05/05/2011
Saara Myrene Raappana

Sara Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”

“There Will Come Soft Rains” uses bird-songish rhyme to construct a study of human insignificance.

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05/05/2011
Eric Smith

John Poch’s “The Tongue”

Poch’s poem is a room in a crumbling mansion.
On its frayed red rug the tongue quietly dances.

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03/10/2011
John Poch

Short Take: Matt Ladd’s “Fountain of the Planet of the Apes”

Matt Ladd questions whether knowledge drives people apart, and then proves that yes, indeed, it does.

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03/10/2011
Chris Shannon

Archival Footage #30: Niagara Falls

Nancy Kuhl fishes a drowned woman from the Niagara Falls in a poem that mimes a slide-reel. Creepy, cold-hearted, brilliant. http://bit.ly/elNVDq


MORE REVIEWS:

03/10/2011
'Archival Footage #30: Niagara Falls', Chris Shannon

06/17/2011
'Michael Schiavo, “from The Mad Song”', Casey Thayer

05/05/2011
'Sara Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”', Saara Myrene Raappana

SOME POEMS:

10/09/2019
'Scream', Jalen Eutsey

09/12/2010
'To an Acclaimed Poet', Peter Campion

02/15/2010
'From the Greek Anthology', Christopher Bakken

ARCHIVES:

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