“One way to consider a poem’s relationship to itself: it tries to discover its own limit so that it can fill the shape with song.” —Dan Beachy-Quick, from OF SILENCE AND SONG — Emilia Phillips (@gracefulemilia) December 23, 2017

Sorry, it's even worse that that. I think it's more like late-night, UHF TV, knock-off Franklin Mint advertisement tacky. — Lee Potts, OFS (@LeePottsPoet) December 23, 2017

The problem is that the part of the ACA that everyone likes depends on everyone being in the insurance pool, not just the really sick people. That's how insurance works, — Lee Potts, OFS (@LeePottsPoet) December 23, 2017

The problem is that the part of the ACA that everyone likes depends on everyone being in the insurance pool, not just the really sick people. That's how insurance works, — Lee Potts, OFS (@LeePottsPoet) December 23, 2017

Opinion | I’ve never loved my country more

http://ift.tt/2D4USCI “It is worth the fighting for. I knew this, always, on an intellectual level. The Trump presidency has made me feel it, viscerally and passionately. The ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and implemented through the careful structures and capacious phrases of the Constitution do not merely compel our respect. In the Trump […]

What’s a dumb thing you thought when you were a kid? I thought Masterpiece Theater got its name from Sesame Street’s Monsterpiece Theater and not the other way around. — Hermione Manger (@OhNoSheTwitnt) December 22, 2017

I thought American democracy was robust enough to stand up to stupid, megalomaniac, kleptocrats. — Lee Potts, OFS (@LeePottsPoet) December 23, 2017

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division @atlasobscura https://t.co/DiIO70Q8Vs http://pic.twitter.com/HLp8ImvRiM — Lee Potts, OFS (@LeePottsPoet) December 23, 2017