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Forget their poverty
As Easter approaches, thoughts on why the health care bill is a good American thing.
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Poor excuses: poetry and poverty mix
The long Republican tradition of demonizing poverty.
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Flying away
On a college campus, talk of Obama and fleeting hopes.
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Numbers
Some thoughts on the occasion of “Poet’s Notebook” #50.
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‘Cause he’s the wanderer
The joys and pitfalls of the semi-itinerant life.
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Turning points
As a new year begins, thoughts on Robert Frost’s two roads.
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Now I hear what you hear
For better or worse, the sounds of the season are clearer now.
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Pointy-headed tree lovers
Our front yard is full of them.
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The acceleration of age during Thanksgiving
Time is passing. Stop and taste the celery.
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War stories
Tolstoy’s War and Peace is as gripping and contemporary as ever.
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Writers’ oasis: The St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading
Books are alive and well on USF St. Pete’s campus during the Festival of Reading.
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War and peace and college for all
The first G.I. Bill changed America. Will a “Post 9/11” bill do the same?
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Kickoff time: ready for some football
The unending fascination of football.
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Poet’s Notebook: The spider web theory
Everything’s connected, according to poets (and scientists). Feel the vibrations?
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The rat man cometh
Small rodents demand small poems.
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A Swiss near-miss
It helps to know the language when you’re headed to another country.
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A modest proposal for dealing with gun violence
Arm everyone.
