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    Robert C. Koehler: The humble poem takes on the mighty sword

    by Bill Press, Tribune Content Agency May 02, 2024 3 minutes

    Here’s an anniversary no one wants to celebrate: The Columbine school shooting — April 20, 1999 — just passed its 25th anniversary. Fifteen dead (including the two shooters), 21 injured. A new era begins . . .

    Why, why, why bring up such a horrific event? Perhaps because it hasn’t stopped.

    Even though I sit here in the comfort of my study, feeling perfectly safe, I can’t emotionally disentangle myself from the news, which is always, in one way or another, about the human need to kill itself — or rather, the human assumption

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