“I’m traveling in some vehicle…”
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—after Joni Mitchell’s song and album Hejira I used to [...]

Why I Would Rather Go to the Laundromat Than Write Poems
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Because the gears are already turning when I get there, [...]

Final Expense
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An American child’s voice heckling Lightnin Hopkins,’Howlin Wolfs’ blues I [...]

What Governments Say to Women
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(The law compels a married woman to take the nationality [...]

Strange Meeting
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It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some [...]

On the Death of a Young Gentleman
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Who taught thee conflict with the pow’rs of night, To [...]

In Spite of War
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In spite of war, in spite of death, In spite [...]

DULCE ET DECORUM EST
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Wilfred Owen (1893 –1918) Bent double, like old beggars under [...]

Only
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This is only one street. One streetlamp. It is only [...]

body of War
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After Piggyback Ride by Lisa Yuskavage   We are giants [...]

What They Mean by Radical is
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when I open the door to leave  my apartment, it’s [...]

Serpentine
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 I had just an hour of darkness left   to slip [...]

Tina Cane is the founder/director of Writers-in-the-Schools, RI, and, from 2016-2024, served as the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island where she lives with her husband and three children.

See Tina’s full bio here.