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Self-Portrait as Mae West Anagram

Bite-Size Poetry for November 2015: Paisley Rekdal

“I’m no moaning bluet, mountable / linnet, mumbling nun. I’m / tangible, I’m gin. Able to molt / in toto, to limn.” In this short film, Paisley Rekdal, who served as the Utah state poet laureate from 2017 to 2022, recites her poem “Self-Portrait as Mae West Anagram” for the Utah Division of Arts and Museums.

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Paisley Rekdal
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Self-Portrait as Mae West Anagram
Self-Portrait as Mae West One-Liner
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2015

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