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3 Collage Poems, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

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  • ▼ 2018 (73)
    • ► Apr (5)
      • Shakespeare subversions & 1 other thing at the end, by Ed Taylor
      • OBU Manifesto # 3,003, by OBU
      • OBU Manifesto [wants a free day], by Susan Schultz
      • OBU Manifesto [Trump time is circular], by Diane Stevenson
      • In the pith of hover, by Mary Newell
    • ► Mar (21)
      • 4 Poems, by Maureen Owen
      • 4 Poems, by Yannis Livadas (Greece)
      • 7 Poems, by Jamie McKendrick (England)
      • El Papel del Trabajo, by Breyner Huertas (Colombia)
      • Scorch Marks, by Jon Curley
      • City / Unsheltered, by m.g. stephens
      • 2 Poems, by Clive Greswell
      • 4 Poems, by Rus Khomutoff
      • 3 Poems, by John Rigney
      • Stretch – An Inquiry, by Pete Smith
      • copal floods my destinies, by Roberto Harrison
      • At Tan Yuan Ming’s Mountain Hut, near Frontier with DPRK, by Xi Penn
      • 4 Poems, by Hank Kalet
      • 8 Poems, by George Kalamaras
      • Tree Alphabet, by Lila Dunlap
      • "= of vibration tones," by Michael McAloran
      • Three Quatrains after Dark, by Omar al-Nakib
      • Myth Is the Knot, by Steven Manuel
      • 6 Poems, by Joseph Donahue
      • Cuatro Poems Sobre el Borde del Mundo, by Andrés Felipe Uribe Cárdenas
      • 12 Poems, by Daniel Zimmerman
    • ► Feb (9)
      • Departing Qinzhou in a Red Army Cart of Spring Melons, by Xi Penn
      • 5 Poems, by Tony Trigilio
      • “Of heaven, not as lemma, not as leaven, but as substance we enfold…”, by Tamas Panitz
      • An Afternoon of Tottering Clouds, by Gerrit Lansing
      • from Alone with the Animals, by Steve McCaffery
      • The Sun over Fire Island, by mg stephens
      • 2 Poems, by Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino
      • Cuatro poemas sobre el borde del mundo, by Andrés Felipe Uribe Cárdenas (Colombia)
      • Confessional of the Haunted, by Tom Clark
    • ▼ Jan (38)
      • Excerpts from The Year of My Birth, by David Hadbawnik
      • 5 Poems, by William Logan
      • Three Days after Chen Li Departs back to Hong Kong . . ., by Xi Penn
      • 3 Poems, by Vivek Narayanan
      • Sections 16 & 17 from Zion Offramp, by Mark Scroggins
      • With the Poet Chen Li, at the Sky-View Bar, atop the CCTV Tower, by Xi Penn
      • 5 Collaborative Poems, by Peter Boyle and MTC Cronin
      • 9 Poems, by Norman Fischer
      • 3 Poems, by Steve Manuel
      • to draw, by Roberto Harrison
      • Unsettled 9 & 10, by Garry Thomas Morse
      • Mendelssohn’s on the Roof with Robert E. Lee, by Robert Podgurski
      • 4 Poems, by Tirzah Goldenberg
      • Three Texts from Roça Barroca, by Josely Vianna Baptista – Translated by Chris Daniels
      • Absolute Sea, by Cecília Meireles (Rio de Janeiro, 1901–1964) – Translated by Chris Daniels
      • 3 Poems, by Heller Levinson
      • View from the Moon, by John Bradley
      • 2 poems, by Stephen Lewandowski
      • speak, by Clive Gresswell
      • 3 Poems, by Andrew DuBois
      • 4 Poems, by Steven Toussaint
      • Questions for Citizens, by Anne Waldman
      • 2 Poems, by Kelly Shepherd
      • 2 Poems, by Adam Katz
      • A Tantrik Keelson, by Clayton Eshleman
      • 2 Poems, by Daniel Zimmerman
      • Lilac Revision, by Thomas Meyer
      • from Lightsail, by Lissa Wolsak
