Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEW TO ME, by IRMA DOVEY


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NEW TO ME, by                    
First Line: New to me are the shining white words
Last Line: Or the first to have heard.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


New to me are the shining white words
Like "silence" and "snow,"
All the poets have written them
But for myself I must know
The beauty and the sweetness of rhythm,
The glory of the one perfect word,
As if I were the first to have written,
Or the first to have heard.





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