Benares
To hear the poet read "Benares," click here.We floated on that skiff at day- break. Down the Ganges to the ghats. The joyful dead bumped against the bow, their faces attentive.Now that I understand...
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We bought Amish quilts in Kalona. Or, I bought two. You hung back, approving, but disinclined by natureto purchase cotton and twill oddments, stars and hexagons. Yet you did. And paid with a rare...
View ArticleWhen He Fell
Hear Carol Muske-Dukes reading this poem here. When he fell, strangers ran to him. Strangers called for help, lifted his body and carried it. Then strangers cut him, emptied him. Their ideasof death...
View ArticleThe Machine
Listen to Carol Muske-Dukes reading this poem. Night after night when he was young, he told me he dreamed the same dream. It was not a simple dream, the machine.At first it half-coalesced as a drill...
View ArticleThe Queen of Tragedy
Listen to Carol Muske-Dukes reading this poem. Here she comes, the Queen of Tragedy, dragging her train of black feathers … Grieving publicly, grieving at the great communal well. Tears, tears...
View Article"Addicts"
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Carol Muske-Dukes read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes..Monsters, all of them. The ones...
View Article"Suttee"
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Carol Muske-Dukes read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes..Some go willingly;Some resist.The...
View Article“Gun Control”
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Carol Muske-Dukes read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes.1.When the older brother, horsing...
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