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Jules Nyquist

Jules Nyquist lives in Albuquerque and is the creator of the Poetry Playhouse where she invites visiting poets and leads poetry classes. She received her MFA from Bennington College, VT and her poetry collection, Appetites, (Beatlick Press) was a finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona 2012 Book Awards. Her website is www.julesnyquist.com.

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Weekly Poem: Day One (a sestina)

14. February 2014

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By Jules Nyquist

Day One
the big bomb to win
the war of wars, the big
one, how many times
do you think, Doctor?
The Army wants to know!

Dr. Oppenheimer says he knows
the gadget will work and be one
big blast (in his doctoral
opinion), a dud would not win
us anything, we need more time
to develop a device that’s big

enough to blast a whole city...

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