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2.94sthe Tony Danza of the A-B stanza.
3.75sI give you the former poet laureate of the United States,
3.4sMr. Robert Pinsky.
4.84sTonight I'll be reading from a copy of my book I just checked out at Atherton Library!
1.67sI study there!
2.74sSay another building!
2.32sThat's it, Pinsky.
2.39sYou've got 'em right where you want 'em.
2.43s"Slow dulcimer gavotte and bow in autumn."
3.9sHe's reading "Impossible to Tell."
5.37s"Basho and his friends go out to view the moon; "In summer, gasoline rainbow in the gutter.
2.7s"The secret courtesy that courses like ichor...
3.44sthrough the old form of the rude, full-scale joke."
3sI'm in a coffee house listening to poetry.
2.8sThere's a cat on a table and no one seems to care.
2.75sThis is the single greatest day of my life!
2.77s"Impossible to tell in writing.
3.62sBasho, he named himself. Banana Tree."