a party

a party

where everyone says goodbye

then stays

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When Claude says blessed is he who has seen …

Claudia Emerson

Access to the video sonnet without audio description. …

The Cyborg Jillian Weise

And it ain’t half bad either with a little bit …

Sa Whitley

The yearly cold dip …

Bruce Berger

To die by oneself, overnight, as the flower dies, requires …

Pauline Leader

I was always called in early for dinner. …

Stephen Berg

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Luke Kennard

The horns of yellow …

Edward Dorn

The glossary

From aubade to zuihitsu, 207 definitions of the forms, figures, and schools that shape the line.