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By Federico Perelmuter
Susan Howe's work distills the entire American poetic tradition.
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By Jennifer Jean
I have found that to translate is to converse deeply, and to discover how much we have in common with those we may feel far from.
Collection
By The Editors
Why poetry is necessary and sought after during crises.
Poem
By Jennifer Jean
My father leapt on stage at the Hollywood Bowl
to grab drum and cymbal sticks
from a star—he wanted to be
a star, a door, a Door. White. Security
thugs dragged him off...
to grab drum and cymbal sticks
from a star—he wanted to be
a star, a door, a Door. White. Security
thugs dragged him off...
Poem
By Susan Howe
Left the body
Drowsd a little
Done with soul
–
What to think
Dusting up crown
Garment mirror…
Drowsd a little
Done with soul
–
What to think
Dusting up crown
Garment mirror…
Poem of the day
Cold, wet leaves
Floating on moss-coloured water
And the croaking of frogs...
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unmeasured.
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Lived out
Lived out
unmeasured.
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gnaws.
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the universe
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blacker and more beautiful than
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the universe
blacker and more beautiful than
I
blacker and more beautiful than
I
imagined.
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every word over top every
other
every word over top every
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