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This year, hundreds of thousands of Americans will travel abroad, not to see ancient ruins or visit historic sites, but to undergo affordable medical care.
These medical tourists will go to Mexico, Thailand, Costa Rica and elsewhere for everything from root canals to hip replacements. And while this type of tourism has been around for decades, it’s become more and more popular as health care costs in the U.S. continue to rise. And if Obamacare is overturned by the Supreme Court — more average Americans may soon be medical tourists as well. More.
Name Celebrate Poetry
Location New YorkApril is National Poetry Month, and Alfred A. Knopf and Tumblr are joining forces to celebrate in style. Follow this Tumblr for a stream of verse from new voices in the Tumblr community as well as established writers. Submit your own poems for a chance to be featured, or join us at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on April 23rd to meet up and hear readings by U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine and other amazing poets. And don’t forget to check out the brand-new Poetry Spotlight for new poetry blogs to follow!
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This is a family portrait of my plant colony. From right to left: Gael I, Gael II, Gael IV, Unborn Sunflower, Gael V, Julio Cacto de Hidalgo (King Cactus), Vi the Violet
the beams are visible through the ceiling
and the pipes run so fast i’ll never see them
but i hear the wiring and the plumbing
and i’m wondering
if the neighbors hear it too
the thumping and the beating
and the breathing
of runners in my room.
the copper in the woodwork