Category: poems
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The Pee in the Pool of On Line Poetry, by Terreson
______ Editor’s note: You’re a poet or you’d like to be, and you’re at home or maybe work, with your computer. Wouldn’t it be great to write a poem and post it into a forum for others like yourself to read and give feedback on, maybe spiff up some of your work,…
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Life and Death from Beijing: a Poetry Sequence by Luisetta Mudie and Dreamer Fei
~~~~~ Editor’s note: The title of this post derives from one of the most important memoirs of the last century, Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng, which came out in 1987. She recounts in that book her imprisonment by the Red Guard during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Politically speaking,…
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The Long Abandon’d Hill, for Frank Wilson as he retires
~~~~~ It is not quite right to say that Frank Wilson, books editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, is retiring today. It is better to say that The Inquirer is retiring. In parts of the world where there is tyrannical rule, our journalists and poets are politically silenced as threats, because they start…
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Lite Verse with No Cholesterol or Trans Fat, by 33 Already Dead Poets, 6 Unknown Anyway
~~~~~ The following poems are selected from the 1920 collection The Book of Humorous Verse, edited by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942). Each poet is represented only once, and in alphabetical order. However, links are provided so that you can investigate each one. ~~~~~ by L. J. Bridgman (1857-1931)…
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A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog, illustrated by Walter Crane
_____ illustrated by Walter Crane (1845-1915) from The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book (1910) (see The Flip Book version at Internet Archive) A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog A gaping-wide-mouth-waddling frog, Two puddings’ ends would choke a…
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Today is World Samina Malik Day: Terrorize your lyrics
_____ A reminder about December 6th, World Samina Malik Day. It is after 11:00pm here on East Coast USA, which means that it is already December 6th in half the world. I greet you in freedom, and with poetic license to do so–for now. Yet, this is the day Samina will be sentenced…