05/05/2011
Saara Myrene Raappana

Sara Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”

“There Will Come Soft Rains” uses bird-songish rhyme to construct a study of human insignificance.

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05/05/2011
Eric Smith

John Poch’s “The Tongue”

Poch’s poem is a room in a crumbling mansion.
On its frayed red rug the tongue quietly dances.

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03/10/2011
John Poch

Short Take: Matt Ladd’s “Fountain of the Planet of the Apes”

Matt Ladd questions whether knowledge drives people apart, and then proves that yes, indeed, it does.

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03/10/2011
Chris Shannon

Archival Footage #30: Niagara Falls

Nancy Kuhl fishes a drowned woman from the Niagara Falls in a poem that mimes a slide-reel. Creepy, cold-hearted, brilliant. http://bit.ly/elNVDq


MORE REVIEWS:

03/10/2011
'Short Take: Matt Ladd’s “Fountain of the Planet of the Apes”', John Poch

06/17/2011
'Michael Schiavo, “from The Mad Song”', Casey Thayer

05/05/2011
'Sara Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”', Saara Myrene Raappana

SOME POEMS:

11/28/2014
'Untitled', Kimiko Hahn

03/11/2011
'From “15 Places to Take your Rhinoceros: A Gentleman’s Guide”', Katy Gunn

01/08/2015
'Untitled', Dunya Mikhail

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