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| 3391. | Parable Of The Four-Poster by Erica Jong | | Because she wants to touch him,
she moves away.
Because she wants to talk to him,
she keeps silent.
Because she wants to kiss him,
she turns awa... |
| 3392. | People Who Live by Erica Jong | | People who live by the sea
understand eternity.
They copy the curves of the waves,
their hearts beat with the tides,
& the saltiness of their bloo... |
| 3393. | The Poem Cat by Erica Jong | | Sometimes the poem
doesn't want to come;
it hides from the poet
like a playful cat
who has run
under the house
& lurks among slugs,
roots, spid... |
| 3394. | The Poet Fears Failure by Erica Jong | | The poet fears failure
& so she says
"Hold on pen--
what if the critics
hate me?"
& with that question
she blots out more lines
than any critic... |
| 3395. | Epic by Patrick Kavanagh | | I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided, who owned
That half a rood of rock, a no-man's land
Surrounded by our pitch... |
| 3396. | Peace by Patrick Kavanagh | | And sometimes I am sorry when the grass
Is growing over the stones in quiet hollows
And the cocksfoot leans across the rutted cart-pass
That I am n... |
| 3397. | Primrose by Patrick Kavanagh | | Upon a bank I sat, a child made seer
Of one small primrose flowering in my mind.
Better than wealth it is, I said, to find
One small page of Truth'... |
| 3398. | Dead Man's Dump by Isaac Rosenberg | | The plunging limbers over the shattered track
Racketed with their rusty freight,
Stuck out like many crowns of thorns,
And the rusty stakes like sc... |
| 3399. | Through These Pale Cold Days by Isaac Rosenberg | | Through these pale cold days
What dark faces burn
Out of three thousand years,
And their wild eyes yearn,
While underneath their brows
Like wai... |
| 3400. | Terence, This is Stupid Stuff by A. E. Housman | | ‘TERENCE, this is stupid stuff:
You eat your victuals fast enough;
There can’t be much amiss, ’tis clear,
To see the rate you drink your b... |
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