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Allen Ginsberg: poems, essays, and short stories Poeticous

WebA supporter of the Communist party, Ginsberg's mother was a nudist whose mental health was a concern throughout the poet's childhood. According to biographer Barry Miles, …

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The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe

WebThe old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once—once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled …

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The Sea, by Bryan Procter poems, essays, and short

WebOn the fierce, foaming, bursting tide, When every mad wave drowns the moon. Or whistles aloft his tempest tune, And tells how goeth the world below, And why the sou’west blasts …

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To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America With Her Son, for

WebINDULGENT muse! my grov’ling m… And fill my bosom with celestial f… See from Jamaica’s fervid shore s… Like the fair mother of the bloomi… When from above the …

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Ellen West, by Frank Bidart

WebEllen West. I love sweets,—. heaven. would be dying on a bed of vanilla ice cream But my true self. is thin, all profile. and effortless gestures, the sort of blond. elegant girl whose. …

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Life Is Fine, by Langston Hughes

WebSo since I’m still here livin’, I guess I will live on. I could’ve died for love—. But for livin’ I was born. Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry—. I’ll be dogged, sweet …

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A Farewel to America to Mrs. S. W.

WebAdieu, New—England’s smiling mead… Adieu, the flow’ry plain: I leave thine op’ning charms, O s… And tempt the roaring main. II.

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The House of the Life (19): Silent Noon

WebYour hands lie open in the long fr… The finger—points look through lik… Your eyes smile peace. The pastur… ‘Neath billowing skies that scatte… All round our nest, far as the eye…

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Art and Heart, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

WebArt and Heart. Though critics may bow to art, and I am its own true lover, It is not art, but heart, which wins the wide world over. Though smooth be the heartless prayer, no ear in …

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Gary Oliver: poems, essays, and short stories Poeticous

WebGary Oliver is a writer, poet, and performer born in North Staffordshire in 1966. He spent much of his early years as a club MC and hip-hop rapper before pursuing higher …

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Sick, by Shel Silverstein poems, essays, and short

WebMy nose is cold, my toes are numb, I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my spine is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is …

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Curing A Cold, by Mark Twain

WebCuring A Cold. It is a good thing, perhaps, to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and …

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O. Henry: poems, essays, and short stories Poeticous

WebWilliam Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862– June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise …

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Life Is What We Make It

WebLife must be what we make of it. Dance to the thrill of it. And cold is the chill of it. Let us smile for the sake of it. Life must be what we make of it. And man’s strength is the price …

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The Mother's Son, by Rudyard Kipling

WebThe Mother's Son. And he is My Mother’s Son. And you’re not allowed to shave. More than a man could bear. Fuller than it could hold. Than any man could give. Longer than he …

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The Rites for Cousin Vit

WebEven now, surmise, She rises in the sunshine. There she goes, Back to the bars she knew and the repose. In love-rooms and the things in people’s eyes. Too vital and too …

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Report on Experience, by Edmund Blunden

WebReport on Experience. I have been young, and now am not too old; And I have seen the righteous forsaken, His health, his honour and his quality taken. This is not what we …

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Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale

WebThese two were distantly related to each other—seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they became orphans, and were adopted by the Brants, a childless …

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