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November 9, 2021 7:51 PM

'Climax Change' and Three Poems by Mark Levine. Levine won the 1993 National Series Selection for his first book, Debt. Other work includes teaching Journalism.

Levine won the 1993 National Series Selection for his first book, Debt. Other work includes teaching Journalism.

posted by clavdivs (5 comments total)

doh. should read teaching and Journalism and mod hope me and kill the more inside redundancy.
posted by clavdivs at 7:56 PM on November 9, 2021

And as I rode,
stupid infant pleasure returned me
to my body’s bicycle;
and I rode until pain made
my bicycle invisible.

i feel seen
posted by chavenet at 3:27 AM on November 10, 2021 [2 favorites]

i feel seen

All four of the poems are eminently quotable. Great post!
posted by Literaryhero at 4:39 AM on November 10, 2021 [2 favorites]

"Work Song," the poem that made Levine famous. Still great all these years later.
posted by escabeche at 6:08 PM on November 10, 2021 [1 favorite]

Words, words, WORDS

Thank you so much, clavdivs, and escabeche for that Work Song. MMMM
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 11:38 AM on November 11, 2021