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05-16-2014, 09:10 AM
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OH, this **** is good.
The Quiet World
By...
OH, this **** is good.
The Quiet World
By Jeffrey McDaniel
In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot...
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02-07-2014, 10:51 PM
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I'm reading this poem next week at an...
I'm reading this poem next week at an African-American read-in to celebrate Black History Month. I almost went with Soujourner Truth's "Aint I a Woman" which is also below.
"Be Nobody's Darling"...
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02-07-2014, 10:43 PM
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Love Langston Hughes. He has a collection of...
Love Langston Hughes. He has a collection of short stories worth checking out, I want to say the title is BLACK LIKE ME. I got it at a garage sale for 50 cents-- one of those awesome finds.
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08-13-2013, 12:56 PM
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Awesomeness:
Traci Brimhall
Incomplete...
Awesomeness:
Traci Brimhall
Incomplete Address To The Lord
When I found that mass of scales and muscle,
saw one anaconda twist around another, watched
a split tongue flick the air, choosing...
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08-12-2013, 11:16 AM
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San Antonio
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Tonight...
San Antonio
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Tonight I lingered over your name,
the delicate assembly of vowels
a voice inside my head.
You were sleeping when I arrived.
I stood by your bed
and...
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08-12-2013, 11:09 AM
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08-12-2013, 11:05 AM
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05-15-2013, 02:57 PM
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05-07-2013, 08:49 AM
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Some more prose poetry:
CLAUDIA CORTESE
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Some more prose poetry:
CLAUDIA CORTESE
Dear Claudia—
I don’t know why you made a broken girl. I bury glass in the moonlight, eat Oreos at midnight, dream my skin abuzz with knives. Give me...
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04-23-2013, 08:04 AM
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I've decided to post some prose. I like this...
I've decided to post some prose. I like this stuff, it's all related and easy/quick to read. I think you will enjoy. I beleive you would call it a verse essay.
I've posted the first two essays,...
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04-16-2013, 06:18 PM
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More Neruda
Don't Go Far Off
Don't go...
More Neruda
Don't Go Far Off
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when...
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04-08-2013, 02:33 PM
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04-05-2013, 08:43 AM
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04-02-2013, 06:43 PM
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03-27-2013, 07:35 AM
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Some of these are narrative poems, so it is...
Some of these are narrative poems, so it is fitting to think they are "short stories"
Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. It comes in many different forms-- just like music.
So here's a rhyming poem....
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03-18-2013, 01:55 PM
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“What Do Women Want?”
By Kim Addonizio
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“What Do Women Want?”
By Kim Addonizio
I want a red dress.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to wear it
until someone tears it off me.
I want it sleeveless and...
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03-07-2013, 04:56 PM
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03-06-2013, 04:28 PM
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How to write an erotic letter
This is great. I love the letter to the father.
Anthony Farrington
HOW TO WRITE AN EROTIC LETTER
You must empty yourself first. Erase
everything you’ve written. If you’re naked,
revise...
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03-05-2013, 02:26 PM
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03-05-2013, 02:08 PM
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03-03-2013, 05:50 PM
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I couldn't help but to share one more this...
I couldn't help but to share one more this evening. This is a freakin awesome poem. There is no doubt that in his time, Pablo, pulled more ass than a toilet seat.
“Sonnet XVII
I do not love...
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03-03-2013, 05:36 PM
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Poetry
Poetry is arguably a dying art form. I happen to enjoy it. I'm not a fan of the inaccessible works you may get in your lit class-- not that the stuff isn't anthologized for a good reason.
I am...
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