Stories tagged poetry

Wahrheit und Dichtung

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When I was eight years old, I stepped into / a snow bank in Pennsylvania and sank / in over my head

A Few Lines to Craft

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A mockingbird in rhododendron can’t settle on one song.

Upon Reading the Cuckoo Bird Entry in A Pocket Guide to Birds

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I bring this up because a name matters, because it doesn’t really matter if you cuckoos are “longer, much slimmer, and more graceful than robins.”

Anfal means "to take everything"

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they tried to trick the sun

Bats in the Catacomb

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Dreams / of being a millionaire are replaced by dreams / of being a billionaire

We Must Be Carefully Taut

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In the dread / of night, navigate by the sliver moon

When the Translator Disappears, the Translation Withers and Dies

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She pined for the return of the trans­la­tor who / became mes­sianic in her eyes.

Mad Love

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No fear of that, / he assured her,

Ribs

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The moun­tains of humil­ity went silent, / the rain of regency dried its eyes

Disappearing Ink

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They didn’t run out of each other’s ink.

Son of Goya

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I am not against the darkness / I can learn to live with restraint

Demolition Derby

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ornery women / in tall hats, suspender dads, kids deformed with / ribbons

Black Ice on the Bridge

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Acts have no meaning, but they do have / trajectory

He Holds an Expired Visa and a Monday Grudge

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Somehow the world survives

Prowl Car

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Mischief / has marked the bone marauders for doom.