Poet's Choice Archive

"Mike the Winger" is from a new collection "Hollywood & God," which mixes poetry and prose, fiction, autobiography and even essay.
 
Poet's Choice: 'Monday' by Randall Mann (Post, November 29, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Watermelon in the Afternoon' by John Gallaher (Post, November 22, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'November 11 -- 2004' by Kim Addonizio (Post, November 15, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Terminal Etude' by Alissa Valles (Post, November 8, 2009)
 
Books: Poet's Choice: "Post-Mortem" by Nicky Beer (Post, November 1, 2009)
 
Books: Poet's Choice: "Refusing at Fifty-Two to Write Sonnets" by Thomas Lynch (Post, October 21, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: "Rules of Contact" by Jill Bialosky (Post, October 18, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Never-Ending Birds' by David Baker (Post, October 11, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Nude Asleep in the Tub' by Wayne Miller (Post, October 4, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Eternity' by Edward Hirsch (Post, September 27, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'The Edges of Time' by Kay Ryan (Post, September 20, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Optimism' by Jane Hirshfield (Post, September 20, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'September, 2001' by Valerie Martínez (Post, September 13, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Ethel's Sestina' by Patricia Smith (Post, September 6, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Content Is King' by Rebecca Wolff (Post, August 30, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Reading Novalis in Montana' by Melissa Kwasny (Post, August 23, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Elegy with a Mute Bell' by Brian Barker (Post, August 16, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'Chives' by Jody Gladding (Post, August 9, 2009)
 
Poet's Choice: 'The Solipsist' by Troy Jollimore (Post, August 2, 2009)
 

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