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"The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was /Spawning snow and pink roses against it ,/Soundlessly collateral and…
Snow By Louis MacNeice
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The thing about a shark is—teeth, /One row above, one row beneath. /Now take a close look. Do you find /It has another row behind?
About the Teeth of Sharks By John Ciardi
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....and warm is an old friendship That asks no longer deeds of gallantry, Or any deed at all - save that the friend shall be Alive and…
..Eunice Tietjens - "Old Friendship"
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We are having splendid weather and I am building a stone wall. I understand that all literary people, at one time or another, build a stone…
E,B. White - Excerpt from a letter to Harold Ross. August 1936
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I was small, like everyone. Life was a string of precautions: Don’t kiss the squirrel before you bury him, don’t suck candy, pop balloons…
Naomi Shihab Nye - The Yellow Glove
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- and a book of poems by a Chinese poet, in which I had just read the words “come or go but don’t just stand there in the doorway,”
Cynthia Zarin - Flowers
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There is this high singing in the air/ Forever this sorrowful human face in eternity’s window/ And there are other bells that we would ring…
Kenneth Patchen -At the New Year
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I am a horticulturalist, a commercial greenhouse grower. I am surrounded by beautiful plants and flowers. I am also a horse owner who designs and builds horse-drawn vehicles. I lead a beautiful life and I like to share.
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