      • 3 Poems, by Robert Podgurski
      • Death of Foucault, by Tod Thilleman
      • The Fall of America, by P.J. Laska
      • 2 Poems, by Gene Grabner
      • Also–Fifteen Toddler Quatrains, by Omar Al-Nakib
      • 4 Poems, by Charles Whittaker
      • 2 Poems from "25", by Emily Izsak
      • 3 Collage Poems, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Lustrous ratcleaver clavicle, by Gary Barwin
      • At Tan Yuan Ming’s Mountain Hut, near Frontier with DPRK, by Xi Penn
  • ► 2017 (237)
    • ► Dec (1)
      • Outside a Dusty Southern Town, I Pause and Write a Poem, Thinking of the Great Departed Poet, Ch’iu Chin, by Xi Penn
    • ► Nov (23)
      • Lost Amidst the Cliffs, I finally Arrive, and Am Startled by Mei in an Ancient Room, by Xi Penn
      • At Five-Forked River, with Mei Yao Ch’en, by Xi Penn
      • Near Black Mountain, I Remember Yin Yao, by Xi Penn
      • Overlooking the Great Tidal Bore at Zhang Ridge with Zhang Qiang, by Xi Penn
      • Special Dispatch – Ed Sanders on the NYC Memorial for Joanne Kyger, 6 November 2017
      • The Community of the Curriculum of the Soul, by Kevin Kilroy
      • Afterwards, by Kass Fleisher
      • 3 Poems, by George Kalamaras
      • 10 Poems, by John Phillips
      • Our Poem Could Be Your Life -- Essays on Music, by Jonathan Lohr
      • Joanne, by Joe Safdie
      • 6 Mating Bird Poems, by Emily Izsak
      • Back among Them, by Michael Heller
      • all the ones who know are gone, by Roberto Harrison
      • 3 Poems, by Marcella Durand
      • from Epilogue, by David Miller
      • Jack The Giant Killer or The End of The World, by Charles Stein
      • Two Poems, Laynie Browne
      • 5 Poems, by Barbara Laiolo-March
      • SCRATCH SCRATCH, by Andrew Levy
      • from On Solar Physiology, by Will Alexander
      • Fictional Residency, by Andrew DuBois
      • It's Hard Being a Famous Poet, by Kent Johnson
    • ► Oct (47)
      • PJ Laska to Dispatches, 14 October 2017
      • Daniel Zimmerman to Dispatches, 13 October 2017
      • For My 11 Year old Niece on Inauguration Day (2017), by Chris Stroffolino
      • 2 poems, by Richard Rathwell
      • 6 poems, by Tina Posner
      • Drumming, by Susan Lewis
      • Pollen Aria, by Clayton Eshleman
      • Conclusion of Tension in Construct Field of Object of Recognition Like 3/3 Dead, by Uncle Dave
      • Bones of the Last Bison, by Garry Thomas Morse
      • Anselm Hollow Tribute Band, John Rigney
      • The Book of Uncertain, A Manual – from Chapter 5: Taxonomies of Uncertain, by Michael Boughn
      • 9 poems, by Steve Manuel
      • from "The Great Practice," by Whit Griffin
      • 6 poems, by Hugh Seidman
      • 3 poems, by Clive Gresswell
      • Language, by Mohammed Bennis – tr. Pierre Joris
      • “antifa-la-la: songs against statues”, by Amy Evans
      • Revolutionary Letters 12-17, by Diane di Prima
      • Nine Songs Counterfeit, by Brian Ng
      • from He We Her, by Andrew Dubois
      • 4 poem, by Jared Schickling
      • Toddler Quatrains 4th & 5th Batch, by Omar Al-Nakib
      • 2 poems, by Craig Santos Perez
      • poem, for Ashbery, by Michael Harman
      • from God Is Waiting in the World’s Yard, by MTC Cronin
      • 4 Poems, by Gerard Sarnat
      • Ed Marshall's Flight, by Aidan Healy
      • 2 poems, by Dan Zimmerman
      • 5 poems, by Jeanne Heuving
      • 2 poems, by Manuel Becerra – Kristin Dykstra tr.
