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    Three Things (poem by Baltasar de Alcázar)   — TWO Translations!
    • Sep 15, 2017

    Three Things (poem by Baltasar de Alcázar) — TWO Translations!

    Bal­tasar de Alcázar (1530−1606) is one of the few poets of his day who con­sis­tently allowed him­self to be funny. He is sometimes...
    • Sep 12, 2017

    Double-Dactyl Word List

    There's a light verse form known as the double-dactyl, and strict adherence to the form requires that one of the lines consist of a...
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