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Lady’s-Slipper Orchid - by Andrew Young

{ Poem }

Though I know well enough
/ To hunt the Lady’s Slipper now
/ Is playing blindman’s-buff,
/ For it was June She put it on
/ And grey…

The Fascination of What’s Difficult - by William Butler Yeats

{ Poem }

The fascination of what’s difficult
/ Has dried the sap out of my veins, and rent
/ Spontaneous joy and natural…

The Song of Wandering Aengus - by William Butler Yeats

{ Poem }

I went out to the hazel wood, / Because a fire was in my head, / And cut and peeled…

SONG 352 - by Oleh Lysheha

{ Poem }

When you need to warm yourself,
/ When you are hungry to share a word,
/ When you crave a bread crumb,
/ Don’t…

Manuscript in a Bottle - by Pablo Antonio Cuadra

{ Poem }

I had seen coconut trees and tamarinds
/ and mangos
/ the white sails drying in the sun
/ the smoke of breakfast across the sky
/ at…

‘An Iranian professor I know asked me…’ - by Mimi Khalvati

{ Poem }

An Iranian professor I know asked me
/ the first time we met, as he’d asked so many
/ students:…

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