Today's poem is
"What Came Before Exile?"
from Hubbub
Patricia Nelson
works with the "Activist" group of poets in California, a
group founded in the 1930s by Lawrence Hart. "Activist" does not refer to
political activism, but to the guiding principle that every word in a poem
must be active poetically.
Other poems on the web by Patricia Nelson:
"Cezanne"
Four poems
"Smoke"
"Crazy Otto"
"The Rivers"
Patricia Nelson on Twitter.
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March 15, 2010: "Key" by Miles Waggener
September 18, 2009: "Elmer Rice's 'The Adding Machine'" by Marvin Bell
September 17, 2009: "Girl in a Purple Dress " by Dorianne Laux
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