What Was Once Russia
Finalist for the 2015 Walrus Poetry Prize “The CCP or whatever,” my father says, anxiously. “I’ve been here for fifteen years.” I remind him that Francis is almost fifteen—his limp …
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What Is Poetry?
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(for Elizabeth Bachinsky, with a line from Maggie Nelson) All our poems now are for people we know And our babies. It’s 1846. In the North Charitable Infirmary, the musical …
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i am graffiti
Mistakes were made
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Dream Jobs
Random Link Clicker. Royal Bath Taker. Receiver of Foot Rubs and Praise. Ingenue Emeritus. Good Samaritan Emeritus. Undersecretary of Trivial Pursuits. Chief Executive Napper. Chancellor of the Exchequer of the …
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