      • 4 poems, by Ruth Lepson
      • 4 poems, by Sheldon Lee Compton
      • You Know, by Peter Quartermain
      • Rupert Murdoch Teaches His Grandson Long Division, byPenelope Gristlefink
      • Plath Variations, Dominique Russell
      • Dear John Ashbery, by Ruth Lepson
      • from "Commedia", by I Goldfarb
      • Ed Marshall's Flight, by Aidan Healey
      • The Decline of Sea World, Circuses and Homosexual Metaphors, by Colin James
      • Ship of State 4, by André Spears
      • Poetry Will Save Your Life, by Kent Johnson
      • Revolutionary Letter #8, by Diane di Prima
      • Revolutionary Letter #7, by Diane di Prima
      • Revolutionary Letters 9 - 11, by Diane di Prima
      • Revolutionary Letter #4, by Diane di Prima
      • Revolutionary Letters 1-3, by Diane DiPrima
      • Conclusion of Tension in Construct Field of Object of Recognition Like 3/3 Dead, by Uncle David
    • ► Sep (30)
      • From the Car, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Dispatch # 17 - Resist, My People, Resist Them, by Dareen Tatour
      • The Elite, by Sophie Merman
      • Shiva, by Omar Al-Nakib
      • Gone South, by Barry McKinnon
      • (8) Dandayamana-bibhaktapada-paschimotthanasana, by Michael Harman
      • The Coup de Con Arcane, by Jack Hirschman
      • "the impatience growing into fear", by Jay Miller
      • Accidental Research Heat Loss, by Jed Rasula
      • Two poems, by Lisa Samuels
      • Three Poems, by Matt Turner
      • from Animals of Dawn, by Murat Nemet-Nejat
      • Four poems, by Noel Jardines
      • Click, by Peter Smith
      • Four poems, by Tina Posner
      • Daybreak, by Robert Fernandez
      • Three poems, by Michael Rothenberg
      • Protestant Mean Streak, by Edward Sanders
      • Four poems, by Anne Valley-Fox
      • If I Could Say This With My Body, Would I. I Would, by Anne Waldman
      • Philadelphia, by Donald Wellman
      • Five poems, by Behzad Molavi
      • Two poems, by Bruce Holsapple
      • Two poems, by Charles Stein
      • Two Cuban Poets from Only the Road, tr. Margaret Randall
      • PG, by I Goldfarb
      • This is Just to Say – for David Lehman
      • With Frederick Seidel, near the Matterhorn, in 2020, by Kent Johnson
      • The End of Summer, by Sophie Merman
      • Five poems by William Logan
    • ► Aug (89)
      • How close to death love leads us, by Julien Poirier
      • When I was a poet, by David Meltzer
      • Attack of the Seventy-Foot-Year-Old Baby, by John Bradley
      • Notes toward Thanksgiving, U.S.A., An Assay, by David Giannini
      • Ten poems, by Robert Gibbons
      • the trump's trap trades, by Andrés Ajens
      • Have we run out of grievances yet, by Andrew Dubois
      • The Fatalist, by Anne Waldman
      • Four poems, by Barry Schwabsky
      • Suburban poems, by Bill Freind
      • 3 poems, by Jeff Harrison
      • Lake Niagara Green, which is to say clear, by Jared Schickling
      • Two poems by Daniel Zimmerman
      • Snaketrain / Freightrain – a poem in four parts, by Joe Napora
      • The Evangelist foresees the End of Time, by Andrew Levy
      • Spruce Bark Text, by John Tritica
      • Skid Row-Kyo, by David Lau
      • 3 poems from Whistle Stops: A locomotive serial poem, by Emily Izsak
      • Un poema de Malcolm Lowry, translated by Rodolfo Ortiz
      • Two poems from Hot Wax, by Jed Rasula
      • I wish you had stayed until the study was painted, by Ruth Lepson
      • Three poems, by Rodrigo Garcia Lopes (Brazil), translated by Chris Daniels and Marco Alexandre de Oliveira, and three poems by Lopes in Portugese
      • Summer Travelogue, by I Goldfarb
      • Three poems, by John Ashbery
      • Segunda muerte de Nicanor Parra, by Andrés Ajens
      • Gatekeeper consultations #2, by Garry Thomas Morse
      • Five songs from Unfolded, by Sherry Robbins
      • Five poems, by William Logan
      • Silicone Valley of the Shadow of Death 3-6, by Robert LeGaillard
      • Isis in the Solar Barque bearing away RFK, by Edward Sanders (from Broken Glory, the Final Years of Robert F. Kennedy)
      • Jazz & some mysterious cases of mistaken identity, by Peter Smith
