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• California Poet, Kay Ryan: New Poet Laureate

  July 17, 2008

  • California Poet, Kay Ryan: New Poet Laureate: July 17, 2008 article from TNYT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/books/17poet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>
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• The Pond Heron

  July 13, 2008

  • i'm reading a poem i wrote more than 4 years ago when i returned to poetry after a 20-year-plus hiatus. event: sadako peace day, 2004, santa barbara, ca: <http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/public-events/sadako-peace-day/2004-sadako-peace-day/poems/pond-heron.htm#>you'll need to copy this url into your puter.thanks, c 
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• Tim's El Salvador Blog

  July 13, 2008

  • wonderful source of reliable information about now in el salvador:  <http://luterano.blogspot.com/>we can never forget carolyn forche's:  The Country Between Ustim's blog is our watchdog 
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• IN THE WAITING ROOM BY ELIZABETH BISHOP

  July 13, 2008

  • In Worcester, Massachusetts,I went with Aunt Consueloto keep her dentist's appointmentand sat and waited for herin the dentist's waiting room.It was winter. It got darkearly. The waiting roomwas full of grown-up people,arctics and overcoats,lamps and magazines.My aunt was insidewhat seemed like a long timeand while I waited and readthe National Geographic(I could read) and carefullystudied the ...
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• Poetry: The Thing Itself

  July 13, 2008

  • i love to write & read poetry with the desire to evolve as a poet, always. some poets who've helped me in my evolution so far: joan larkin, elizabeth bishop, & georgia o'keeffe. in the prose poem now, i'm reading baudelaire, looking for the edge. My next stop is Nin Andrews. Any suggestions for new edgy poets to read?   
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