For Ever
by MWctn
Today while skipping cross
the dry gully of a mesa
in my bright running shoes
I tripped over a holey stone
that once stubbed the
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Early in the Morning by Li-Young Lee © (Recitation)
Early in the Morning
© by Li-Young Lee While the long grain is softening
in the water, gurgling
over a low stove flame, before
the salted Winter Vegetable is
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© by Li-Young Lee While the long grain is softening
in the water, gurgling
over a low stove flame, before
the salted Winter Vegetable is
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Betrothed © by Louise Bogan (Recitation)
Betrothed
© by Louise Bogan
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© by Louise Bogan
You have put your two hands upon me, and your mouth,
You have said my name as a prayer.
Here where trees are planted
You have said my name as a prayer.
Here where trees are planted
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For Ever
Today while skipping cross
the dry gully of a mesa
in my bright running shoes
I tripped over a holey stone
that once stubbed the toe
of a dinosaur when
the dry gully of a mesa
in my bright running shoes
I tripped over a holey stone
that once stubbed the toe
of a dinosaur when
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Journal
He keeps a journal
the pages wrinkled
by time and by his tears.
Sometimes his pen washes
through the damp spots
weaving a faint blue trail
of sorrow word to
the pages wrinkled
by time and by his tears.
Sometimes his pen washes
through the damp spots
weaving a faint blue trail
of sorrow word to
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Indian Summer © by Eileen Carney Hulme (Recitation)
Indian Summer
© by Eileen Carney Hulme Like a deep blue wave
of passion
you shore into the room
where I sit waiting quietly,
open-booked. We have moved through
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© by Eileen Carney Hulme Like a deep blue wave
of passion
you shore into the room
where I sit waiting quietly,
open-booked. We have moved through
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One Year © by Sharon Olds (Recitation)
One Year
© by Sharon Olds When I got to his marker, I sat on it,
like sitting on the edge of someone’s bed
and I rubbed the smooth,
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© by Sharon Olds When I got to his marker, I sat on it,
like sitting on the edge of someone’s bed
and I rubbed the smooth,
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What’s In A Name (Explained)
The first stanza is about the emphatic first assertion of a young woman’s Independence.
The second describes her determination to triumph over the expectations of the patriarchy to conform.
The
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Love After Love © by Derek Walcott (Recitation)
Love After Love
© by Derek Walcott The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each
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© by Derek Walcott The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each
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Poem for Maya © by Carolyn Forche (Recitation)
Poem for Maya
© by Carolyn Forche Dipping our bread in oil tins
we talked of morning peeling
open our rooms to a moment
of almonds, olives and wind
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© by Carolyn Forche Dipping our bread in oil tins
we talked of morning peeling
open our rooms to a moment
of almonds, olives and wind
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