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Poem of the DayBy St. John of the CrossI.In a dark night,With anxious love inflamed,O, happy lot!Forth unobserved I went,My house being now at rest.II.In darkness and in safety,By the secret ladder, disguised,O, happy lot!In darkness and concealment,My house being now at rest.III.In that happy night,In secret, seen...
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poemBy Harriet Beecher StoweThink not, when the wailing winds of autumnDrive the shivering leaflets from the tree,—Think not all is over: spring returneth,Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shalt see.Think not, when the earth lies cold and sealed,And the weary birds above her...
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collectionBy The Editors & Robert Eric Shoemaker
A collection of poems and essays by LGBTQ+ poets on topics and themes of identity, gender, and sexuality.
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Poem GuideBy Austin AllenA reluctant soldier responds to mass tragedy.
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Poem GuideBy Katherine Robinson
Our choices are made clear in hindsight.
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Poem GuideBy Joshua Weiner
Touch, risk, trust, improvisation—“the intellect as powerhouse of love.”
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poemBy Wo ChanBeauty on earth so blue, even the cheese flowersa culture with no democracy... Yesterday (for example),I ate the same sandwich I eat every week: eggplantroasted in red pepper aioli, a focaccia jammed fullby arugula, capers sweaty in browned butter....
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poemBy Sharon OldsAs our daughter approaches graduation andpuberty at the same time, at herown, calm, deliberate, serious rate,she begins to kick up her heels, jazz out herhands, thrust out her hipbones, chantI’m great! I’m great! She feels 8th grade comingopen around her,...
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