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  Salvatore Quasimodo (Kaw-ZEE-mo-do) was born this day in 1901, in Modica, Sicily.  Salute!   When his first book ( Acque e Terre / Waters...

Harry and Caresse Crosby at desk in library ,  19 Rue de Lille , Paris  Harry Crosby – hey now heads up people today marks the 127th anniver...

Today’s  the 97th anniversary of the birth of the great poet Philip Lamantia.   Let’s celebrate, and cerebrate on, his poetry — shall we?  Y...

“. . . the Sun is a lighthouse on a Sea of Clouds . . .” Yes, so wrote Harry Crosby in his diary on November 7, 1927, after seeing “a giant ...

      “and isn’t it with daydreams that poetry begins to dance?”     Ah yes!  And aha!   Today’s the 96th anniversary of the birth of Philip...