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published September 2009

Denise Duhamel's most recent poetry titles are Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009); Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005); Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005); Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001); and The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she is an associate professor at Florida International University in Miami.

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Alaskan sin­gles who lis­ten to jazz.
Bilingual sin­gles. Singles with money.
Codependent sin­gles who just got the ax.
Down-in-the-dumps sin­gles whose jaws hang low.
Eco-friendly sin­gles. Singles into improv.
Flaky flipped out sin­gles with the flu.
Ghost-ridden sin­gles with gout.
Hippie sin­gles with shin­gles.
Inappropriate sin­gles full of anger.
Jelly-belly sin­gles. Singles who mea­sure oth­ers by IQ.
Kiss and tell sin­gles. Singles on the up and up.
Loco sin­gles with TiVo.
Mixed-up sin­gles addicted to aspirin.
Nosebleed-prone sin­gles. Singles prone to delir­ium.
Ornery sin­gles who hate splash­ing in the pool.
Platonic sin­gles who pre­fer to talk.
Quesadilla-sharing sin­gles who squeeze their own O.J.
Ravishing retro sin­gles into Atari.
Sappy stalk­ing sin­gles who turn to mush.
Telepathic sin­gles. Singles who wait all year for eggnog.
Undercover sin­gles. Singles who can recite Beowulf.
Vavavavoom sin­gles. Singles who are broke.
Wasted web­cam sin­gles who’ve been burned.
Xbox 360 sin­gles. Singles who com­plain about the AC.
Yodeling sin­gles. Singles who fib.
Ziegfeld Follies sin­gles, now retired, asleep on the sofa.

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