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Some I love who are dead
were watchers of the moon and knew its lore

Answer: Full Moon by Robert Hayden

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Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery


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Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
ANSWER: Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman"

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Keeper of the small gate, choreographer
of entrances and exits, midnight
whisper travelling the wires


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That was my first Maya Angelou poem. I can see why she is so admired.

Keeper of the small gate, choreographer
of entrances and exits, midnight
whisper travelling the wires

Answer: Prayer by Dana Gioia

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It greases the palm, feathers a nest,
holds heads above water,
makes both ends meet.


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It greases the palm, feathers a nest,
holds heads above water,
makes both ends meet.
ANSWER: Dana Gioia's "Money"
Interesting poem. I especially liked the last stanza:
Quote:
Money. You don't know where it's been,
but you put it where your mouth is.
And it talks.


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All that I love
I fold over once


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I had to use that poem. It just spoke to me. I, too, loved the last stanza.

All that I love
I fold over once

Answer: "Bonsai" by Edith Tiempo

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Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?


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Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
ANSWER: Langston Hughes' "Harlem - a Dream Deferred"

My article about that Hughes poem at Suite101 used to get a lot of hits; one fellow even wrote about my article on his blog.

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Spring nights and cool mornings
Draw back their curtains slowly


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Spring nights and cool mornings
Draw back their curtains slowly

Answer: "As Tulips Dance and Sway" By Linda Sue Grimes

Beautiful poem Linda Sue.

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cold
breathes on a cloud
remembering

icicles
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cold
breathes on a cloud
remembering

icicles
hinder a flying kite
ANSWER: Nancy May's "Frosty Day"

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How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –

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How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –

Answer: "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" By Emily Dickinson

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cold nights on the farm, a sock-shod stove-warmed flatiron slid under the covers, mornings a damascene- sealed bizarrerie of fernwork
ANSWER: "On the Disadvantages of Central Heating" by Amy Clampitt


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bumblebee stumbles in


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