      • Three holy sonnets, by David Hadbawnik
      • [Roxane], by Rodolfo Ortiz
      • Three poems for Thomas McGrath, by George Kalamaras
      • Patas en el fango, inverso y yapa, by Andrés Ajens
      • Two poems, by Eldis Sula
      • A Selection of Martial’s Epigrams, translated with a short Introduction, by Peter Valente
      • A poem about priorities, by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
      • Eternal events, by Joe Safdie
      • poem, unlimited (poetry is dead), by John Rigney
      • Three poems, by Roberto Echavarren, tr. Donald Wellman and Roberto Echavarren
      • Five poems, by Susan Musgrave
      • Three poems, by Susan Lewis
      • a prayer, my property, by Nicole Markotic
      • 5 poems, by Eric Elshtain
      • Three poems, by Tamas Panitz
      • Three poems, by Randy Prus
      • from Linthead Stomp, by Tim Earley
      • Six poems, by ryki zuckerman
      • Hot wax, or Psyche's drip, by Jed Rasula
      • Let Us Now Give Thanks to the New American Poetry, by Kent Johnson
      • Summer Travelogue, by I Goldfarb
      • Conversations with my Muse, by I Goldfarb
      • Three sonnets and a seminar, by I Goldfarb
      • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by Brian Ng
      • Three poems, by Brian Ng
      • Two poems, by Bruce Holsapple
      • Anchors Aweigh, by Bruce Holsapple,
      • Black Chrysanthemum Arcane, by Jack Hirschman
      • Six poems, by John Bradley
      • Two poems, by Naseem Reesha
      • Two poems by Rito Ramón Aroche, trans. by Kristin Dykstra
      • Reading / Writing 6, via Robert Duncan, by Pierre Joris
      • Two poem by Josely Vianna Baptista (Brazil), trans. by Chris Daniels
      • Three poems by Emma Villazon (Bolivia), trans. Thomas Rothe
      • from Of Beings Alone, by Lissa Wolsak
      • The Presidential Election Recycled Inaugural Smack Down: I’m Deplorable but You are so Adorable, by Joe Napora
      • Three Poems, by Matt Turner
      • a quick morning eclipse poem, by Pierre Joris
      • Three Uruguayan Poets: Amanda Berenguer, Marosa Di Giorgio. Silvia Guerra [translated by Monica de la Torre, Susan Briante, Jeannine Pitas, Alex Verdolini, and Gillian Brassil]
      •   Words from Beyond, by Dambudzo Marechera – edited by Adrienne Amato
      • A small portfolio of poems inspired by John Ashbery's "The Latest in Poetry"
      • The Heights of Machu Picchu, by Pablo Neruda – André Spears, tr.
      • Ship of State, part 1, by André Spears
      • Ship of State, part 3, by André Spears
      • Ship of State part 2, by André Spears
      • The Overghost Ourkestra’s Next, by Nathaniel Mackey
      • Call me Queequeg, by Franco Beltrametti
      • Old news – body Suit, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Old news – dead dread, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Old news – MeasuresHEADLINES, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Old news – DEADbirds, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • Four poems, by Tina Posner
      • State of the Union, by Linh Dinh
      • Inauguration, by Lorenzo Thomas
      • Personal Departures, by Robin Eichle
      • Special Dispatch #1 (from the dead) – Bad Bed, Hesiod, by John Clarke
      • Enfolded in the wings of a great darkness (Excerpts), by Peter Boyle
      • For Jack Collom, by Edward Sanders
    • ► Jul (41)
      • 6 poems, by Bryan Sentes
      • The Eschaton: Resurrection of the Body (to clear N.O. Brown), by John Clarke
      • Video, by Norman Finklestein
      • 4 Poems, by Bruce Robinson
      • 3 Poems, by Daniel Zimmerman
      • 3 poems from The City of No Illusions, by Ed Taylor
      • 3 Poems for Dispatches, by Ken Taylor
      • Alternative Facts about the State of Illinois, by Austin Smith
      • 5 Poems, by Bänoo Zan
      • Dining on Porcupine, by Brad Shubat
      • 5 Poems, by Brian Richards
      • 4 Poems, by Lisa Vihos
      • Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, by John Ronan
      • Inauguration 2017, by Irene Sipos
      • Ship of Fools 2, by André Spears
      • 5 Poems, by Eileen Tabios
      • 2 Poems, by Kit Robinson
