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Three Oddest Words

July 2nd, 2010

Wislawa Szymborska 2010wislawa

Three Oddest Words

When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.

When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.

When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no nonbeing can hold.

Wislawa Szymborska ’s birthday today (July 2 1923)

Last year’s terrific birthday post from Issa’s Untidy’s Hut - One Hole in the Nest – (3 more poems by W. S)

Happy birthday Tao Lin 1taolin2010 His second novel is called Richard Yates.
Go Diving with Tao Lin (previous post)

W.S. Merwin is our new US 1ws-merwin Poet Laureate- LAtimes, NYtimes and this one too.

See a video of W.S Merwin here.

Kay Ryan our wonderful sly poet laurete of 2009 here.

Two poems by Kay Ryan

Sound of Two Hand Angel

June 3rd, 2010

I Dwell in Possibilty

May 10th, 2010

Ai Means Love

March 24th, 2010

Alan Sondheim – F-lying

February 3rd, 2010

Juke Box Love Song

February 1st, 2010

Paul Celan

November 23rd, 2009

O’Keefe and Marianne Moore

November 15th, 2009

W.S.Merwin

September 30th, 2009

Elements, Tapestry & Lancelot

July 18th, 2009

David Bromige R.I.P – More things to do in Poetry

June 12th, 2009

Desert Birdsong

April 8th, 2009