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		<title>When September Ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Soupy summer air thins and cools Beach balls deflate, pool noodles drip dry Flip-flops and khakis slip into storage Denim jeans and long-sleeved shirts unpack Dust no longer dances in the sunbeams Dewdrops revive the withered grasses Rubber soles squeal on wet linoleum Night arrives early and stays late Cheeks flush and noses run Pumpkins [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Milady, My Malady</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 07:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author&#8217;s NoteI wrote this in Nov. 2013 after a breakup. At the time, it was therapeutic and not intended for public consumption. Now though? It&#8217;s a bittersweet time capsule. A list poem in memory of a failed relationship]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Ode to a Donut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 05:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poem for Erica in iambic tetrameter My love went to the grocery storeReturning home with donuts forThe man she married (yes, that&#8217;s me).The box held six, or two by three. My eyes caressed those lovely ringsAdorned with sweet and sprinkly things.Such airy dough well-raised by yeast!In lieu of dinner, a man could feast. But [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Sulzbach]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[manacles]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poem of wistful longing about what might have been.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Weekly Sonnet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In college, I endeavored to write a sonnet a week. The process proved more daunting than anticipated, so I later concluded the experiment with this poem.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lamentation of the Black Knight</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Sulzbach]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thinking he has killed the hero of the story, the Black Knight delivers an impromptu soliloquy filled with regret and disappointment.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Princess of Mars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Carter]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs, I took upon myself the task of summarizing the first few chapters of his epic novel.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strange Visitor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's... a sonnet about Superman!]]></description>
		
		
		
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