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Henry Gould
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semi-good semi-gray poet. Born in Mpls, lived in RI 45 yrs, back home. New book, a Mississippi poem : GREEN RADIUS https://contubernalesbooks.com/green-radius1. Also : PARMENIDES IN MINNEAPOLIS https://contubernalesbooks.com/parmenides-in-minneapolis
I've just published a new poetry pamphlet, titled THE MOUSETRAP. It's the 10th in a chapbook sequence, provisionally titled SHIELD OF MNEMOSYNE.
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The Mousetrap
THE MOUSETRAP is a set of poems, comprising the 10th section of a work-in-progress, tentatively titled SHIELD OF MNEMOSYNE.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Have been writing a lot this week. Wrapping up a new chapbook, hopefully. This is OLD GRAFFITI (1,2 & 3)
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This report by Alexander Nazaryan is, it seems to me, actually a profound and multifaceted historical account.

At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
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December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
17 FAHRENHEIT, complete
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We are in the "money answers everything" era, saith Kohelet
A new interpretation of the American Revolution as a transformative monetary contest.

Andrew David Edwards' Money and the Making of the American Revolution is now available (27 Jan UK pub):

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#History
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Kremlin claptraps
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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For today
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
rough draft (pt. 2)
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82
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December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"kinetic" : new euphemism for murder
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
rough draft, 17 FAHRENHEIT (pt. 1)
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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This collection has magic, humor, spirit, lyricism, resistance, delight, and lots of animals. Thought-provoking and kind, *Becoming Altar* makes a great gift for yourself or any reader.

What I want for Christmas is for *Becoming Altar* to sell out!

❤️ 🎄 📘 💖

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December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Mustn’t, though, forget this astonishing bit of Denbyesque brilliance. One of his earliest poems, out of In Public, In Private (1948).
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
MOONDROPS (for H & D Vogel)
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Poetry is "one of the sanctions of life", said Wallace Stevens. To me, this story of Dorothy & Herb Vogel is pure poetry.

Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
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November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
for the day after
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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allegorical
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
KISS OF PEACE
(Happy Thanksgiving to you)
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
(with special thanks to Sarah Josepha Hale)
Thanksgiving Is an Opportunity for a National Reset www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Thanksgiving Is an Opportunity for a National Reset
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November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
MY GULF
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Sunday's sky.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
THE MOUSETRAP. Just finished this poem, that I – at least – am very very happy with.
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
by popular demand : another tough rough draft
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM