Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Great Regulars: Designed to Fly

by Ellen Waterston

After ten hours of trying

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Designed to Fly by Ellen Waterston

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Early Sunday Morning
by Edward Hirsch

I used to mock my father and his chums

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Early Sunday Morning by Edward Hirsch

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Figs
by Erica Jong

Italians know

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Figs by Erica Jong

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The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight
by Charles Wright

The world's an untranslatable language

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight by Charles Wright

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Himself
by Thomas Lynch

He'll have been the last of his kind here then.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Himself by Thomas Lynch

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Outscape
by Charles Wright

There's no way to describe how the light splays

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac:

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The Return
by Thomas R. Smith

Unto Him all things return.--The Koran

Walking on the park road

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Return by Thomas R. Smith

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