MURDER
By Christopher Sedgwick Blood. She came for blood To cause a flood Some Crimson lake Something to seep beneath the mud To insert that...
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WINTER STARS
By Sara Teasdale I went out at night alone; The young blood flowing beyond the sea Seemed to have drenched my spirit’s wings— I bore my...
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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY
By Lord Byron She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in...
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RICHARD CORY
By Edwin Arlington Robinson Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole...
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WHEN I HAVE FEARS
By John Keats When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, Before high-pilèd books, in...
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ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT
By Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city...
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I SIT & LOOK OUT
By Walt Whitman I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame; I hear secret convulsive sobs...
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MIRROR
By Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or...
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WE WEAR THE MASK
By Paul Laurence Dunbar We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile;...
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ALONE
By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from...
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D E M O N W A L K
By Christopher Sedgwick It’s time to take my demons for a walk I’ve upset my man Silliness took my hand No longer time or opportunity to...
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M U R D E R
By Christopher Sedgwick Blood. She came for blood To cause a flood Some Crimson lake Something to seep beneath the mud To insert that...
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