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by Ona Gritz
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Derek Walcott
B. 1930 D. 2017
“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”
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The Connoisseuse of Slugs - Sharon Olds
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Ode to the Hymen - Sharon Olds
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Sharon Olds
B. 1942
“Olds writes “poetry more faithful to the felt truth of reality than any prose could be.” – Richard Wakefield.
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Race Riot, Tulsa, 1921 - Sharon Olds
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Edgar Allan Poe
B. 1809 D. 1849
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. - A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
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Phyllis Wheatley
B. 1753 D. 1784
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain/ May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.- Phillis Wheatley
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Steve Ellis
B. 1952
To soothe you / I ran back down to take a photo: / it's a splendid one of the horse / but you're only a hurrahing speck
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Mary Jo Salter
B. 1954
'this spiral / of making while unmaking while / the world goes round' -- Mary Jo Salter, 'Young Girl Peeling Apples'