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She could have been with the IRA. “The troubles” in Ireland were stoutly brewing at the time. But it was hard to imagine Celia fusing bombs. She was too [...]

Sadly, people, unthinking people, often refer to pigs and pork in negative tones. Worse yet, they malign basically intelligent animals by comparing them to a [...]

We, who seven years ago Talked of honour and of truth, Shriek with pleasure if we show The weasel's twist, the weasel's tooth. W.B. Yeats The bulk of [...]

Sometimes off-center, many times overly gushy, but when it’s working, poetry still says it best. In his poem "In Place of a Curse" John Ciardi chooses a [...]