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Reductio ad absurdum
i kissed you from the door to the bedfrom the bed to the bathroom from the bathroomto the kitchen and in the morningyour panties in the refrigerator your stockings in the potyour shoes… More
The Short on Q (As In Cucumber) Range
The Short on Q (As In Cucumber) RangeThe Q range officer called downto the cell block Desk Sergeant,“There is a short on Q range,electricity out – not even lights.Inmates… More
The Wall Keeper
The Wall KeeperNo one tries to sell me tickets to the Olympics;They know I can’t go.The guard in the towerBegs me to climb the wallSo he could shoot me… More
Of Cold Places
Of Cold PlacesI used to keep a list of foreign prisons:Lubyanka in Moscow, Portolova in SpainCalifornia's Terminal Island,exotic names of cold places.I thought: one day I'll make a poemlisting… More
The Knave of Hearts, A Sestina
He was so caught up in this city of wilderness that he was unable to escape the prison of a real war. The girl—a color of something pink like the sensuous… More
How the Catcher in the Rye Ruined My Life
When I checked out The Catcher in the Rye at the library I was looking foreward to stirring up the thick sediment of adolescence. Though I recalled the details of… More
Jericho Revisited
trumpet man/ blows his horn/ hurricane flying/ from his lungs More
PEN Appeal: Abdoulaye Tiémogo
September 25, 2009 Président de la République: S.E.M .Tandja Mamadou PO Box 369 Niamey, Niger Fax: + 227 2073 3430 H.E.M Ousmane Moutari Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent Permanent Mission of Niger to the United Nations 417 East 50th… More
Reader Privacy Advocates Welcome Patriot Act Reform Measures
The Campaign for Reader Privacy, a coalition of organizations representing librarians, booksellers, authors, and publishers, welcomed the introduction of legislation that will safeguard the First Amendment reader privacy rights… More
Sick Editor Transferred to Remote Prison; Concerns for Health
International PEN is seriously concerned about the health and well being of Le Canard Déchaîné editor Abdoulaye Tiémogo, who contracted malaria after being imprisoned in August 2009. More