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| 2041. | Tenuous And Precarious by Stevie Smith | | Tenuous and Precarious
Were my guardians,
Precarious and Tenuous,
Two Romans.
My father was Hazardous,
Hazardous
Dear old man,
Three Romans.
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| 2042. | Pad, Pad by Stevie Smith | | I always remember your beautiful flowers
And the beautiful kimono you wore
When you sat on the couch
With that tigerish crouch
And told me you lov... |
| 2043. | Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing by William Stafford | | The light along the hills in the morning
comes down slowly, naming the trees
white, then coasting the ground for stones to nominate.
Notice what ... |
| 2044. | A Child's Prayer by Siegfried Sassoon | | For Morn, my dome of blue,
For Meadows, green and gay,
And Birds who love the twilight of the leaves,
Let Jesus keep me joyful when I pray.
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| 2045. | In Me, Past, Present, Future meet by Siegfried Sassoon | | In me, past, present, future meet
To hold long chiding conference.
My lusts usurp the present tense
And strangle Reason in his seat.
My loves leap... |
| 2046. | A Whispered Tale by Siegfried Sassoon | | I’d heard fool-heroes brag of where they’d been,
With stories of the glories that they’d seen.
But you, good simple soldier, seasoned well
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| 2047. | A Poplar and the Moon by Siegfried Sassoon | | There stood a Poplar, tall and straight;
The fair, round Moon, uprisen late,
Made the long shadow on the grass
A ghostly bridge ’twixt heaven ... |
| 2048. | The Poet as Hero by Siegfried Sassoon | | You've heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented,
Mocking and loathing War: you've asked me why
Of my old, silly sweetness I've repented--
My ... |
| 2049. | Repression of War Experience by Siegfried Sassoon | | Now light the candles; one; two; there’s a moth;
What silly beggars they are to blunder in
And scorch their wings with glory, liquid flame—
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