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“All that went unnoticed / till now —”

The blade / of your hand carves a portal out of steam, / the two of us like boys behind frosted glass / who wave goodbye while a car shoves off / into winter. TIMOTHY LIU from Winter   THURSDAY NIGHT POETS HENRY ISRAELI | TIMOTHY LIU | DAVID BRADFORD MARCH  16TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s […]

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“Tonight, like no other…”

  Stew, my paddling companion, coughs, says: “I didn’t think I’d miss the insects as much as the potable water, the blue sky, green.”* A breeze makes me glad to be in my body.**   THURSDAY NIGHT POETS AARON KREUTER Arguments for Lawn Chairs JIM NASON Touch Anywhere to Begin FEBRUARY 2ND Doors 6:30PM  Poetry […]

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Salve

  Thursday Night Poets CONCETTA PRINCIPE and RONNA BLOOM hold a tender space last night. knife | fork | book UPCOMING:  FEB 2 AARON KREUTER  JIM NASON  FEB 9 INSPIRITUS PRESS APPARATUS BOOK LAUNCH  FEB 10 SLO-PO with DAVID BRADFORD  FEB 16  KATE SCHAPIRA  AARON BOOTHBY  FEB 23  CLAIRE MARIE STANCEK  MOUTHS BOOK LAUNCH  MARCH 2 GWEN BENAWAY  EMMA HEALEY  […]

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Today’s the day

Happy Birthday, great poet. Generous teacher. Beloved friend. Radiant beauty. Queen of hearts. Pictured: HOA NGUYEN 

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These two

Rick & Drew Photos: KIRBY

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2 x Bloom

Poetry: Ronna Bloom Visualization: Midi Onodera TOMORROW NIGHT | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS RONNA BLOOM CONCETTA PRINCIPE Come. Be moved. Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market  

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Get personal

In the sense that we are born into circumstances and live out those circumstances without any foreknowledge, we unconsciously absorb responsibility for the historical events that led to the contemporary circumstances. The personal is imbricated by the political.”  CONCETTA PRINCIPE on Hiroshima: A Love War Story THURSDAY NIGHT POETS CONCETTA PRINCIPE Hiroshima: A Love War […]

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While Donald and Melania danced

“There’s something happening here…”  knife | fork | book   Photos: KIRBY

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“my new happy place!”*

Last night was nothing shy of poetic bliss. Laura, Claire, Michael—the poets and readers in attendence—thanks for making it so. knife | fork | book UPCOMING: TONIGHT MOEZ SURANI. 01/26 CONCETTA PRINCIPE RONNA BLOOM. 02/02 AARON KREUTER JIM NASON.  Pictured: poets Laura Kathryn McRae, Claire Caldwell, and Michael Prior Photos: KIRBY *Shane Neilson

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“This one’s from the heart”

@itsakirby @cpmcaldwell @purlpoet @michaelprior06 "o, baby, this one's from the heart…"https://t.co/j6TCHmY9uG#tonight #ThursNightPoets — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) January 19, 2017