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We -- Bee and I -- live by the quaffing by Emily Dickinson
We -- Bee and I -- live by the quaffing --
’Tisn’t all Hock -- with us --
Life has its Ale --
But..
Water makes many Beds by Emily Dickinson
Water makes many Beds
For those averse to sleep --
Its awful chamber open stands --
Its Curtains..
Warm in her Hand these accents lie by Emily Dickinson
Warm in her Hand these accents lie
While faithful and afar
The Grace so awkward for her sake
Its..
Wait till the Majesty of Death by Emily Dickinson
Wait till the Majesty of Death
Invests so mean a brow!
Almost a powdered Footman
Might dare to to..
While Someone Telephones by Elizabeth Bishop
Wasted, wasted minutes that couldn’t be worse,
minutes of a barbaric condescension.
--Stare out..
Work And Contemplation by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The woman singeth at her spinning-wheel
A pleasant chant, ballad or barcarole;
She thinketh of her..
Where's Madge then, by E. E. Cummings
Where’s Madge then,
Madge and her men?
buried with
Alice in her hair,
(but if you ask the rain
..
who sharpens every dull... (26) by E. E. Cummings
who sharpens every dull
here comes the only man
reminding with his bell
to disappear a sun
and..
when what hugs stopping earth than silent is... (16) by E. E. Cummings
when what hugs stopping earth than silent is
more silent than more than much more is or
total sun..
Walkers With The Dawn by Langston Hughes
Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
Walkers with the sun and morning,
We are not afraid of ni..
When You Come by Maya Angelou
When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.
Offering me..
Weekend Glory by Maya Angelou
Some clichty folks
don’t know the facts,
posin’ and preenin’
and puttin’ on acts,
stretchin’ the..
Woman Work by Maya Angelou
I’ve got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chi..
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows s..
Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein
Birds are flyin’ south for winter.
Here’s the Weird-Bird headin’ north,
Wings a-flappin’, beak a-c..
Whatif by Shel Silverstein
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied..
Walking Around by Pablo Neruda
It so happens I am sick of being a man.
And it happens that I walk into tailorshops and movie
hous..
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