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| 4971. | Sex With A Famous Poet by Denise Duhamel | | I had sex with a famous poet last night
and when I rolled over and found myself beside him I shuddered
because I was married to someone else,
be... |
| 4972. | For A Depressed Woman by James A. Emanuel | | I
My friends do not know.
But what could my friends not know?
About what? What friends?
II
She sleeps late each day,
stifling each reason to r... |
| 4973. | « I'm A Jazz Singer, » She Replied by James A. Emanuel | | He dug what she said:
bright jellies, smooth marmalade
spread on warm brown bread.
"Jazz" from drowsy lips
orchids lift to honeybees
floating o... |
| 4974. | Charlie "Bird" Parker by James A. Emanuel | | Once Ugly Duckling,
rich plumage grew. Poised, Bird flew.
Flocks followed. Me too.... |
| 4975. | The Young Ones, Flip Side by James A. Emanuel | | In tight pants, tight skirts,
Stretched or squeezed,
Youth hurts,
Crammed in, bursting out,
Flesh will sing
And hide its doubt
In nervous hips, ... |
| 4976. | Poet As Fisherman by James A. Emanuel | | I fish for words
to say what I fish for,
half-catch sometimes.
I have caught little pan fish flashing sunlight
(yellow perch, crappies, blue-gil... |
| 4977. | Scab Maids On Speed by Maggie Estep | | My first job was when I was about 15. I had met
a girl named Hope who became my best friend. Hope and I were flunking math
class so we became speed ... |
| 4978. | The Stupid Jerk I'm Obsessed With by Maggie Estep | | The stupid jerk I'm obsessed with
stands so close to me
I can feel his breath
on my neck
and smell
the way he would smell
if we slept together
... |
| 4979. | Poem For Maya by Carolyn Forche | | Dipping our bread in oil tins
we talked of morning peeling
open our rooms to a moment
of almonds, olives and wind
when we did not yet know what we... |
| 4980. | The Republican Genius of Europe by Philip Freneau | | Emporers and kings! in vain you strive
Your torments to conceal--
The age is come that shakes your thrones,
Tramples in dust despotic crowns,
And ... |
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