He came back
to his place, and read his poem. Yes, it was exactly as he
had composed it, while we watched. Well, perhaps one word was
different.
Would he tear up the slip of paper? He tore it into small
bits, a little random heap on the table before him.
Now where was the poem?
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—Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry |

Fred Moten, Elegy for
Performances, 4-7
Kerry Shawn Keys, She
Says This Knife, 32
Michael McDonagh, Once,
118-119 | Audio (with Lisa Scola Prosek) Download Format: WMA | MP3
Michael McClure,
Maybe Mama Lion, 186-188 | Audio (with Ray Manzarek) Download
Format: WMA | MP3
Jane Siberry, Enter
Forest, 248-249
Interview with
Michael McClure, All Moments Are One, 174-185
Audio of "No Lowdown Blues" by Yusef Komunyakaa (recorded with
Hamiett Bluiett) Download Format: WMA | MP3