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A Family Matter
there are gaps we’ll never fill
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Karan Kapoor

March 2024

March here is more of a run
The truth is I'll tie daffodils to my penis one morning / and bring spring to my wife in bed.
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Karan Kapoor
Free Event: Reading & Live Q&A with Bob Hicok
Hear Bob read new poems and answer your questions alongside Leigh Chadwick
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Fire
Is your solitude crushing?
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Samples of the day
I wish I knew how to dream of people.
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Water Look Away
A few poems from my favorite poetry collection of 2023
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February 2024

The Absence makes the heart. That’s it: absence makes the heart.
During the storm, I would like to be the storm.
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The order of things
Then I stopped hearing from you.
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January 2024

Elections have consequences and confetti on one side, not the other
"Republicans will be able to drill for oil in my bedroom if they want. Who'll stop them—me? Marcel Marceau? Buddha? That guy's too chubby and…
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Karan Kapoor
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The gift (I am not asking for)
It’s Bob’s birthday today, but we’re getting the gift — a previously unpublished poem!
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Karan Kapoor
More than whispers, less than rumors
“Why does lyric poetry exist?”
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Happy anniversary
A poem about war and fullness
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