A Blues by Stan
Now I ain’t got the money
And the rent is due
And the man at the corner
Says my credit’s got shoes
Now the weathers got colder
And my coat’s mighty thin
I think it’s time to admit
The shape that I’m in
 
I don’t belong here
I see what you’re saying
Must be about time for sailing away
I don’t belong here
The day’s [...]

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A fragment by Stan
Oh, the widening gyre and slouching beast–
       Who was it called them out?
Never more than twinkling eyes and ribald laugh
       With old Jane’s jokes passing over many a head,
Not heard by many outside that golden circle
       Thought seriously to be in search of a center.
Other days had their bitter tears: the odd [...]

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We’ve put up a new “About Us” page listing contributors and volunteers (all unpaid, of course) and setting forth our view on copyright.
Essentially, we copyright the page but reserve copyright for individual contributions to the piece’s creator. It stays yours if you publish it here. We do request the indulgence of notice that you’d published [...]

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The Writers Group, one of the sponsors of the recent Valley International Poetry Festival meets at 7:00 this evening at the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 East Stenger Street in San Benito.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in writing. Participants have ten minutes each to read whatever they choose. Some regularly bring guitars and [...]

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