Poem at Contemporary Poetry Review https://www.cprw.com Resuscitating Poetry Criticism Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Letters to CPR: Marcus Bales responds to Richard Blanco Ballyhoo https://www.cprw.com/letters-to-cpr-marcus-bales-responds-to-richard-blanco-ballyhoo https://www.cprw.com/letters-to-cpr-marcus-bales-responds-to-richard-blanco-ballyhoo#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:18 +0000 http://www.cprw.com/?p=3824 Editor’s Note: Marcus Bales responded to the CPR’s recent series of articles on Richard Blanco’s Inaugural reading with this poem.

 

Identity Poetical by Marcus Bales

Identity Poet:
I am the very model of identity poetical,
My bio and my craftsmanship are blankly antithetical.… continue reading...

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“Effulgent” by David M. Katz (A parody) https://www.cprw.com/effulgent-by-david-m-katz-a-parody https://www.cprw.com/effulgent-by-david-m-katz-a-parody#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:27:38 +0000 http://www.cprw.com/?p=3553  

“Effulgent” by David M. Katz

          Part seemed she of the effulgent thought“Her Initials,” Thomas Hardy

 
Glitter, brilliance, candor, dazzle;
Luster, splendor, lambent lightness;
She evokes a lucid ghazal
All shot through with flashing brightness:
Of those words, he chose “effulgent.”

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The Lost Children of America  https://www.cprw.com/the-lost-children-of-america%c2%a0 https://www.cprw.com/the-lost-children-of-america%c2%a0#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:32:09 +0000 /?p=1382 A Poem by Jayanta Mahapatra



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“Pacifier” by X. J. Kennedy https://www.cprw.com/pacifier-by-x-j-kennedy https://www.cprw.com/pacifier-by-x-j-kennedy#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:57:32 +0000 /?p=462 [private]her night thoughts


My baby wails. That I may rest

I offer him a rubber breast

And soon as waves by oil suppressed,

He quiets. An underhanded trick

Yet practical and politic-

He cries for bread.… continue reading...

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The Lost Children of America https://www.cprw.com/the-lost-children-of-america https://www.cprw.com/the-lost-children-of-america#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:48:57 +0000 /?p=405 Here

in the dusty malarial lanes

of Cuttack where years have slowly lost their secrets

they wander

in these lanes nicked by intrigue and rain

and the unseen hands of gods

in front of a garish temple of the simian Hanuman

along river banks splattered with excreta and dung

in the crowded market square among rotting tomatoes

fish-scales and the moist warm odour of bananas and piss

passing by the big-breasted, hard-eyed young whores

who frequent the empty space behind the local cinema

by the Town Hall where corrupt politicians still

go on delivering their pre-election speeches

and on the high road above the town’s burning-ground

from which gluttonous tan smoke floats up

in the breeze, smacking of scorched marrow and doubt.… continue reading...

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