Alexander Kaplan Poetry | Substack

We hate this thing, which gives us what we want, / Because it shows us, without government / Distortions, who we are.

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Because you lived your life so well, / We gave you many epithets, / Each more Homeric than the last: / Huge-pupiled (always seen to swell / Before your…

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In Praise of Alexander Calder

You know, modern art isn’t a monolith, as I’ve written before.

Aug 17

Modern Art Does Not Exist

Is modern art any good?

Aug 16

Better Homes & Gardens Revisited

Most of all, I want life taken care of, / Every single must and have, / Which dominate / My mind each day, / Complete: / No more responsibilities.

Aug 15

Rhymes Don't Get Used Up

I once read some modernist poet asshole (think T. S. Eliot and his ilk) denigrate formal poetry because the vast majority of rhymes have all been used…

Aug 11

Email from a College Administrator

Hello Everyone, / Welcome to the start of another great semester!

Aug 7

Delusion Buys You the Ticket

When I was in high school, there was this kid who was great at basketball: the fundamentals were baked into his DNA, he practiced nonstop, and on the…

Aug 6

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