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20th Century Dilettante

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“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’”- Jack Kerouac, On The Road

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A poem from UMASS’ Lisa Olstein

Negotiation- L. Olstein You take the mortar; I'll take the pestle,the weight we laid five years before the door.You take the door, its flank and hollow.You take the hollow morning we set out,I'll take...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:43:00 GMT

poem is online>>

go check it out- the deepest part
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Almost a year

In a pitch too high for the ear to hearyou exclaim your love.The whites of your palms, are smooth stonesheavy in the air. Half finished attempts to communicate.We falter, start, finish, then begin ag...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:09:00 GMT