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by George Moses Horton When on life's ocean first I spread my sail, I then implored a mild auspicious gale; And from the slippery strand I took my...
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Private Eye Lettuce
2023-12-06by Richard Brautigan Three crates of Private Eye Lettuce, the name and drawing of a detective with magnifying glass on the sides of the crates of lett...
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Prayer to Shadows on My Wall
2023-12-06by Mark McMorris Soon the rushlights will go out in the flesh of sympathetic bodies once close to my own hand and I will go to my hammock, thinking of...
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On Liberty and Slavery
2023-12-06by George Moses Horton Alas! and am I born for this, To wear this slavish chain? Deprived of all created bliss, Through hardship, toil, and pain! How ...
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psalm
2023-12-06by Alicia Suskin Ostriker I am not lyric any more I will not play the harp for your pleasure I will not make a joyful noise to you, neither will I lam...
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On Looking for Models
2023-12-06by Alan Dugan The trees in time have something else to do besides their treeing. What is it. I'm a starving to death man myself, and thirsty, thir...
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Public Transportation
2023-12-06by Elaine Sexton She is perfectly ordinary, a cashmere scarf snugly wrapped around her neck. She is a middle age that is crisp, appealing in New York....
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On My First Son
2023-12-06by Ben Jonson Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. Seven years thou'wert lent to me, a...
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Purgatory
2023-12-06by Maxine Kumin And suppose the darlings get to Mantua,suppose they cheat the crypt, what next? Begin with him, unshaven. Though not, I grant you, a d...
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On the Circuit
2023-12-06by W. H. Auden Among pelagian travelers, Lost on their lewd conceited way To Massachusetts, Michigan, Miami or L.A., An airborne instrument I sit, Pre...