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poetry published in serial linked parts

Poets: the new novelists

The Internet is rewiring our brains, according to Nicholas Carr’s July/August 2008 Atlantic Monthly article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”—I agree with Carr. Carr’s thesis is that hypertext links, like the one in the previous sentence, which give us instant … Continue reading

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hesi—

There are dreams I could conjure in these lines— walk on Mars kiss a willing stranger wear a diamond drive a Maserati cut a throat— but blood dictates another course: And so I will not kiss you Princess nor bind … Continue reading

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close to

One sultry evening we were standing ankle deep at river’s edge, one thin layer of cotton wafting on your skin beside me: my hesitation formed thunderheads drenched my skin drove me to shelter. But one afternoon bundled in layers against … Continue reading

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