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Monday, July 3, 2017

"In the Street" by Mary Jo Bang

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July 3, 2017
 

In the Street

 
Mary Jo Bang
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About This Poem

 

"From the remove of standing on a balcony and looking down on a street, it's sometimes possible to believe in a brighter future. Writing this, I had in mind a black-and-white photograph titled Mysterium der Strasse (Mystery of the Street) taken in 1928 by the Bauhaus photographer Otto Umbehr (Umbo)."
—Mary Jo Bang

 

Mary Jo Bang is the author of A Doll for Throwing, forthcoming from Graywolf Press. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.

 

Photo credit: Mark Schäfer

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