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at six i lived for spells (garret hongo, "what for")
the only happiness i care to find (sor juana inés de la cruz, "world, in hounding me")
now it is time for carving (ezra pound, "a pact")
hell and despair are upon me, (walt whitman, "song of myself")
i will forget the light! (emily dickinson, "heart! we will forget him!")
twig by twig the night-entangled trees (archibald macleish, "ars poetica")
taught me water is not everything (jimmy santiago baca, "who understands me but me")
they tell me you are wicked and i believe them. (carl sandburg, "chicago")
i gather shadows to last me a long time; (pablo neruda, "full powers")
oh, when she was sad, she cast herself into such a pure depth! (theodore roethke, "elegy for jane")
the golden splendor of the day, the sable pride of the night- (countee cullen, "tableau")
go down, Death, and bring her to me- (james weldon johnson, "go down, death")
by sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown;
till human voices wake us, and we drown. (t.s. eliot, "the love song of j. alfred prufrock")
words ripped from the hearts and minds of others, composed & cruel & acute, and they fill me still
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