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During his tenure as US Poet Laureate, Robert Hass revived the popular nineteenth-century tradition of including poetry in our daily newspapers. “Poet's Choice” ultimately became a nationally syndicated column appearing in dozens of papers across the country. Every week, Hass would marry poets... read more
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It is getting on to winter, and I almost cannot say so to myself without thinking of that lyric from Joni Mitchell's Blue: It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace- With its surprising chords and its sudden, unexpected leap to the chorus: Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
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- Robert Hass (Author)
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