- 2/7/13 /
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Yasiin Bey, the Former Mos Def, Poetry-Slams the Barclays Center, Hopes for Jay-Z Summit
Yasiin Bey hopes for a summit meeting with Jay-Z and Harry Belafonte to discuss the arena's effect on Brooklyn.
Poetry
- 1/21/13 /
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James Franco Wrote an Inauguration Poem
It's called "Obama in Asheville."
- 12/17/12 /
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Poet James Franco Sells Debut Book of Poetry
Of course.
- 10/25/12 /
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Six Lincoln Limericks to Text Your Loved Ones
"There once was a man named Abe Lincoln/ Whose Union was rapidly shrinkin' ... "
- 9/11/12 /
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Cynthia Nixon to Play Emily Dickinson
But who will play the fly?
- 3/28/12 /
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Poet Adrienne Rich Has Died at 82
The chronicler of the second wave died at home in California.
- 1/4/12 /
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Check Out an Adorable, Poetic Ode to Leonardo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Real or fake (please be real?), this poetic salute to "the smart Ninja Turtle" is one for the history books, or at least This Week in Internet.
- 12/28/11 /
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David Edelstein’s Favorite Performances From 2011
And a few of his worsts, as well.
- 11/2/11 /
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Here Is Salman Rushdie’s Limerick About Kim Kardashian
"The marriage of poor kim #kardashian / was krushed like a kar in a krashian."
- 10/8/11 /
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Hear Nobel Winner Tomas Tranströmer Read and Discuss a Poem
Opening line: "In the evening-dark of a place outside New York..."
- 9/20/11 /
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Read Four Newly Released Shel Silverstein Poems
From the artist's posthumous 'Every Thing On It.'
- 6/22/11 /
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Hear Bill Murray Read Poems by Billy Collins and Cole Porter
Here's "Forgetfulness" and "Brush Up."
- 3/3/11 /
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Read Excerpts From Charlie Sheen’s 1990 Poetry Collection
Real and self-published.
- 11/1/10 /
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Vulture’s John Legend and the Roots Contest: We Have a Winner!
Read the winning haiku.
- 10/7/10 /
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Marilyn Monroe: Poet
"My love sleeps besides me — / in the faint light — I see his manly jaw."
- 9/27/10 /
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James Franco Selects His Favorite Poems
"The O'Hara poems are beautiful and deceiving. On one level they feel frivolous, but O'Hara always ties them up with a significant event or line that pulls everything taut..\"
- 7/1/10 /
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W.S. Merwin Named Poet Laureate
He's 82.
- 4/8/10 /
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Haik U, Glenn Beck: A Database of Glenn Beck–Themed Haiku
"And Jesus said to/All his hungry disciples/'Hands off my fish, chumps'"
- 4/8/10 /
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Read a Letter T.S. Eliot Wrote His 4-Year-Old Nephew
"I believe that you are to have a Birthday soon ... "
- 3/5/10 /
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Read Godzilla Haikus
"Civilization / I destroy it to feel like / I'm a part of you."