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Published on Mar 30, 2016

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OVER MANY QUAINT AND CURIOUS VOLUME OF FORGOTTEN LORE-

"The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe
Photo by Douglas Brown

KNOCK-KNEED, COUGHING LIKE HAGS,WE CURSED THROUGH SLUDGE

"Dulce et Decorum Est" WILFRED OWEN
Photo by crazyhorse_mk

AT FIRST, JUST ONE, A GLOSSY PURPLE CLOT

"Blackberry-Picking" SEAMUS HEANEY

FIVE MOUNTAIN RANGES ONE BEHIND THE OTHER UNDER THE SUNSET FAR INTO VERMONT.

"‘OUT, OUT—’" ROBERT FROST

A SENSE OF SOMETHING MOVING TO AND FRO.

"HAUNTED HOUSES" HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Photo by quas

THIS GIRLCHILD WAS BORN AS USUAL AND PRESENTED DOLLS THAT DID PEE-PEE

"BARBIE DOLL" MARGE PIERCY

I HAVE WALKED OUT IN RAIN—AND BACK IN RAIN.

"ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT" ROBERT FROST
Photo by kevin dooley

THE GHOSTS SWARM

"UNBIDDEN" RAE ARMANTROUT
Photo by Robb North

FOLDING CLOTHES, I THINK OF FOLDING YOU INTO MY LIFE.

"SORTING LAUNDRY" ELISAVIETTA RITCHIE

BRIGHT STAR, WOULD I WERE STEDFAST AS THOU ART—

"BRIGHT STAR" JOHN KEATS

MY POEMS

Photo by ecstaticist

I'M CURIOUS TO LEARN THE SECRETS KEPT BY THAT EMMA, MY NAMESAKE.

"ODE TO EMMA"

I JUST LOVE IT WHEN MY ROOM IS DIRTY!

Photo by adamscarroll

SILENCE IS THE AUDIENCE OBSERVING THE PERFORMANCE

DOES THE SNOW FALL FROM THE SKY LIKE SOFT PILLOWS LANDING ON THE GROUND?

HIS BEAUTIFUL WORK SHINING THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS REFLECTING IN THE CREEK

OH HOW I DON'T MISS THOSE SUMMER DAYS

MAYBE IT JUST SITS THERE LIKE A LUMP ON A LOG.

I LOVE THE PUMPKINS AND THE CROP MAZE

LOUD IS THE FOOTSTEPS FROM EACH MOVEMENT MADE BY HER FEET

Photo by mkd.

EMMA, SUCH A MYSTERIOUS NAME