Poetry News:
- — Amy Newman uses short, verses to show the theorist of evolution struggling to absorb its implications for his private life —
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- — Margaret Atwood wins Spain’s top literature prize —
- — G. E. Murray 1945~2008 —
- — Power of poem immortalizes Cubs trio —
- — Taking another look at Idaho’s most famous poet/conspiracy theorist —
- — The lit mag reviews at NewPages are fresh —
- — Amazon’s Vanishing Buy-Now Buttons, Revealed —
Can you think of any poems that, when you take away the title, completely fall apart? For example, this poem by Dan Pagis (translated by Stephen Mitchell):
Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car
here in this carload
i am eve
with abel my son
if you see my other son
cain son of adam
tell him that i
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