Articles Tagged with #lunchpoems
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Lunch Poems
Alternate Forms for Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
The Bard’s most famous sonnet very nearly wasn’t a Shakespearean sonnet. Rejected pairings of content and form, from rondelet to an acrostic hiding his name.
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J. Y. Strain
J. Y. Strain lives and works in Bloomington, Ill. This poem is dedicated “for my brother, regarding his ride.” I’d Like to See You at Thanksgiving ...
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Michael Loughran
“Year of the Grim Light” I was using fewer and fewer words, and then I was using none. Not even a running gag with the dog, or...
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Sugar Cube
There is a big difference between looking for something and simply looking, though travel can suit both pursuits.
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Beware of False Friends
A new poem about lies and truth, and the fact that George Washington’s transplanted teeth were not made of wood, but probably came from his slaves.
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All This Debris Is Starting to Clog the System
A poem for when missing someone makes the soles of your feet hurt.
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Humility & Co.
A new poem about the things families say and do during the holidays—when some words mean nothing, and some wreck meals.
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Mikvah
A new poem, part confession, part song, about immersion and seafood soup.
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Poem for Starlings
A reminder of why banks are terrible places to practice your stand-up comedy routine.
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Spanking the Arils From a Pomegranate
Aril: “an extra seed-covering, typically colored and hairy or fleshy, e.g., the red fleshy cup around a yew seed.”
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Slider
A new poem in which Descartes is proven wrong, and T. Rex’s Marc Bolan appears in a dream and starts thieving.
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Kentucky Derby
A new poem about jockeys, ponies, and golden eggs filled with candy, and how quickly races are won when you’re drinking.