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In Memory of W. B. Yeats
2023-12-06by W. H. Auden I He disappeared in the dead of winter： The brooks were frozen， the airports almost deserted， And snow disfigured the public statues； T...
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In Memory of Sigmund Freud
2023-12-06by W. H. Auden When there are so many we shall have to mourn， when grief has been made so public， and exposed to the critique of a whole epoch the fra...
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In Memory of M. B.
2023-12-06by Anna Akhmatova Translated by Max Hayward and Stanley Kunitz Here is my gift， not roses on your grave， not sticks of burning incense. You lived aloo...
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In Memoriam Paul Celan
2023-12-06by Edward Hirsch Lay these words into the dead man's grave next to the almonds and black cherries—— tiny skulls and flowering blood-dr...
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In Memoriam Mae Noblitt
2023-12-06by A. R. Ammons This is just a place： we go around， distanced， yearly in a star's atmosphere， turning daily into and out of direct light and slant...
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In Louisiana
2023-12-06by Albert Bigelow Paine The long， gray moss that softly swings In solemn grandeur from the trees， Like mournful funeral draperies，—— A bro...
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In Jerusalem
2023-12-06by Mahmoud Darwish Translated by Fady Joudah In Jerusalem， and I mean within the ancient walls， I walk from one epoch to another without a memory to g...
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In General
2023-12-06by Pattiann Rogers This is about no rain in particular， just any rain， rain sounding on the roof， any roof， slate or wood， tin or clay or thatch， any ...
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In Every Direction
2023-12-06by Ralph Angel As if you actually died in that dream and woke up dead. Shadows of untangling vines tumble toward the ceiling. A delicate lizard sits o...
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In Concert
2023-12-06by Giorgianna Orsini Hidden away in the music you found my hand. I might have been the prettiest there in a dress I‘d sewed. I felt sure of you，...