by Alejandro Escudé: It’s a black swath that cuts acrossA part of the country that’s a myth.Does Ohio even exist? Not here,Where the post office blendsWith the sky and the

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by Charles Bukowski at Poetic Outlaws You know: I’m drunk once againherelistening to Tchaikovskyon the radio. Jesus, I heard him 47 yearsagowhen I was a starving writerand here he isagainand

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Once, in the cool blue middle of a lake,up to my neck in that most precious element of all, I found the pale gray curled-upwards pigeon featherfloating on the tension

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In Egyptian art, one archer standsfor all archers, their contour drawn from his thigh, his shin, his chest,his bow and quiver, a deck of desires slightly spread.Archers are technicians; this

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Art is one of the most secure assets a person can buy. It rarely depreciates, can be stored easily, and its value does not depend on the state of the

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