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In the Land of Words
2023-12-06by Eloise Greenfield In the land of words, I stand as still as a tree, and let the words rain down on me. Come, rain, bring your knowledge and your mu...
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In the Greenhouse
2023-12-06by Eugenio Montale Translated by Charles Wright The lemon bushes overflowed with the patter of mole paws, the scythe shined in its rosary of cautious ...
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In the great snowfall before the bomb
2023-12-06by Lorine Niedecker In the great snowfall before the bomb colored yule tree lights windows, the only glow for contemplation along this road I worked t...
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In the Girls'Room
2023-12-06by Wendy Mnookin I saw them making out, Sheila whispers from the stall next to mine. We're standing, hidden from each other on opposite sides of t...
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In the Black Kitchen
2023-12-06by David Dodd Lee It begins early, arc crumbling over the yard with its salt bird baths. Then you dream of the banister gleaming, your hand from atop ...
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In the Bathroom Mirror
2023-12-06by Ralph Burns He continues to ponder And his wife moves next to him. She looks. They look at themselves Looking through the fog. She has a meeting sh...
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In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever
2023-12-06by Wanda Coleman we were never caught we partied the southwest, smoked it from L.A. to El Dorado worked odd jobs between delusions of escape drunk on ...
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In Tennessee I Found a Firefly
2023-12-06by Mary Szybist Flashing in the grass; the mouth of a spider clung to the dark of it: the legs of the spider held the tucked wings close, held the abd...
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In Praise of Scribble
2023-12-06by Orlando González Esteva Scribbles are the lianas of the forest of our selves. Clinging to them, the primate still in us frolics free. Knotti...
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In Paris
2023-12-06by Carl Dennis Today as we walk in Paris I promise to focus More on the sights before us than on the woman We noticed yesterday in the photograph at t...