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in flanders fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our pla...[read poem]
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our pla...
december, 1919
Last night I heard your voice, mother,
The words you sang to me
When I, a little baref...[read poem]
Last night I heard your voice, mother,
The words you sang to me
When I, a little baref...
enslaved
Oh when I think of my long-suffering race,
For weary centuries despised, oppressed,
Enslav...[read poem]
Oh when I think of my long-suffering race,
For weary centuries despised, oppressed,
Enslav...
harlem shadows
I hear the halting footsteps of a lass
In Negro Harlem when the night lets fall
Its ve...[read poem]
I hear the halting footsteps of a lass
In Negro Harlem when the night lets fall
Its ve...
if we must die
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While rou...[read poem]
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While rou...
on broadway
About me young careless feet
Linger along the garish street;
Above, a hundred shouting...[read poem]
About me young careless feet
Linger along the garish street;
Above, a hundred shouting...
romance
To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed,
Scented and warm against my beating breast;...[read poem]
To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed,
Scented and warm against my beating breast;...
the tropics in new york
Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root,
Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,
And tanger...[read poem]
Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root,
Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,
And tanger...
the meadow mouse
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In a shoe box stuffed in an old nylon stocking
Sleeps the baby mouse I found in th...[read poem]
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In a shoe box stuffed in an old nylon stocking
Sleeps the baby mouse I found in th...
the waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by...[read poem]
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by...
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