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Poem of the Week - March 2, 2010
Where, Oh, Where
[Note: Due to long line lengths, we're presenting this week's poem in PDF format.]
This week, we are pleased to present Lisa Lewis's "Where, Oh, Where." Her books are The Unbeliever (Brittingham Prize), Silent Treatment (National Poetry Series), Burned House with Swimming Pool, forthcoming from Dream Horse Press, and Vivisect, forthcoming from New Issues Press. New work appears or is forthcoming in the Kenyon Review, American Literary Review, Washington Square, Fence, Rattle, and Seattle Review. She directs the creative writing program at Oklahoma State University.
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A strange scene-the first encounter with the father's face, after half a century of wondering what he looks like and what part of the self is derived from him, on his website where he promotes himself as the son of a 1950's radio commentator. As he tells it, he's a lucky man, wealthy, Republican, and proud of it. Wouldn't you, so opposite all that, want to write him a letter to introduce yourself? Wouldn't that scare you both to death? What good sardonic fun to imagine. Perhaps to do, though not quite yet, better hurry, he's not getting any younger!