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FIDDLESTICKS
Sanity stands apart from poetry, Viewing my pronouncements with disdain, But if I should sing a little song, Sanity may yet smile, and not think me wrong, Not think poetry is entirely insane. Yes, we...
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THE INSCRUTABLE
Inscrutable the lake, inscrutable the trees, Inscrutable the voice which sounded like a breeze Intimate with love, and its mysteries, Like a melody springing from melodies, Or one memory living in a...
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I WENT TO VIEW THE GALLERIES
I went to view the galleries And I left with a woman on my arm Who some painters used to see— Will this do some harm That she is now with me? I don’t paint. I write poetry. Now the painters talk. I...
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THE MENTOR/TEACHER CULT
We can think of nothing worse for poetry than the notion that obedience to a flawed personality can make, or inspire, a poet. The insidious nature of the Mentor/Teacher cult escapes detection for two...
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OFF THE VINE
Fruit off the vine Is like a line Of poetry. You slowly grew And so you knew Of poetry. Poetry is time. Time, here’s a rhyme Of poetry. The fruit must drop. The line must stop For poetry. What is the...
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YOU CAN’T STAY HERE
Get out of the womb, You can’t stay here. The cozy nursery room? You can’t stay here. Did you think that death Was the only thing to fear? Goodbye, childhood, Innocent childhood, You can’t stay here....
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ROMANCE
Is Romance a dance Born not to last? So we find ourselves Mourning romantic things in the past? Is it doubt and forgetful death Which lends charm To love—a charm in every sighing breath So charming we...
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MAKIN’ COPIES: ART VERSUS LITERATURE
Hybrid, collage portrait. Which has less charm? Modern poetry or modern art? SCARRIET HAS ELEVATED THE FOLLOWING SCARRIET COMMENT (ON “WHY POETRY SUCKS NOW”) FROM ONE OF OUR READERS (‘MIKE’) TO THIS...
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WHEN A WOMAN TURNS INTO A MAN
When a woman turns into a man, Can she do everything a man can? When a man turns into a woman Does he know more about the human? Or is the sex the only thing we see? A new type of sexuality? Do we...
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HISTORY IS A SEQUENCE, NOT MORALS
History is what happened after what happened. Morality and love wait their turn in line With slavery and murder. Your country Is good or bad depending on what is president; Who is considered good is...
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SHE MAKES THEM BLUE
After casting about for a long time for a name for themselves, they came up with “Jefferson Airplane,” which meant absolutely nothing. –The New York Times Public places for secret lovers are few, But...
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THAT WOULD BE YOU
That would be you, Thinking the thoughts and doing the things we all do. Sitting by yourself looking down At the pretty world with a pretty frown. And you and that nose, You think you’re very pretty,...
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COPY CATS
The sincere look of an asshole. There are some people who are such gossip hounds, they care more about the gossip surrounding a relationship they are in, than the relationship. And this same pathetic,...
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WINTER IS THE SEXIEST SEASON
Winter is the sexiest season— When I get you by the fire, you won’t need a reason. But let me list a few, as I am holding you. The luxurious dark comes on with only a brief nap And night, arriving...
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MOURNING BEAUTY
Desperately, I prayed: Ease the pain, but don’t let the memory of the sweetness fade. Nothing sweetens like love: Nothing hurts like love betrayed. I used my poetry to seduce And I was burned for...
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FIFTY SHADES OF GAY: THE SCIENCE OF EXCLUSION
Is the exclusionary ever a good thing? In a democracy, not really. The exclusionary is always a bad thing. Philosophers champion “freedom” to make the choice to be exclusionary an important value, a...
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SCARRIET 2015 MARCH MADNESS—THE GREATEST LINES IN POETRY COMPETE
BRACKET ONE 1. Come live with me, and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dales and field, And all the craggy mountains yield. (Marlowe) 2. Every Night and every...
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CONCEPTUALISM AND THE ART OF OUTRAGE
Michael Brown: immortalized by Kenny Goldsmith? Edgar Poe’s “effect”-as-the-basis-of-fiction is the seed of Conceptualism and the avant-garde as we know it. That poetry should be beautiful was a...
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VERSE BE NOT PROSE
Verse, be not prose, though some have called you Jingly and silly, for, you are not so, For, those whom you think, you overthrow With inanity, no, this is not true. From rhyme and love and every grace...
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MARCH MADNESS FIRST ROUND—PLENTY OF UPSETS!
The biggest upset? Bracket Two: Elinor Wylie (b 1885) 16th seed, knocks off number one seed Shakespeare! “Let Me Not Admit Impediments…” fell to “I was being human, born alone; I am, being a woman,...
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