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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Jesse Chambers

Billy Collins: Rock star poet

Billy Collins: Rock star poet

Jesse Chambers Q&A with the former Poet Laureate

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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

At Ruffner Mountain, a poet reveals links between literature & the environment

At Ruffner Mountain, a poet reveals links between literature & the environment

 
The kids dash the last 40 or so yards across the big clearing, having caught [...]

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Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Stephen Humphreys

Sonnet 22

 
The last time I saw her at the river
It flowed beneath us in an unseen [...]

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Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Weekly Staff

Birmingham Weekly’s 2009 Poetry Issue

Birmingham Weekly’s 2009 Poetry Issue

Back in 1996, the Academy of American Poets led the initiative to establish April as [...]

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Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Jesse Chambers

Mad screed for a young writer

Mad screed for a young writer

Write every day. That’s the bloody edge. Do it. Do it. Either you do it or you don’t.

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