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The Locust Tree in Flower

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Among of green stiff old bright broken branch come white sweet May again – William Carlos Williams

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September 1, 1939

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

It’s September, which would not be complete without a re-reading of Auden’s great poem, “September 1, 1939“. That was the date of the Nazi invasion of Poland and the beginning of WWII. I’ve never understood why this poem didn’t make … Continue reading →

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Samuel Menashe, 1925-2011***

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Poet Samuel Menashe died on August 22, 2011. He was a friend of mine in my New York days, and I’ll remember him fondly. He was a very old school kind of person. He lived alone in a walk-up apartment … Continue reading →

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“I crave the stillness of rooms”

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Every so often I mention that I write poetry. I used to write a lot of poetry, though lately it’s kind of tapered off due to our recent move, our ten month-old daughter and a hundred other things that eat … Continue reading →

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Archy the Cockroach takes on the Universe

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

From the incomparable Lives & Times of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis: the universe and archy the inspired cockroach sat and looked at each other satirically you write so many things about me that are not true complained the … Continue reading →

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Samuel Menashe Reads at the Harvard Club

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

On this blog, in addition to my atheistic screeds, I like to keep my readers up to date with stuff I publish elsewhere. Usually this kind of stuff has to make it past editors, so it’s kosher (the kids can … Continue reading →

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The poetry of the cosmos

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Someone should – if it hasn’t been done yet – edit an anthology of poetry of the cosmos. Maybe they could make sure to sprinkle Hubble images all throughout it, just to make us cosmonuts happy and get our rocks … Continue reading →

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“The Artist” by Stanley Kunitz

Posted on May 9, 2010 by

This is not a poetry blog, though from time to time I like to post poems or poetry-related matters. In this instance, I’m posting this poem by Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) because I can’t find it anywhere online. Now, hopefully, if … Continue reading →

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Abraham Sutzkever, 1913-2010

Posted on February 5, 2010 by

Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever’s death was overshadowed by the death of J.D. Salinger. The New York Times wrote about both; the New Yorker only wrote about Salinger, as far as I know. Sutzkever was 96 years old. He was born … Continue reading →

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