heron’s nest key in the lock at midnight
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heron’s nest key in the lock at midnight
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“Tonewall”, performance by Jazz Barbé, Laura Frigato and Léon. Photo © Cie Parc Thumette The other day I ran across a film from Finland called Dogs don’t wear pants by Jukka-Pekka (J-P) Valkeapää, who has obviously not had the pleasure of seeing Parisians with their spoiled lapdogs of a chilly winter morning. The title tickles…
Congratulations to Mary Jo Bang whose book A Film in which I Play Everyone was published earlier this fall by Graywolf. Here’s a spectacular sample poem: SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE, HAMLET is saying, someday this day will be over. A moon will presumably still be above: a bone quiet, an inflatable in the scene —the…
Eyes closed and hands together in prayer we bow our heads to the ground. A sordid reek coming from a weak, fragmented financial system pricks our nostrils and trickles tears from our eyes. Horrid images of children with no childhood flashes before our eyes, no tangible relief in sight. They may have played golf on…
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“though I ‘m certain that this heart of mine hasn’t a ghost of a chance/ in this crazy romance,/ you go to my head.” Related Stories Bea Wain, “You Go to My Head” Go to Source Author: The Best American Poetry