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Poetic Powers Workshop
An intimate online poetry workshop where everyone "gets workshopped" every week
Mar 27, 2025
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Michael Broder
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When I'm 64
I'm not big on parties or presents, but my nonprofit loves them.
Mar 23, 2025
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Michael Broder
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January 2025
The Demoralization of Beachcomber Mike
The last time I posted here was on May 12, 2024, an essay called “The Incident of the Pacifier in the Crib.” I did not get the feeling that many people…
Jan 13, 2025
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Michael Broder
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May 2024
The Incident of the Pacifier in the Crib
What follows is a lightly edited journal entry.
May 12, 2024
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Michael Broder
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April 2024
Absolving Myself of Happiness
On the evening of Friday, January 26, 2024, I absolved myself of happiness.
Apr 26, 2024
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Michael Broder
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January 2024
Poems Found in Notebooks #6—I Have Walked Along Shores
"I Have Walked Along Shores" was written on October 23, 1990, in Lincoln City, Oregon, about a week after I tested positive for HIV.
Jan 9, 2024
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Michael Broder
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New Poems #6—The poet and his words
Poems on my computer that were never submitted to a journal
Jan 3, 2024
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December 2023
Pub Crawl #6—Unspeakable 1
“Unspeakable 1" (The Capilano Review, 2002)
Dec 26, 2023
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Michael Broder
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Rejected! #5—Verses for Submission
Rejected first by APR on March 13, 1995
Dec 17, 2023
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Michael Broder
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Poems Found in Notebooks #5—There was a time
There was a time when my obsession — January 2008
Dec 10, 2023
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Michael Broder
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New Poems #5—He asks me to moisturize his back
Poems written or revised in the past five years
Dec 3, 2023
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November 2023
Pub Crawl #5—Twilight in the City
“Twilight in the City" (Brooklyn Review, 2001)
Nov 26, 2023
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Michael Broder
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