Monthly Archives: June 2010

fifty poems

Posted on June 9, 2010 by readingroom

fifty glimpses sound as well as sight. listen to the blue of seven magpies, seven magpies, blue with age last night’s rain in daffodils bent, enclosed by gold-ringed eye fragments, gathered when they caught the ear of a poet’s eye … Continue reading →

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delicate access

Posted on June 8, 2010 by readingroom

The author’s note with which Madeleine Marie Slavick introduces her 2004 collection delicate access is, more than most such notes, a taste of things to come. “A notice came from the post office,” she begins, “to please collect an oversize … Continue reading →

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