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The Death of the Old Year
2023-12-05By Alfred, Lord TennysonFull knee-deep lies the winter snow,And the winter winds are wearily sighing:Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,And tread so...
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The Lotos-Eaters
2023-12-05By Alfred, Lord Tennyson"Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land,"This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon."In the af...
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By the Lake
2023-12-05By the LakeBy Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)Across the flat and the pastel snowTwo people go . . . . 'And do you rememberWhen last we wandered thi...
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The Thirteenth Labor
2023-12-05The Thirteenth LaborJonathan WellsFor Hercules, the thirteenth labor, is allowing the mortal lovers to goback to their separate beds unreconciled, ...
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Amateur Hour
2023-12-05Amateur HourCharlie ClarkThe clouds here are beautiful in the manner of my wife’s hands.They are pleasures with strange limits, and change color...
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Muxica
2023-12-05MuxicaAlberto RíosThe border fence,The crossing chain links, the twisted wires:The fence is strung like two harpsAt cross-purposes,Two harps at...
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Resurrection
2023-12-05ResurrectionAbdulla PashewTranslated from the Kurdish by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosseFrom time to time, sadness fills my throatand pain reaches its l...
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Ars Poetica
2023-12-05Ars PoeticaJaniru Liyanageafter Aria AberI broke into english the way a man once broke into my mother.At the halflight of his bite, pink flesh and all...
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The Incognito Lounge
2023-12-05The Incognito LoungeDenis JohnsonThe manager lady of thisapartment dwelling has a facelike a baseball with glasses and patheticallyrepeats herself. Th...
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The Shortest Night
2023-12-05The Shortest NightVictoria ChangAnd when I looked up,the sky had also turned black,and I had aged ahundred more feet down the road.The owl was on then...