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RestlessBy Li-Young LeeI can hear in your voiceyou were born in one countryand will die in another, and where you live is where…LivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesTravels & Journeys
Sailing to ByzantiumBy William Butler YeatsI That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees, —Those dying…ReligionLivingGrowing OldActivitiesTravels & JourneysStanza FormsOttava Rima
Deep Water TrawlingBy Jorie GrahamThe blades like irises turning very fast to see you completely—steel-blue then red where the cut occurs…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsSocial CommentariesLivingLife ChoicesThe MindDoubt & ContemplationActivitiesTravels & JourneysArts & SciencesSciencesStanza FormsMixedTechniquesImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesProse Poem + 11 more
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Contemplations at the Virgin de la Caridad Cafetería, Inc.By Richard BlancoQue será, el café of this holy, incorporated place, the wild steam of scorched espresso cakes rising…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaTime & BrevityRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesEating & DrinkingTravels & JourneysGratitude + 5 more
Speaking AloneBy Tristan Tzarasenseless here’s the man with the crystal contractions with the rumor of sand with a doll’s past tense…NatureAnimalsSocial CommentariesWar & ConflictLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaActivitiesTravels & JourneysGriefMelancholy & Despair + 6 more
Border WisdomBy Ahmad Almallahthe world is not as bad as our neighbors made it to be that day— we’ve seen worse days— and how beautiful… Related Audio Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesActivitiesTravels & Journeys
Walking HorizonBy Tristan Tzarathen the clouds rolled in young is the night that is to say a cellophane softness ensued which blew …NatureAnimalsLandscapes & PastoralsSocial CommentariesTown & Country LifeLivingDeathSorrow & GrievingActivitiesTravels & JourneysTechniquesConsonanceImageryTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 9 more
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