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Michael Simms: Ecstasy & Envy

Someone offered me Ecstasy
And I wondered what they had in mind.
Perhaps lying on a beach on the island
Of Antigua, the sun on my skin, a red sail
In the distance soon to arrive?

July 27, 2025 · 63 Comments

Lorine Niedecker: When Ecstasy is Inconvenient

Know amazedly how
often one takes his madness
into his own hands
and keeps it.

January 24, 2025 · 5 Comments

Al Maginnes: Transition

The day we got wings was a disaster. 

April 9, 2024 · 9 Comments

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