parting” by A.R. Ammons

By On May 19, 2010

She was already lean when a stroke or two slapped her face like drawn claw prints: akilter, she ate less and sat too much on the edge of beds looking a width… Read More

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“A Sad Last Number for the Gentlemen at the Tavern” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 17, 2010

1. A Sad Last Number for the Gentlemen at the Tavern by Ernest Hilbert      This one is for all the aging fuck-ups, The guys who can’t get their shit in one bag,… Read More

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“Not Writing” by Jane Kenyon

By On May 17, 2010

A wasp rises to its papery nest under the eaves where it daubs at the gray shape, but seems unable to enter its own house. buy female-cialis online female-cialis online no prescription… Read More

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“Biglin Brothers Racing” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 15, 2010

1. Biglin Brothers Racing by Ernest Hilbert      Thomas Eakins Nimble rowers, their art ancient as war, Raise their oars and ride gently on dented gold As sun shocks the river to ribboned… Read More

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“Dear Plato” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 13, 2010

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“Imbibe” by CA Conrad

By On May 13, 2010

I’ve never played violin never touched one till now how did I convince them my god the place is packed balconies even I walk out how am I doing (applause applause) I… Read More

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“A Blessing” by James Wright

By On May 12, 2010

Just off the Highway to Rochester, Minnesota Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness. They have come gladly out of the… Read More

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“Ariel” by Sylvia Plath

By On May 11, 2010

Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue Pour of tor and distances. God’s lioness, How one we grow, Pivot of heels and knees!—The furrow Splits and passes, sister to The brown arc… Read More

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“After Callimachus” by Stephen Burt

By On May 10, 2010

Cover me quietly, stone. I wrote verse. I meant little in life, blamed few and injured none; I tried to get along. My writings kept me warm. If I with my featherlight… Read More

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Selections from Paul Siegell’s latest book, wild life rifle fire

By On May 9, 2010

“Paul Siegell’s wild life rifle fire proves, if proof were needed, that the electrifying art and legacy of Concrete Poetry is not dead! Siegell’s book-length carmen figuratum online pharmacy buy stendra online… Read More

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“Names of Horses” by Donald Hall

By On May 7, 2010

E-Verse photographer Niamh is part of the horsey set, so we’ve decided to run a few equestrian poems in honor of her passionate pastime. Here’s the first, by Donald Hall. Hall began… Read More

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“*E.T. POEM HOME*” by Paul Siegell

By On May 5, 2010

fixin’ to do a little space walking, the domestic sentence is— so says the spokesperson of the spokespeople breaker breaker— we just got lifted / got we just flung / we just… Read More

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“Sonnet [Nothing was ever what it claimed to be]” by Karen Volkman

By On May 4, 2010

Nothing was ever what it claimed to be, the earth, blue egg, in its seeping shell dispensing damage like a hollow hell inchling weeping for a minor sea ticking its tidelets, x… Read More

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“The Ancient Sailor Leaves his Heartless Patrician Lover to Her Lyre” by Ernest Hilbert

By On May 2, 2010

You moved against me like a new ocean, Beautiful—terrifying, and violent. You thrashed me for nights with your stinging waves. Like sand I dwindled and came loose; and then Your cruel music… Read More

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“Cherrylog Road” by James Dickey

By On May 1, 2010

Off Highway 106 At Cherrylog Road I entered   The ’34 Ford without wheels,   Smothered in kudzu, With a seat pulled out to run Corn whiskey down from the hills, And then from… Read More

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“The King Issues His Annual Report” by Ernest Hilbert

By On April 30, 2010

“I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.” – Kenneth Lay There are worlds I never planned to… Read More

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“Two New Fish” by Joshua Mehigan

By On April 30, 2010

Inside the knotted plastic bag he tossed and caught in front of him the whole way home were two new fish. They seemed to him to bear a trademark not quite rare,… Read More

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“Safe Sex” by Donald Hall

By On April 29, 2010

If he and she do not know each other, and feel confident they will not meet again; if he avoids affectionate words; if she has grown insensible skin under skin; if they… Read More

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“Photographs above the Desk (Amphisbaenics)” by Ernest Hilbert

By On April 27, 2010

In the photographs, stark portions of time Are stalled. The poets pose in snow, with pets, Gripping drinks, arching brows, playing the part. Possum, perched stiffly, can’t help but emit Grim rays… Read More

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“Calavera for a Friend” by Ernest Hilbert

By On April 26, 2010

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“Blotter” by Ernest Hilbert

By On April 25, 2010

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“In the Home of My Sitter” by Joshua Mehigan

By On April 25, 2010

Mrs. Duane Krauss, sure of her solitude, grimaced between the kitchen alcove’s cryptic lesser motifs of Elvis and Saint Jude, herself the central subject of the triptych: her young-old country cheeks and… Read More