Heather McHugh is a celebrated poet, translator, and educator. Her eight collections of poetry include Upgraded to Serious (Copper Canyon Press, 2009); Eyeshot, shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize; and Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968–1993, named a Notable Book of the Year. She is also the author of a collection of literary essays, as well as three books of translations. A faculty member in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, McHugh serves as writer in residence at the University of Washington.

Webcam the World

by Heather McHugh

Get all of it. Set up the shots
at every angle; run them online
24-7. Get beautiful stuff (like
scenery and greenery and style)
and get the ugliness (like cruelty
and quackery and rue).
There’s nothing
unastonishing—but get that, too. We have

to save it all, now that we can, and while.
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