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I want everything about James Merrill’s vest in this picture.  And, yes, that’s him and Seamus Heaney. From the Academy of American Poets Archive.

I want everything about James Merrill’s vest in this picture. 

And, yes, that’s him and Seamus Heaney.

From the Academy of American Poets Archive.

jenbenka: responding to the shuttered heart. or this by Pablo Neruda. from “The Essential Neruda, Selected Poems,” published by City Lights

jenbenka:

responding to the shuttered heart. or this by Pablo Neruda.

from “The Essential Neruda, Selected Poems,” published by City Lights

Happily.

Happily.

Anne Waldman (re-)reads “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Anne Waldman (re-)reads “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

$1? I wish.

$1? I wish.

What he has now to say is a long wonder the world can bear & be. Yes, it is John Berryman’s birthday. Woodcut by Jay Martin. 
What he has now to say is a long 
wonder the world can bear & be.

Yes, it is John Berryman’s birthday.

Woodcut by Jay Martin.

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poetrysociety:

Poetry Society of America Chapbook Contest


Judged by: 
Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nick Flynn, John Yau, and Mary Ruefle.

$1,000 prize and publication.

Accepting submissions from now until December 22, 2012.

More information here.
 

You remember I asked you for it—you gave me something else from The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson edited by R.W. Franklin.

You remember I asked you for it—you gave me something else

from The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson edited by R.W. Franklin.

It smells like flowers. Of evil.

It smells like flowers. Of evil.

SORRY DAVID DAVID I AM SO SORRY by Francesca Chabrier & Emily Hunt Click for full video >

SORRY DAVID DAVID I AM SO SORRY

by Francesca Chabrier & Emily Hunt

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