Apologies and Insect Wings

Two poems accepted by the most-excellent folks at Phoebe. Recommended five most-excellent poetry collections at 32 Poems Blog. Ate a most-excellent venison stew. Seattle blooms, most-excellently.

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Killer first line of the moment:

"You crawl into bed, apologies and insect wings"

from Traci Brimhall's "Aubade with a Fox and a Birthmark"

(Rookery, Southern Illinois University Press, 2010)

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Average faculty salaries rose 1.4 percent from 2009-10 to 2010-11, even though average pay decreased at 30 percent of colleges and universities, according to the annual pay report being released Monday by the American Association of University Professors.

-via NYTimes

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For literary journals, the arrival of the Internet has not caused nearly the same kind of consternation as it has in book publishing or mainstream magazines — mainly because the profit motive has never really driven these boutique publishers.

-via NYTimes

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