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You are pursuing a feeling like the dust
In the voice of Bob Kaufman plus the mud
Of the most fertile…
In the voice of Bob Kaufman plus the mud
Of the most fertile…
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By Lindsay Turner
There’s something fundamental—like a heartbeat or a nursery rhyme—about the beating, ballad-ish quatrain.
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This white man is known for his tallness. When he was in high school, people suggested he play basketball…
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By Lesyk Panasiuk
Translated By Katie Farris & Ilya Kaminsky
Pretend you are a potato
& hide in a sack
peek at the earth through a hole
while they are carrying you
from the garden to the cellar...
& hide in a sack
peek at the earth through a hole
while they are carrying you
from the garden to the cellar...
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By Adam Giannelli
Certain words are still warm with your touch: stutter,
for instance. It always gives me trouble. Perhaps…
for instance. It always gives me trouble. Perhaps…
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After my limbs retreat into their sockets
again, my spine slips its discs
back into pain’s fist until all I can do is double...
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I am so alive it
gnaws.
I am so alive it
gnaws.
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By Michael Bazzett
the universe
blacker and more beautiful than
I
blacker and more beautiful than
I
imagined.
the universe
blacker and more beautiful than
I
blacker and more beautiful than
I
imagined.
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By Mirabai
Translated By Chloe Martinez
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every word over top every
other
every word over top every
other
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Time does not move in one direction. Time is never
straight.
Time does not move in one direction. Time is never
straight.
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