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09 Nov Dear All by Jorge Guitart (1937-2025)

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

you are all that we are pleased with
and all that we call hallowed
and the helmets made of pith
and all the coins that we have swallowed

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02 Nov Golden Locust by Susan Dworski

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

If you stand under its branches
and look up into the autumn foliage,

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26 Oct The Last Molecules of My Wild Life by Celia White

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

The last molecules of my wild life
must be in the stratosphere by now
sifted out of the fog

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19 Oct The Solace of Islands by Ansie Baird

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

What is the use of thinking of Odysseus?
I stand on the edge of a cliff
over-looking the Aegean Sea

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17 Oct BABEL with Colm Tóibín

Posted at 10:34h in BABEL, Literary Events

Last night we kicked off the BABEL season with none other than Brooklyn and Long Island author Colm Tóibín. Tóibín dazzled the audience with his humor, insight, and beautiful storytelling—a perfect start to the season!

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12 Oct Instincts by Jennifer Campbell

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Three minutes into my walk,
I note the insects’ love language
means: listen. When the solar eclipse

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05 Oct Good Thing by Rachelle Toarmino

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

We’re a crowd again
for the love of it
no use for measure
making out your breath

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28 Sep Evil — An Abridged Autobiography by Gary Earl Ross

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

in the beginning was the worm
and the worm was without form

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21 Sep Two Short Poems by John Rigney

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Collect the light
hold it, within yourself
hide it, hoard it

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14 Sep Fallen To Earth by Sandy McPherson Carrubba Geary

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I see my father’s shovel
bounce off the garden soil.
And watch brown mud ooze
from the open wound.

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