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Poem
By Audre Lorde
I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy I cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret
how come my knees are
always so ashy
what if I die
before morning...
Poem
By Li-Young Lee
In the steamer is the trout seasoned with slivers of ginger, two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil...
Poem
By Phillis Wheatley
O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare Wisdom is higher ...
Poem
By Robert Louis Stevenson
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
Poem
By Robert Louis Stevenson
When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up
Till it could come no more.
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