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THE POET SPEAKS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW MUCH LIVING HAVE YOU DONE?
Last Line: AND LOVING ONLY GIVING.
Subject(s): LOVE - NATURE OF;

How much living have you done?
From it the patterns that you weave
Are imaged:
Your own life is your totem-pole
Your yard of cloth,
Your living.

How much loving have you done?
How full and free your giving?
For living is but loving
And loving only giving.



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