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Lit by Andrea Cohen
Everyone can’t
be a lamplighter.
Someone must
be the lamp,
and someone
must, in bereaved
rooms sit,
unfathoming what
it is to be lit.
#TodaysPoem #Poetry #Poem #AndreaCohen
Via Maya C. Popa on Twitter
On the first page of my dreambook
It’s always evening
In an occupied country.
Hour before the curfew.
A small provincial city.
The houses all dark.
The storefronts gutted.
I am on a street corner
Where I shouldn’t be.
Alone and coatless
I have gone out to look
For a black dog who answers to my whistle.
I have a kind of Halloween mask
Which I am afraid to put on.
Charles Simic
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42956/empire-of-dreams
My Secret Identity Is
The room is empty
and the window is open
Charles Simic
Where you can find me at #MiamiBookFair today! Panel at high noon in Room 8201!
Marie Rutkoski, Alex Segura & Steve Almond: A Conversation - Miami Book Fair
https://www.miamibookfair.com/event/marie-rutkoski-alex-segura-steve-almond-a-conversation/
In Marie Rutkoski‘s Real Easy: A Novel, there’s a murder and a missing person involving two Lovely Lady strip club dancers. Holly, the detective, and Georgia, a dancer that wants to help, round up their suspects as the story’s point of view shifts between dancers, detectives, children, club patrons – and the killer. In Secret Identity: A Novel, ... Read More
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Laura Esckelson
Alex Segura