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Poem of the DayBy Elaine EquiWe have almost nothing left,no ground in common.At best, a brandor maybe a miniseries.No campfire to gather around.The big stories—peckish newsgets told in tweets,gets old so quickly.In place of one placea billion tiny customized versionsappear targeted specificallyto your tastes.You see...
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poemBy Miroslav HolubYou take a kitchen-malletand a knifeand hitthe right spot, so it doesn’t jerk, forjerking means only complications and reduces profit.And the watchers already narrow their eyes, already admire the  Â            dexterity,already reach for their purses. And paper is readyfor wrapping it up....
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Perfect for snowy days and long nights by the fire.
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Work by and about the founding editor of Poetry magazine
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Poem GuideBy CM BurroughsThere is lightness within these downtrodden lives!
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Poem GuideBy Craig Morgan Teicher
Just what does depend on that old wheelbarrow, anyway?
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Poem GuideBy Austin Allen
How a poem about a rural stone wall quickly became part of debates on nationalism, international borders, and immigration.
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poemBy May MillerA golden wheelPivoted to the core of consciousness;And I the potter before a plastic massThat swells beyond the hand
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poemBy Carolina EbeidI can’t say whether the other commuters stand arrestedby this music––the accordion playernear the vendor’s hutch––but it comes toward me, world–sorrow drafting through the hyaline
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