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Old April 20th, 2023 #1
bedford
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Default April is national poetry month

Does anyone have some favorite poets or poems they want to talk about?

Here is one by Wallace Stevens.
The Emperor of ice Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupicient curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to weat, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Take from the dresser of deal.
Lacking the three glass knobs, thaat sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Now if someone can explain what this poem means that would be a plus.
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Old April 29th, 2023 #2
Farwell Kirk
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AFTER PHOENIX by J. Millard Ahlstrom

Some small night stars,
rim salt flats.
Marian and I cross high plateaus
in wind and small
sleeted shrubs,
back to home and violets.
Now whence go we?
 
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