After skimming the Sunday Times, Dad turned to the back of the magazine
and tore out the crossword puzzle for his mother in Wisconsin—
as routine as my calligraphy class on Saturdays, flute practice
exactly twenty minutes on school nights
and astringent twice daily. I loved
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In January 2017, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters named Karla Huston the poet laureate of Wisconsin. She is the author of the poetry collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag, 2013), which received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Apr 22 2018
The Bach Chamber Choir, under the direction of Brian McLinden, presents American Poets: Experience the imagination of our greatest poets, past and present, as words come to life through lush and lively music interpretations of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Dana Gioia, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, Sara Teasdale, Langston Hughes and more. St. Christopher Episcopal Church (7845 N. River Road, River Hills, WI 53217). TICKETS: $18 at the door, $17 in advance, $10 for students. $1 discount for seniors (cash or check, please). For tickets and information call (414) 319-9816 or visit bachchoirmilwaukee.com. 3:00pm
7845 N. River Road
53217
River Hills, Wisconsin
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In Milwaukee it is snowing on the golden statue of the 1970s television star whose television house was in Milwaukee and also on the Comet Cafe and on the white museum the famous Spanish architect built with a glass elevator through it and a room with a button that when you press it makes two
poem
2016
I.
A soap-opera rising and sinking of bodies,
melt of glaciers, flamboyant sculpture of waves—
west wind at thirty knots—
this serial archipelago the drama of centuries.
Forgotten Steamboat Island
swallowed
