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Toggle Commented Nov 7, 2009 on Watching Students Eat at The Best American Poetry
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Bill T. Jones has done it again. Globally recognized as icon and genius, he might have taken up the artist’s equivalent of daily golf and residency in a comfy condo in a Sunshine State. He might have lectured here, taught... Continue reading
Posted Nov 7, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
Gone are the great public events of the last days---Halloween, the Marathon, the election, the World Series. The great crowds they drew have dissipated. The prosy days of mundanity return. For a glimpse of ordinary public life, go watch college... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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I long for a poet who can beat out some stanzas about November 3, 2009, in the United States, the day of an off-year, off-kilter election. Some clumps and clusters of citizens went to the polls. The results that we... Continue reading
Posted Nov 4, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
My neighbor in the elevator was giddy with excitement on Monday, November 2. He was on his way to Philadelphia. His family had tickets for the 5th game of the World Series between the Phillies and the Yankees. He was... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2009 at The Best American Poetry