I learned to lie as a matter of self preservation. When I say that I have little regard for the line between reality and the perceived unreal, I’m really saying that this…
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“A poet is a time mechanic not an embalmer,” wrote Jack Spicer, and in her…
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John Skoyles is the author of eight books of poems and five of prose. All…