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+9 +3Leaving Aleppo
My grandfather had a poet’s eye for beauty. Cut off from any means of publication, surrounded by a new culture, what hope did he have? By Pauls Toutonghi.
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+25 +4Unveiling the erotic mysteries at the heart of Homer’s Odyssey
Why would Odysseus dump a hot nymph? Or toyboys lust after his wife Penelope? Unveiling the erotic mysteries of the Odyssey. By C D C Reeve.
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+15 +5Unreconciled by Michel Houellebecq review – perfectly suited to the age of Trump
Laughter is in short supply in this collection from France’s great satirist and contrarian. By David Wheatley.
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+21 +5Sonámbulo / The Sleepwalker
Theodore Ushev
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+9 +2The Poem that Foretold Modernism
How Stéphane Mallarmé's greatest work was forged from tragedy. By Ellen Handler Spitz.
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+7 +1Good Bones
Maggie Smith
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+3 +1Poetic Verse and Form
A place where you can find out about Poetry Meter and Poetry Rhythm. Iambic, Aneapest, Trochee, Dacty, Spondaic. Access to many examples are given and also access to a friendly poetry community forum.
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5 Tips for Slam Poetry
Slam poetry isn't just for master poets--it's for everyone. Check out these tips to see how you can write your own slam poem in 5 easy steps!
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0 +1Instagram photo by Lang Leav • Jul 30, 2016 at 4:18am UTC
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+3 +1Elizabeth and Alice
The last love affair of Elizabeth Bishop, and the losses behind “One Art.” By Megan Marshall.
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+19 +3Science sheds light on 250-year-old literary controversy
The social networks behind one of the most famous literary controversies of all time have been uncovered using modern networks science.
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+5 +1The Mother
Gwendolyn Brooks
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+4 +1The Emily Dickinson Movie Is As Brilliant — And Claustrophobic — As Its Subject
'A Quiet Passion' evokes the claustrophobia of Dickinson's later life so vividly that it's almost a physical sensation for the viewer. By Sarah Seltzer.
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+25 +4The Nobel Prize for literature, at long last, has been awarded to a complete idiot
Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for literature. And quite right too. By Guy Dammann.
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+16 +2Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński-poet of the Warsaw Uprising
Poet. Born on the 22nd of January 1921 in Warsaw, died on the 4th of August 1944 in the Warsaw Uprising
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+6 +1Anna Świrszczyńska-Poet of the Warsaw Uprising
Anna Świrszczyńska (also known as Anna Swir) (1909–1984) is an important Polish poet. While her body of work deals with numerous themes, she is especially noted for writing about her experiences during World War II
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+2 +1Cassidy's Tale
"Cassidy" is one of the Grateful Dead's most beautiful songs. Lyricist John Perry Barlow tells of the two people, a Beat Generation drifter and a newborn child, who inspired it.
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+31 +6Why poetry is good for the rational mind
Poetry shows us that the world is more varied and unpredictable than we might otherwise imagine. By Fiona Sampson.
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+13 +2Why Calvin and Hobbes is Great Literature
On the Ontology of a Stuffed Tiger and Finding the Whole World in a Comic. By Gabrielle Bellot.
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+3 +1Poet delves into a Civil War spy's hidden history
A poem by Anaïs Duplan looks at the life of Mary Bowser, a former slave who was a Union spy during the Civil War.