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70Some Thoughts on Emerson and the Modern University
The academic methods used today to teach the love of letters were denounced as ineffectual and incomplete by Ralph Waldo Emerson more than 170 years ago. The modern emphasis on literature is out dated. ...
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62Cante Jondo
Copyright 2008 held by Christopher Floyd. For Her. slow night verve my tiny Bonfire misted with delicate black petals of rose sweet Siren spun by pipe and drum quick gypsy captive to freedom’s jerk and sway...
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63Every Trial can be Burned into the Fight.
Somewhere between hospitals and trips to the library, tachycardic runs and being told to "put twenty of those books back," I came across a handful of words that have meant more to me than I can quantify. I'm...
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63A Poem: Moving On.
Copyright 2008 held by Alayne Floyd. First published in the Spring 2010 issue of Poesia. Moving On. Held my own heart in my hands and quietly considered myself. Slid it together along the vivisection lines like a puzzle, A...
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63This is what happens when I get bored.
This is a letter I wrote some years back when I was on my lunch break. The company responded to me with a reassuring note and some coupons for free crackers. I'm pretty sure they knew it was a joke. It isn't the most mature thing I've ever...
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59Quixote's Rose
Copyright 2010 held by Christopher Floyd Thanks for the challenge. The original poem by Sir Edmund Spenser was: It was upon a Sommers shynie day, When Titan faire his beames did display, In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew, ...
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