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May 2025

Magic Grass
A poem for my son on Walt Whitman's birthday
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Poetry Is the Antidote
a manifesto
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Scott Samuelson: On Achieving 'Tennisosity'
As in life, the point of tennis isn’t to hit serves above a certain speed or win a major title. The point is for a great game to be played—one that…
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A Soldier Told Me
A poem for Memorial Day
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He Saved Sailors’ Lives, Countless Others
This Memorial Day weekend, I revisit the life and legacy of my friend Dr. Charles H. Read, a flight surgeon during World War II who went on to make…
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The Birth of Film in the Heart of Iowa
An award-winning documentary tells the magical story of Frank Brinton and the oldest operating cinema in the world.
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Like Leda's Hips
A poem after Leonardo da Vinci's studies for Leda and the Swan
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Molly Wesling: Czesław Miłosz's Hundred Acre Wood
Upon the birth of her son, writes Molly Wesling, the great poet sent a gift: "The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh." The inscription read, "To Nicholas Wesling…
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