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. Nearly Home The storm now past, the dark clouds drift away, Unveiling tranquil skies at end of day, Whose ...

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. The poem "The Gentler Art" by Maureen Browne read by the poet herself at the Society of Classical Poets ...

. The Pentagon Panama Plan A place in turmoil—Panama_In nineteen eighty-eight—Was where the strongman Noriega_Was busy tempting fate. The Pentagon ...

. Ode to Antifa Kids who get infuriated, and whose anger’s unabated have one place to find relief, a self-help ...

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. A Poet First: The Poetry of Thomas Hardy by Adam Sedia Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is known today primarily as ...

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. Blood, Sea ---after Italo Calvino Beyond the blight of urban sprawl, About six hundred yards from shore, A pod ...

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. On Charlie Kirk and His Assassins Make people think. Engage them in debate. Allow them to articulate with reason ...

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. Pamela’s Garden You’ll find her in the garden every day,Her comfort and her confidence so bright.Among the dahlias purple ...

. Another North The Megalopolis just north of here Rumbles and heaves and slumbers not at all, Though I at ...

. Why She Broke Up with Him Not long before their college graduation, His bright and beautiful four-year girlfriend, With ...

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. To the Venezuelan Drug Runners Sleeping in the Sea To Tren de Aragua—congratulations on your new life as Caribbean ...

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. Black Holes Some say the universe is full of holes That suck in all that is. At warp-speed, gone. ...

. Last Minute Change Fowl, tragic days, Hen-house ablaze; Chickens took flight. Tofu tonight? . . A Man Eating Chicken ...

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