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Pure Poetry #23: NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows Sex is Pure Poetry

“Oh, to be ready for it, unf*cked, ever-f*cked.”

Riese —

Mar 13, 2011

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Pure Poetry #22: William Carlos Williams and Beyond

This is just a post (mostly) about old white men. But it’s happy. It’s Autostraddle is Pure Poetry week and this is how we do it.

Becky —

Mar 12, 2011

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Pure Poetry #20: Veronica Franco, the Courtesan

“Veronica Franco became an icon for women to leave the confines of the home and enter the world of men. Unfortunately, in those days the only real way to do…

Queerie Bradshaw —

Mar 9, 2011

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Pure Poetry #19: Rock WILK is a F*cking Experience

“Rock’s voice was more powerful than my desire for a fresh beer.”

gabby —

Mar 9, 2011

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Pure Poetry #18: Raymond Carver Could Drink Ten Quarts of this Beer

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?

Riese —

Mar 8, 2011

Adrienne Rich

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Pure Poetry #17: Adrienne Rich Came to Explore the Wreck

I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes. The words are maps.

taylor —

Mar 7, 2011

judaism

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Pure Poetry #16: Vanessa Hidary, The Hebrew Mamita

‘Should I fiddle on a f*cking roof for you?’

Lindsay Eanet —

Mar 7, 2011

allen ginsberg

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Pure Poetry #14: Sady Doyle on the Great Poet Diane Di Prima

“This woman found the riskiest, weirdest thing to be, at any particular moment, and then she became it.”

Sady Doyle —

Mar 7, 2011

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Pure Poetry #15: Pablo Neruda

“Cómo logró su libertad la bicicleta abandonada?”

Laura —

Mar 6, 2011

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Pure Poetry #13: Jack Spicer Breaks My Heart Into Small Pieces

“I think that anyone’s a fool to become a junkie or a poet… it’s the same kind of hook really, and it has the same withdrawal symptoms if you ever…

Riese —

Mar 4, 2011

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Pure Poetry #11: Saul Williams

“Admittedly, as a 21-year-old middle-class queer Asian woman, I probably do not share that many experiences with Saul Williams, except for maybe being from New York and having a profound…

phoenix —

Mar 1, 2011

michelle tea

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Pure Poetry #10 : Michelle Tea

“hey now tall girl aren’t you bored all by yourself in your messy room”

Laneia —

Feb 28, 2011