By Li-Young Lee
And when, in the city in which I love you,even my most excellent song goes unanswered,and I mount the...
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- By Karen HouleOne man and one woman park the government Jeepon the gravel shoulder of the Grand River watershed.Paired...
- By Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...
- By Cornelius EadySome folks will tell you the blues is a woman,Some type of supernatural creature.My mother would tell...
- By DaMaris B. HillEvery wife must apologize for not being her husband’s mother? But he will not forgive you. The absence...
- By Federico García LorcaVerde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la monta...
- By Rajiv MohabirLook at your feet, so beautiful. Do not step on the ground, filth will smear them; your future will ...
- By Diana Marie DelgadoI turn on the radio and hear voices, girls becoming women after tragedy. Talk about dreams! His heart...
- By Shanta LeeHunger like her mama Most strong in White gaze as in a Cowbird’s flirtation Sprouted in eyes to tongues to bellies...
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- By OvidSome are transformed just once And live their whole lives after in that shape. Others have a facility...
- By Matthew ZapruderI think there was a movie once where Frankenstein fell in love with a vampire. A small mummy at first...
- By Federico García LorcaGreen I want you green green wind green branches Boat on the sea and horse on the mountain Shadow on...
- By Moira EganThings happen when you drink too much mescal. One night, with not enough food in my belly, he kept on...
- By Franny ChoiThe truth is that no man has taken anything I didn’t give him. I mean, no man has taken anything I claimed...
- By Aimee NezhukumatathilWhen Cleopatra received Antony on her cedarwood ship, she made sure he would smell her in advance across...
- By Ladan OsmanSomeone tells me the earth and everything in itwill belong to me if I catch the horizon before sundown...
- By Patti SmithI feel like I feel like shit I need a I need a drink and not vinegar neither I don’t want to die I feel...
- By T. S. EliotI Among the smoke and fog of a December afternoon You have the scene arrange itself — as it will seem...
- By T. S. EliotAs she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth...
- By T. S. EliotApeneck Sweeney spread his knees Letting his arms hang down to laugh, The zebra stripes along his jaw...