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National Poetry Month: April 21-30

April 21-30

Halfway There by Kate Baer  

Whatever happens,
you are free to go. Free
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Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size   
 

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Desiderata - Words for Life by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
 

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Idea by Kate Baer

I will enjoy this life.  I will open it
like a peach in season, suck the juice
from every finger

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Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare by Dante Allighieri

So gentle and honest my lady seems
when greeting others with great flair
 

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I taste a liquor never brewed by Emily Dickinson

I taste a liquor never brewed –
From Tankards scooped in Pearl –
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The Candle by Erick M. Goldsmith

I grew up in a world of darkness.
It was outside my front door, in my classrooms, and on the
streets that I walked every day. ...

Three Thousand Miles by Maria McDonnell

The boys in Dublin
        have faces like milk &
        fresh haircuts.

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So This is what it's Like by Erick M. Goldsmith

So,
This is what it's like?

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For My Sister by Kate Baer

It looks hopeless because the hope
was sucked out of the room.

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