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How the Greats Feel: Part 3
Edgar Allen Poe
The Raven, of course, rolls his eyes impatiently
You feel goosebumps crawling up your sleeves
A haunting so familiar you grin
W. B. Yeats
Jon boat tosses t’n’fro the salty zeal of sea
His words slap aboard you drink’m in w’ease
A thirst for fresh stories unquenchable
Virginia Woolf
Woman blazes past her time and kitchen sink
You crave...
Sunday 14th November 2021 6:18 pm
How the Greats Feel: Part 2
William Shakespeare
Cold theater braces for a cliche thespian
Yet his every word is soft cotton on your skin
A bouquet of passion, puckishness and verse
Sylvia Plath
Bell jar sticky with fingerprints and sand
A whipping wind tips over your afternoon plans
Her manic notes on napkins now prolific works
Maya Angelou
Thunderous megaphone silences the crowd
...Saturday 13th November 2021 1:47 pm
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