      • 5 Poems, by Jose Kozer – translated by Peter Boyle
      • 4 Sonnets, by Matt Hill
      • 2 Poems, by Nicole Markotic
      • A Portfolio of Poems from Here Is a Woman, by Barbara Laiolo-March
      • Donald Doesn’t Like to Hear No, by Eliot Katz
      • 2 Poems, by Robert Podgurski
      • 2 Poems, by Tina Posner
      • Arrhythmia for DPW, by Rick London
      • 3 Poems, by Steven Manuel
      • Bed from Government, by Gabriel Gudding
      • 4 Poems, by Gene Grabiner
      • Celtique, by I Goldfarb
      • Such Signs for Primitive Man & Woman, by Robert Gibbons
      • from Wind, Susan Gevirtz
      • from The Contractor's Song, by Tom Pickard
      • life had stood, by Amy Evans
      • Storyboard 1, 4, 6, & 11, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
      • 80 Theses in the Direction of a Milestone Birthday Anniversary, by Jon Curley
      • Noli me tangere, by Maxine Chernoff
      • 2 Poems, by Michael Bylebyl
      • from Intaglio Daughters, by Laynie Browne
      • – from “Etiquette lesson #1: Possible responses to improper uncertain advances,” Chapter 3 from The Book of Uncertain, A Manual, by Michael Boughn
      • TUB BUNNY, by Michael Basinski
      • Toddler Quatrains Second & Third Batch, by Omar Al-Nakib
    • ► May (3)
      • Victor Jara's last poem, Forrest Gander, tr.
      • Victor Jara's last poem, Forrest Gander, tr.
      • Materialism Can Kiss My Ass: (a long poem dictated to the editors of Dispatches by the spirit of Robert Duncan, transcribed on May 22, 2017, between 1:31 and 11:59 PM, CST.)
    • ► Apr (3)
      • INCA O DATA, Tal Inca (áun) vivo — en un poema de Paul Célan, by Andrés Ajens
      • Toddler Quatrains, by Omar Al-Nakib
      • Dumb Subcultural Rhymes, by Kent Johnson
  • ► 2016 (29)
    • ► Dec (1)
      • Only the Road, Eight Decades of Cuban Poetry, edited and translated by Margaret Randall
    • ► Nov (2)
      • Athens & Jerusalem: the last time we talked, by Ammiel Alcalay
      • The Asses of Bosch, by Amanda Berenguer
    • ► Jul (1)
      • Found poem
    • ► Jun (3)
      • SQUAT, by Sarah Menefee
      • Tree of Thought, by Bruce Holsapple
      • Two poems, by John Rigney
    • ► May (7)
      • from BRONZE, by Billie Chernicoff
      • KENKYUSHA: DAY SIXTEEN, by Victor Coleman
      • Two poems, by Matt Turner
      • Call & response, by John Tritica
      • El Arrest, by Andrés Ajens, traslucinated by Erín Moure
      • Sipping coffee @ Carmela's, by Joe Amato
      • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Jed Rasula
    • ► Apr (15)
      • The Receiver, by Sharon Thesen
      • The Sandbox, by Austin Smith
      • Five poems, by Patrick Dunagan
      • That particular village, by Austin Smith
      • Killed or Mauled? by Linh Dinh
      • Diaspora Drift, by Fred Wah
      • curious kneecap, by Michael Harman
      • Four poems, by Jared Schickling
      • Two poems, by Jack Hirschman
      • French Schoolboy’s Poem (for the Archaeologist of Morning), by Sophie Merman
      • The Daimonic, by David Peter Clark
      • Five Poems by Roque Dalton (El Salvador, 1935-1975), trans. by Luis González Serrano
      • Gatekeeper Consultation #1, by Garry Thomas Morse
      • from "Sevens, by Deborah Meadows"
      • Draft 75: Doggerel, by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

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    • ► April (5)
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      • OBU Manifesto [wants a free day], by Susan Schultz
      • OBU Manifesto [Trump time is circular], by Diane Stevenson
    • ► March (3)
      • Emily Post-Avant, 30 March 2018 (Pablo Neruda and the Paris Review)
      • Dear Emily Post-Avant, 20 March 2018
      • Dear Emily Post-Avant, 12 March 2018
    • ► February (1)
      • Emily Post-Avant, 19 February 2018
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      • Emily Post-Avant, 22 December 2017
      • Emily Post-Avant, 19 December 2017
      • Dear Emily Post-Avant, 12 December 2017
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      • Dear Emily Post-Avant, 19 September 2017
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