May 2012
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Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions...
– William S. Burroughs
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He began to resent the time he had spent at work on the Foote farm. Having come...
– Stoner by John Williams, via Nick Recommends: Recommended Reading [158]
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Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
– Oscar Wilde
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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...
– Marianne Moore
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ROMBESDAY
For the first time, Berfrois has a guest editor! Nicholas Rombes takes over from Russell Bennetts for today only.
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The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.
– William Wordsworth
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Post #36
requiem102:
“The first time my body fell, I couldn’t believe its weight. The angles as well, cutting yet soft, blurred but brutal.”
UK poet Paul Sutton enters into Requiem with a poem that shimmers with deconstructive power. Sutton can be found here and here.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and...
– T. S. Eliot
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