Poem of the Week

Poem of the Week - 'The Trumpet Teacher's Curse' by Kim Moore

by Yen-Yen Lu February 23, 2016

The Trumpet Teacher's Curse A curse on the children who tap the mouthpiecewith the heel of their hand to make a popping soundwho drop the trumpet o...

Posted in Kim Moore, Seren, The Art of Falling, The Trumpet Teacher's Curse

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Poem of the Week - 'Rush Hour Crush' by Amy McAllister

by Yen-Yen Lu February 16, 2016

Rush Hour Crush To the average-looking manOf average height and average buildWho boarded the train at London.I was the lady with a face,Wearing clo...

Posted in Amy McAllister, Are You As Single As That Cream...?, Burning Eye Books, Rush Hour Crush

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Poem of the Week - 'Lovers Angling' by Wioletta Greg

by Yen-Yen Lu February 9, 2016

Lovers Angling Drunks spreading themselves along the pier.A girl impaling a worm on a hookwith the help of swear-words.A lad toying with a reel,slo...

Posted in Arc Publications, Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance, Lovers Angling, Wioletta Greg

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Poem of the Week - 'Opportunities' by Kristin Dimitrova

by Yen-Yen Lu February 2, 2016

Opportunities Where should I gowhat should I dowhere should I gowhat should I do so stuck in my skinI grope for a zipperand out of the openjagged s...

Posted in Kristin Dimitrova, My Life in Squares, Opportunities, Smokestack Books

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Poem of the Week - 'Burns Night' by Owen Gallagher

by Yen-Yen Lu January 26, 2016

Burns Night I want to be that lone bagpipe player in the field,in full dress, under the motorway, pumping up the sun on this icy morning, forcing l...

Posted in A Good Enough Love, Burns Night, Owen Gallagher, Salmon Poetry

Poem of the Week - 'Woman, 30, Seeks Orlando Bloom' by Sarah Fletcher

by Yen-Yen Lu January 19, 2016

Woman, 30, Seeks Orlando Bloom Orlando Bloom, come quick. I want your world:it fits me so much better than my own.My husband tells me I'm a wreck b...

Posted in Dead Ink, Kissing Angles, Sarah Fletcher

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Poem of the Week - 'Meeting a Fake West Indian at Yale (for Betty Neals)' by Monica Minott

by Yen-Yen Lu January 12, 2016

Meeting a Fake West Indian at Yale "And where are you from?" Jill the traveller from Greeceasked the newcomer. "I live in Brooklyn, but I amreally...

Posted in Meeting a Fake West Indian at Yale, Monica Minott, Peepal Tree Press

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Poem of the Week - 'Clear Your Clutter' by Norah Hanson

by Yen-Yen Lu January 5, 2016

Clear Your Clutter My mother kept insurance, marriage and birth certificatesin a biscuit in, to carry out should the house catch fire.I am drowning...

Posted in Clear Your Clutter, Love Letters & Children's Drawings, Norah Hanson, Valley Press

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Poem of the Week - 'Little Winter Theater' by Nancy Kuhl

by Yen-Yen Lu December 29, 2015

Little Winter Theater January between us perfectlyordered box, little winter theater, tiny ambition: violet-blue violetspalm-flat books, silver dol...

Posted in Little Winter Theater, Nancy Kuhl, Ugly Duckling Presse

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Poem of the Week - 'A Partrdge in a Pear Tree' by John Heath-Stubbs

by Yen-Yen Lu December 22, 2015

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me... A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE A partridge perched on a pear-tree boughOn Christmas day - une ...

Posted in Hearing Eye, John Heath-Stubbs, Partridge in a Pear Tree

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Poem of the Week - 'Powder Puff' by Vicky Arthurs

by Yen-Yen Lu December 15, 2015

Powder Puff Her dressing table is a magic realm:A fairy-tale hairbrush, a terrible comb,A delicate web of lace and ice;Snowflakes and flowers and s...

Posted in Iron Press, Limehaven, Powder Puff, Vicky Arthurs

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Poem of the Week - 'New York City' by Yuko Otomo

by Yen-Yen Lu December 8, 2015

New York City A man is a woman& a woman is a man.Only when you hide your face, the world reveals itselfclearly to you. Human hipbones,harder th...

Posted in Study, Ugly Duckling Presse, Yuko Otomo

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