“I swear to keep the dead upon my mind,/Disdain for all time to be overglad./Among spring flowers, under summer trees./By chilling autumn waters, in the frosts/Of supercilious winter–all my days/I’ll have as mentors those reproving ghosts.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“I swear to keep the dead upon my mind,/Disdain for all time to be overglad./Among spring flowers, under summer trees./By chillingautumn waters, in the frosts/Of supercilious winter–all my days/I’ll have as mentors those reproving ghosts.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“After the baths and bowel-work, he was dead.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“The music is in minors.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
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“Poetry is life distilled.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Poetry
