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David Reads “For Grace, After a Party,” by Frank O’Hara
Cover of Meditations in an Emergency Recently I soothed my winter-wearied soul with a few small purchases of poetry, including both Lunch Poems and Meditations in an Emergency, by Frank O’Hara. It’s one thing to read a “best of” collection, or to study a few of a poet’s works in an anthology, but have you…
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David Reads “Poem” (is it dirty), by Frank O’Hara
Here it is, the last twenty minutes of April 1st and no April Fools joke for you. I haven’t even declared what project, if any, I am doing for National Poetry Month this year. Well, the joke is on you, because here it is. But then the joke is on me too, because really, I…
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Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Ever since I’ve started this blog, I’ve wondered how I could get more people to read it. This blog, in my opinion, should be kind of like the Bible. Not in the way that it unwittingly causes the death of millions of innocent people. Oh god, I don’t want that…
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What You Like Vs. What You’re Like – Reblogged from MonkeyProdigy
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Greetings, my followers. It’s been awhile, but I’m back. Unfortunately for me, but lucky for you, I am currently stuck indoors due to Pennsylvania’s outrageous winter weather. Anyway, since I am stuck inside, how about some good ole fashioned blogging (because the internet is as old-fashioned as it gets). Arby’s next…
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Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Birthday Weekend
Well, okay, so her birthday was actually Friday, the 22nd. But I imagine that as long as you don’t ask her age, or if you at least intimate that it must certainly be far younger than the actual number (121 to be exact, as she was born in 1892), I am sure that Millay would…
