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047 “A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican” by Dixon Lanier Merritt

by Danielle Deulen | Oct 6, 2019 | Lit from the Basement

A wonderful bird is the pelican by Dixon Lanier Merritt A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican, He can take in his beak Enough food for a week But I’m damned if I see how the helican! A wonderful bird is the pelican...

046 “Things that Leave an Aching Feeling Inside” by Lee Ann Roripaugh

by Danielle Deulen | Sep 15, 2019 | Lit from the Basement

Things that Leave an Aching Feeling Inside by Lee Ann Roripaugh The flittering plop of moths bumping up against the ceiling late at night, and the shadowed, mosaic out- lines of their bodies littering the ceiling light’s bright glass bowl— round, triangular wings...

045 “Sensual Vocabulary” by Karyna McGlynn

by Danielle Deulen | Sep 1, 2019 | Lit from the Basement

To learn more about Karyna McGlynn visit her page on the Poetry Foundation’s website by clicking here. This poem comes from Karyna McGlynn’s book Hothouse. Click here to purchase. Click on the printer icon to print this page To hear a version of...

044 “Who Would I Show It To?” by Sally Ball

by Danielle Deulen | Aug 18, 2019 | Lit from the Basement

Who Would I Show It To? by Sally Ball                        [Merwin] I so much trusted your capacity for delight. Some suicide I’ve been able to see as an end of deep suffering. Your suffering was not to me invisible but outweighed by your curiosities, your sweet...

043 “The Immigrants (Winter Wear)” by Rane Arroyo

by Danielle Deulen | Aug 4, 2019 | Lit from the Basement

The Immigrants (Winter Wear) by Rane Arroyo They are, at first, scared of snowmen. Of the snow and the white men so easily born between the hands of children veiled in breaths and winter wear. The immigrants worry about bodies built without concerns for their souls,...
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