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a clown's smirk in the skull of a baboon by E. E. Cummings
a clown’s smirk in the skull of a baboon
(where once good lips stalked or eyes firmly stirred)
my..
a light Out by E. E. Cummings
a light Out)
& first of all foam
-like hair spatters creasing pillow
next everywhere hidinglyse..
all ignorance toboggans into know by E. E. Cummings
all ignorance toboggans into know
and trudges up to ignorance again:
but winter’s not forever,even..
all which isn't singing is mere talking by E. E. Cummings
all which isn’t singing is mere talking
and all talking’s talking to oneself
(whether that oneself..
as freedom is a breakfastfood by E. E. Cummings
as freedom is a breakfastfood
or truth can live with right and wrong
or molehills are from mountai..
Autumn Valentine by Dorothy Parker
In May my heart was breaking-
Oh, wide the wound, and deep!
And bitter it beat at waking,
And sor..
Autobiography by Dorothy Parker
Oh, both my shoes are shiny new,
And pristine is my hat;
My dress is 1922....
My life is all like..
August by Dorothy Parker
When my eyes are weeds,
And my lips are petals, spinning
Down the wind that has beginning
Where t..
Anecdote by Dorothy Parker
So silent I when Love was by
He yawned, and turned away;
But Sorrow clings to my apron-strings,
I..
Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Dorothy Parker
Should Heaven send me any son,
I hope he’s not like Tennyson.
I’d rather have him play a fiddle
T..
Alexandre Dumas And His Son by Dorothy Parker
Although I work, and seldom cease,
At Dumas pere and Dumas fils,
Alas, I cannot make me care
For..
Afternoon by Dorothy Parker
When I am old, and comforted,
And done with this desire,
With Memory to share my bed
And Peace to..
After Spanish Proverb by Dorothy Parker
Oh, mercifullest one of all,
Oh, generous as dear,
None lived so lowly, none so small,
Thou could..
A Well-Worn Story by Dorothy Parker
In April, in April,
My one love came along,
And I ran the slope of my high hill
To follow a threa..
A Very Short Song by Dorothy Parker
Once, when I was young and true,
Someone left me sad-
Broke my brittle heart in two;
And that is..
A Portrait by Dorothy Parker
Because my love is quick to come and go-
A little here, and then a little there-
What use are any..
A Pig's-Eye View Of Literature by Dorothy Parker
The Lives and Times of John Keats,
Percy Bysshe Shelley, and
George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron
Byr..
A Fairly Sad Tale by Dorothy Parker
I think that I shall never know
Why I am thus, and I am so.
Around me, other girls inspire
In men..
A Dream Lies Dead by Dorothy Parker
A dream lies dead here. May you softly go
Before this place, and turn away your eyes,
Nor seek t..
A Certain Lady by Dorothy Parker
Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my head,
And drink your rushing words with eager lips,
And pai..
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