Douglas Luman: A Brief History of Arson

The month of drawing-the-knife is well half over, yeah? Oh Reader, we want to tell you about this Spring we’ve kindled. (Soon.) Today’s vernal equinox gift is Douglas Luman‘s brillo “A Brief History of Arson“:

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Jennifer Leeney Adrian: The Package

Must be spring: the flock of snowbirds are fighting among the still-bare branches of a hedge. This week, a flash by Jennifer Leeney Adrian: “The Package.”

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Marc Santos: What Prometheus Knows About the Dating Scene

Today we’re all a-twitter with spring coming on, it’s nearly here, we’re bursting with love pangs seeking an object. Here’s Marc Santos’ smoldering poem wicking up from the archives, “What Prometheus Knows About the Dating Scene“:

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Rachel Jamison Webster: Memory Tell Memory

From the archive today we’ve levitated Rachel Jamison Webster’s pouring forth of petals and tusks and gravitational waves, “Memory Tell Memory”:

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Elizabeth Crowell: two poems

If only we could bake our way out of all strife, readers! Today we share two poems by Elizabeth Crowell we hope will strike your heart:

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