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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:01 PM Original message |
To continue the poetry discussion, post your favorite poem. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. I always liked Ogden Nash |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I always liked... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. My favorite Ogden Nash: "The Ant" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Departmental / Frost |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kick to generate interest. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. LOL! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Love that |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Too many, but this one is right up there |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. . . . . |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Another favorite by Wallace Stevens |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird / Stevens |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. e.e. cummings... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. *tips hat* |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. those last two lines are you, my dear |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know the name or the author |
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The Mending Wall |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh sure, be serious and post one with meaning |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. ALWAYS gives me chills! n/t |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think I know what you mean. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Revenant, Billy Collins |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. From Pent-up, Aching Rivers - Walt Whitman |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. My most favorite poem ever |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. My favorite poem |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Continent's End" -- Robinson Jeffers |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Pike / Hughes |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nothing Gold Can Stay |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Shortest poem: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. I don't know if this is a poem -- it's Margaret Atwood: |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Oh, yes! |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've always like this one: |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
87. I had to do a WCW impression |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. John Berryman- Dream Song 14 |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Can I post another one? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. From "New Hampshire", 1923 |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wilfred Owen "Dulce est Decorum Est" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. This one is the first one my boys learned to recite. + The Naming of Parts |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. I have thought of this one |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. E.E. Cummings |
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Calliope (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. One of my favorites |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Check this out: The Dover Bitch: |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Robert Service is one of my favorites |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. "The Arrow And The Song" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. Alice by Shel Silverstein |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Joy Harjo "Remember", Chrystos, "Those Tears" |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
88. I love Deer Dancer |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #88 |
103. wow, isn't she amazing... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Another one from e.e. cummings... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Helen -- H.D. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. When We Two Parted - Lord Byron |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. When you are old / Yeats |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. *sigh* Romantics |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The Hollow Men - T.S, Eliot |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. Daddy - Sylvia Plath |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The Arrival of the Bee Box / Plath |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
102. I quote that poem all the time |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. 'A Carpenter's Daughter' |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Birches / Frost |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
96. I have to agree, Oedi... that one is outstanding... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. one of my favs -- by jean genet |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. THE FLEA. / Donne |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. GREAT poem! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. and one by ezra pound |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. (Thank you for posting one that is in English. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. lol -- yeah -- i know what you mean. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. He was every bit as hard as Milton with his brazillion references |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. oh -- you got me -- milton!!! -- ok then here's this -- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. This poem is now forever associated with "Out of Africa" for me. lol |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. simply scrummy -- but i gotchya -- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. And speaking of kings, Ulysses / Tennyson |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. you know how to make me positively drool -- try this -- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. (I haven't read these in a long time. :-) The Lotos Eaters |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. Neruda...Ode to Wine |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. Dorothy Parker's answer to "Something Like a Star" lol |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. And, the poem that likely started Parker's argument with Frost: (as in the OP) |
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Calliope (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. One of my favorite Dorothy Parker poems |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. LOL! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. Mother Nature Sends a Pink Slip |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. LOL! That's great! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Rumi - The Guest House |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
63. Annabel Lee - Edgar Allan Poe |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. (And this should take us right back to Matthew Arnold. lol) n/t |
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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
70. One of my top 10: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Ode on a Grecian Urn / Keats |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
80. "Any System," by Leonard Cohen |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
81. "The Genius Of the Crowd"- Charles Bukowski |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #81 |
94. I like this one, The History Of One Tough Motherfucker |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. What a great poem. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
82. My favorite is by Stephen Crane: |
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ornotna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
83. One of my favorites. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
84. La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
85. Little Boy Blue by Eugene Field and Gashleycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey |
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Callalily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
86. Margaret Atwood's |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
89. ADIOS AGAIN, MY BLESSED ANGEL OF THUNDERHEADS AND URINE by Adrian C. Louis |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
90. THE SCENT OF BURNING HAIR by Sherwin Bitsui |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
91. "Perhaps The World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #91 |
99. "Wars have begun and ended at this table." |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
104. wow |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
92. "On the Amtrak from Boston To New York City" by Sherman Alexie |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
93. "Arizona Highways" by James Welch |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
95. nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands - e.e. cummings |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
98. Diamonds on My Windshield - Tom Waits |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
100. beware: do not read this poem / Ishmael Reed |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
101. Abou Ben Adhem |
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