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By Audre Lorde
I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy I cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret
how come my knees are
always so ashy
what if I die
before morning...
Poem
By Li-Young Lee
In the steamer is the trout seasoned with slivers of ginger, two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil...
Poem
By Phillis Wheatley
O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare Wisdom is higher ...
Poem
By Robert Louis Stevenson
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
Poem
By Robert Louis Stevenson
When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up
Till it could come no more.
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Learning PromptStretch your mind to think about what the earth looked like before people lived in it. What did the earth beneath your bed look like? What wildness grew, and who roamed through it before people claimed...
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