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Tag: epic poetry

THE KALEVALA (12)

By: James Parker

“Her head fills with words/which curdle into curds/which turdle into turds.”

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THE KALEVALA (11)

By: James Parker

“I see you with your crossbow cocked,/and your intellect murderously locked.”

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THE KALEVALA (10)

By: James Parker

“Damn these clanging udders!/Damn these muscular shudders!”

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THE KALEVALA (9)

By: James Parker

“A neck-nape to send you on a week-long bender.”

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THE KALEVALA (8)

By: James Parker

“Sadder than sad with my old-man spigot./Can you dig it?”

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THE KALEVALA (7)

By: James Parker

“No husbandry, no arboriculture. / Here’s your wood — if your woodsman is a vulture.”

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THE KALEVALA (6)

By: James Parker

Kullervo: “My little blade is humorous./You will admire its wit.”

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The Kalevala (5)

By: James Parker

“Ladies, come and get some,/before I’m turned into cosmic jetsam!”

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The Kalevala (4)

By: James Parker

The upbringing of Kullervo: “And so he grew sebaceous/and turned into a teen.”

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The Kalevala (3)

By: James Parker

Vainamoinen: “Wherever I walk, I step in golden turds of language.”

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The Kalevala (2)

By: James Parker

“I tied my heart to the tail of a cat/Too heavy, too heavy/It broke the cat’s back.”

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The Kalevala (1)

By: James Parker

In the groin of a tree, as green as lichen,/there sits an old boy with his hormones spiking.

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2013 Obits — an Epic Poem

By: Rob Walker

Phrases from NEW YORK TIMES Obit Headlines: 2013

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The Song of Otto (9)

By: Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

“We wanted it more than ever”

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The Song of Otto (8)

By: Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

“We! We! We! We! We! We! We!”

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