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Substack: Why ‘Just Two More Poems’ is Always Two Poems Too Many

September 20, 2025 ~ Thom Sullivan ~ Leave a comment

Why ‘Just Two More Poems’ is Always Two Poems Too Many, or: How to Lose a Room in Real Time… a short piece on my Substack that considers the dreaded moment at a poetry reading when the poet looks up from their sheaf of papers – or their phone – and asks the room: ‘Do I have time for two or three more poems?’ Here’s the LINK.

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