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The Baite
2023-12-06by John Donne Come live with mee, and bee my love, And wee will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and christall brookes, With silken lines, an...
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The Author to Her Book
2023-12-06by Anne Bradstreet Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth didst by my side remain, Till snatched from thence by friends, less w...
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by Ray A. Young Bear Immediately after the two brothers entered The Seafood Shoppe with their wide-eyed wives and extra-brown complexioned stepchildre...
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The Army of Truth
2023-12-06by Henrik Wergeland Words? Those sounds the world despises. Words in poems? Even more to be disdained! Ah, how feeble are your powers to defend all th...
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The Armadillo
2023-12-06by Elizabeth Bishop This is the time of year when almost every night the frail, illegal fire balloons appear. Climbing the mountain height, rising tow...
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The Argument of His Book
2023-12-06by Robert Herrick I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers, Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, hock carts, wassails...
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The Anactoria Poem
2023-12-06by Sappho (Translated by Jim Powell) Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, others call a fleet the most beautiful of sights the dark ear...
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That Woman
2023-12-06by Sarah Getty Look! A flash of orange along the river's edge—— "oriole!" comes to your lips like instinct, then it's va...
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From "Mountain Time"
2023-12-06by Kathryn Stripling Byer Up here in the mountains we know what extinct means. We've seen how our breath on a bitter night fades like a ghost from...
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From "Literature in the 21st Century"
2023-12-06by Ronald Wallace Sometimes I wish I drank coffee or smoked Marlboros, or maybe cigars—— yes, a hand-rolled Havana cigar in its thick, man...