Verse

Rhymes for Our Times

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.19.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Ten quick ones from the boys at Limerick & Verse... A chicken with stars in her eyes Cut miscreant farms down to size. "A journalist hen?!" The...

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Are You There Christine? Its Me (Not You), Michelle

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

There once was a girl named Christine She babbled quite like a pre-teen

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Election Day? He's Fully Versifed (Or "How High the Loon?")

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Their answers are simple, but governing's hard, And facts deserve more than their blithe disregard.

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How Hot? Too Hot for Paragraphs!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rick Horowitz

The kind of hot-and-sticky that you read about in books, The kind that sends you searching for cool crannies and dry nooks, Some temperate location...

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Maybe the Best Lay in Town Is a Poem

Daniel Ladinsky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Daniel Ladinsky

I hear I am one of the most successful living poets in the world these days. And if someone asked me, "How in the hell did that ever happen?" I could respond, "Well, I worked my butt off, and I have been lucky at poker, and the heart is more powerful than I knew."

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A Big Win For Experimental Poetry

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

If you read a review of Keith Waldrop's "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy," this year's winner of the National Book Award, there's a good chance it will include the word "postmodern" or "avant-garde.

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