Schemes, Dreams, and Some Thoughts on Poetry

Hilary Holladay 12/31/17 Hilary Holladay 12/31/17

What to Do with a Year Like This One

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Press its thorny stems between the pages of a book you plan to give away.

Let it simmer on the stove until the smoke is sweet and the pan is gone.

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As an audience member, I approach poetry readings with mingled feelings of hope and dread.

Hilary Holladay 12/16/15 Hilary Holladay 12/16/15

A torn flag hangs From the balcony of a two-story Shack; fields of corn give way

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In the spring of 1949, when the poet Allen Ginsberg was twenty-two, he came very close to becoming a common thief.