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“I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. Poet covers it all for me… I want to do justice to my inwardness, my tenderness, my political rage.” 
(Tony Harrison)
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… como una mosca espía…
… like a fly on the wall… [“a spy fly”!]
(From “Revuelo” by Azurea20)
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… Maybe instead of building
a ship somewhere in your body
you just let yourself feel the pain and
humiliation. No need to make it beautiful
for some future reader. Just say how much
you wanted to hurt someone like you got hurt.
And then just watch that for a while. It’s okay
to feel horribly ashamed. Best not to look away.
(From “Karma Affirmation Cistern Don’t Be Afraid Keep Going Toward the Horror,” by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Poetry, October 2025)
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A month and continent away
your father (a painter)
steps to my side

as we admire a row
of lavender & someone

en plein aire complains
the scene is mis-composed

(a power-line cuts through…)

your father smiles,
and gestures out — art

isn’t for capturing
what’s there
(From “Arles, Whidbey,” by Reed Turchi, Poetry, October 2025)
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