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From "Jaywalking the Is": "First Dream"
2023-12-06by Noah Eli Gordon To say sleep works by accumulation is to disregard the weather in my head. It makes a genius of the pillow， an apt anthropomorphic ...
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That the Soul May Wax Plump
2023-12-06by May Swenson "He who has reached the highest degree of emptiness will be secure in repose."——A Taoist saying My dumpy little m...
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by William Shakespeare That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves， or none， or few， do hang Upon those boughs which shake against th...
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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...
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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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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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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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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 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 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...