national poetry month – Page 4 – Meaghan Walsh Gerard

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POEM – April 17

April 17, 2014

EXCERPTED FROM LAUSTIC BY MARIE DE FRANCE No-one detected their subterfuge, No-one could tell her not to stare Out her own window–and he’d be there. Long had they loved each other dear When there came the summer of one year. Now woods and meadows are green again, Orchards in blossom are seen again, The…

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POEM – April 16

April 16, 2014

RESUMÉ BY DOROTHY PARKER Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

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POEM – April 15

April 15, 2014

CELERY BY OGDEN NASH Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly chewed.

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POEM – April 14

April 14, 2014

EXCERPTED FROM THE LADY OF SHALOTT BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Heard a carol, mournful, holy, Chanted loudly, chanted lowly, Till her blood was frozen slowly, And her eyes were darken’d wholly, Turn’d to tower’d Camelot; For ere she reach’d upon the tide The first house by the water-side, Singing in her song she died, The…

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POEM – April 13

April 13, 2014

THE RED WHEELBARROW BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.