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Learning
2023-12-06by Judith Viorst I'm learning to say thank you. And I'm learning to say please. And I'm learning to use Kleenex, Not my sweater, when I sn...
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Leaving Seoul: 1953
2023-12-06by Walter K. Lew We have to bury the urns, Mother and I. We tried to leave them in a back room, Decoyed by a gas lamp, and run out But they landed beh...
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Losing Track
2023-12-06by Denise Levertov Long after you have swung back away from me I think you are still with me: you come in close to the shore on the tide and nudge me ...
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Lost Original
2023-12-06by Anselm Hollo Mr. K said in times of great crudity it is necessary to be subtle so please wrap around me with awkward grace I may have suffered some...
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Leavings
2023-12-06by Robin Robertson Still sleepwalking through her life, I wrap her up and we go through the snow that fell all night and all through this Christmas mo...
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Leda and the Swan
2023-12-06by W. B. Yeats A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bi...
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Lot's Wife
2023-12-06by Anna Akhmatova (Translated by Max Hayward and Stanley Kunitz) And the just man trailed God's shining agent, over a black mountain, in his giant...
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Lenore
2023-12-06by Edgar Allan Poe Ah broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!——a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river;...
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Love (III)
2023-12-06by George Herbert Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entr...
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Love Affair with Firearms
2023-12-06by Medbh McGuckian From behind the moon boys' graves bleed endlessly; from photograph to browning photograph they blacken headlines, stranded outs...