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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET, by MARIAN PHILLIPS JOHNSON
First Line: The poet reads and lives - and learns to feel
Last Line: Do blend -- escaping not -- save through his pen!
Subject(s): Language; Poetry & Poets; Words; Vocabulary
First Line: The poet reads and lives - and learns to feel
Last Line: Do blend -- escaping not -- save through his pen!
Subject(s): Language; Poetry & Poets; Words; Vocabulary
The Poet reads and lives -- and learns to feel;
Absorbing words and phrases -- links the real
With the slim thread of his imagery;
Himself a crucible then comes to be
Where words and phrases and the lives of men
Do blend -- escaping not -- save through his pen!
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CANADA IN ENGLISH by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA
THERE IS NO WORD by TONY HOAGLAND
CONSIDERED SPEECH by JOHN HOLLANDER
AND MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ?Ǫ by JOHN HOLLANDER