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Photo: Richard Blanco (Obama’s 2013 incumbent/inaugural poet) being attacked by a dog

Photo: Richard Blanco (Obama’s 2013 incumbent/inaugural poet) being attacked by a dog

“I—->word” by Eric S. Lunde

“I—->word” by Eric S. Lunde

(Source: mnartists.org)

“The way Hope builds his House” by Emily Dickinson. Amherst Library recently made her complete manuscripts available online.

“The way Hope builds his House” by Emily Dickinson.

Amherst Library recently made her complete manuscripts available online.

(Source: consecratedeminence.wordpress.com)

The reverse-side of Sylvia Plath’s drawing of a chestnut.

The reverse-side of Sylvia Plath’s drawing of a chestnut.

Seeing Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Poetics by Nick Thurston

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Nick Thurston considers some unavoidable problems with reading Ian Hamilton Finlay, the Scottish poet-gardener, seriously as a poet.

The many faces of Mr. Carl Sandburg.

The many faces of Mr. Carl Sandburg.

Collage by Jess, Robert Duncan’s <3.

Collage by Jess, Robert Duncan’s <3.

Happy birthday, Robert Duncan.

Happy birthday, Robert Duncan.

via Gary Barwin

via Gary Barwin