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Souvenir of the Ancient World

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (translated from the Portuguese by Mark Strand)

The children looked at the sky: it was not forbidden. Mouth, nose, eyes were open. There was no danger.

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Alfred A. Knopf

Feature Date

August 12, 2020

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A Plenitude

Karen Solie

My many regrets have become the great passion of my life. One may also grow fond of what there isn't much of.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Feature Date

August 11, 2020

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Local History

Jennifer Atkinson

Soaked in tallow, the spikes burn down to an acrid smolder Over a feast of winnowed thistle, one black seed for each hag spirit.

book

Parlor Press

Feature Date

August 10, 2020

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What Sparks Poetry

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Poem to America

Felicia Zamora

My nerves expose, unwilling;

book

Red Hen Press

Feature Date

August 9, 2020

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[I want to write an honest sentence.]

Susan M. Schultz

Irony prevention is what we need, with small co-pays. She teaches irony by showing her students a bus marked by a huge sign advertising safety, a bus that has just run into a car.

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Talisman House, Publishers

Feature Date

August 8, 2020

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Editor's Choice

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Susan Tichy

Ode to the Loom

Monica Sok

When she passes, you will be stowed away in the basement. You will remind us of her, you, loom, who have kept her company, nonjudgmental witness to her secrets.