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12 Dec Purgatorio by Kevin Koch

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

I didn’t really know how I needed your touch
Until your fingers left my skin.

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07 Dec Two Poems from Landguage/Mirror Me by Marina Blitshteyn

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

Still you can feel alienated from
your own language, like it’s still an English

Read poems from Landguage/Mirror Me by Marina Blitshteyn

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30 Nov How to Make Each Moment Count by Brandon Williamson

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

When I reach the end of this life,
let my body serve as evidence
that I have given everything.

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21 Nov BABEL with Hernan Diaz

Posted at 10:00h in BABEL, Literary Events

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust, Hernan Diaz, continued the BABEL season at Kleinhans last night. Diaz presented with humor, wit, and generosity, and reminded us that "the future is something we must build together."

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16 Nov Chipping Sparrow by Susan Howe

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

Left the body
Drowsd a little
Done with soul

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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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