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Sometimes Poets Discussions (53)
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 That Need Not Bebarren landfilled with imported sandscounting the grains with laborious intentthirstingdesiringfor some uncharted stream to rush through th… Started by Tom Rodgers |
0 | Apr 20 |
 It's all about community OR the empty lunch roomIt’s all about community They say But OHS and IEP and CPR Replace our cups of tea. We meet and watch and listen Discuss and plan and plot… Started by Ian Carmichael |
0 | Mar 14 |
Broken ShellsI got real scared when it happened Cracked that egg in two and I watched it slowly One slipped on Little yellow thing that’d do Then it’s… Started by Tom Rodgers |
0 | Feb 26 |
 Happy birthday, Walt Whitman! (b. May 31, 1819)Happy birthday, Walt Whitman! (b. May 31, 1819) Watch Voices and Visions, program 12, "Walt Whitman," to hear dramatic readings of his work… Started by Skip Zilla |
0 | May 31, 2012 |
Shel Silverstein reads "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too"Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too [from the Open Culture post] You know Shel Silverstein as the author of the beloved children’s book,The… Started by Skip Zilla |
0 | May 2, 2012 |
Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in timeTED2012 Filmed Feb 2012 Posted Mar 2012 Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his p… Started by Skip Zilla |
0 | Mar 30, 2012 |
A pieceful land[another "nut" -- written around noon on March 6, 2012] “Move on, words-galore man,”ordered the one-eyed officer of the piece.“The land’s c… Started by Skip Zilla |
0 | Mar 11, 2012 |
two Wendell Berry poemsFrom: A Timbered Choir—The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997 1991-I The year begins with war. Our bombs fall day and night, Hour after hour, by… Started by Skip Zilla |
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Oct 12, 2011 Reply by Mike |
A Sane Revolution by D.H. LawrenceIf you make a revolution, make it for fun,don't make it in ghastly seriousness,don't do it in deadly earnest,do it for fun.Don't do it beca… Started by Skip Zilla |
0 | Oct 5, 2011 |
CrashedI press the key lightly No one will hear it But that is, after all, what I fear most Then tomorrow this thing dies and I'm left with papers… Started by Tom Rodgers |
0 | Jul 10, 2011 |
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