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You Whose Hands Are More Innocent Than Mine by Vesna Parun
Parun is a Croatian poet whose works are lyrical, romantic, and often satirical. This particular poem encompasses Parun's affinity for lost loves....
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And Again My Soul's Dreaming All About You by Aleksa Šantić
And Again My Soul's Dreaming All About You
by Aleksa Šantić
And again my soul is dreaming all about you,
And my heart is bursting and longing for...
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Homage to My Hips by Lucille Clifton
Homage to My Hips by Lucille Clifton
What can I say? I do believe in magical hips.
Homage to My Hips by Lucille Clifton
these hips are big hips....
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Wanting to Die by Anne Sexton
Wanting to Die by Anne Sexton
This poem validates my theory that poetry is the creative act that makes the artist most vulnerable. When done prope...
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To Be Alive by Gregory Orr
Short, sweet, and utterly perfect, this poem reflects Orr's mastery of lyrical free verse.
To Be Alive by Gregory Orr
To be alive: not just the ...
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Be Drunk by Charles Baudelaire
Out of all the translations of Baudelaire's poem, I find this one best expresses the maxim to live life fully and with great passion.
Be Drunk by...
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Envirez-Vous de Charles Baudelaire
Envirez-Vous de Charles Baudelaire
Long ago and far away I promised Idlinfarm that I would attempt to read Baudelaire's "Be Drunk" in French as we...
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Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Constantin Héger
Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Constantin Héger
Brontë wrote this letter to Constantin Héger 8 January 1845. According to lore, not only was Hége...
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Where Might Death Leave My Heart by Else Lasker-Schüler
Where Might Death Leave My Heart by Else Lasker-Schüler
Reading Lasker-Schüler is always a fascinating exercise because her poems reveal so much ...
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A Rejected Lover by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
A Rejected Lover by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
When I first read this poem, I was stunned to discover that Craik had written it some 150 years befor...
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Two Ghosts Converse by Emily Dickinson
Two Ghosts Converse (or I Died for Beauty) by Emily Dickinson
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth ...
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Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Like many bits of folklore, multiple versions of the story of Little Red Riding Hood exist. In this video, I read Charles P...
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Sleeping Beauty by The Brothers Grimm
Sleeping Beauty by The Brothers Grimm
I fear the title for this video may be a bit inaccurate. The Brothers Grimm's 1812 version of this tale was ...
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Anne Sexton
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Anne Sexton
When Sexton retells Snow White, she emphasizes the darker aspects of the myth creating a work that ...
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The Dream by Vicente Aleixandre
The Dream by Vicente Aleixandre
I believe Aleixandre is the first Spanish poet I have read on youtube. Aleixandre was a member of the Spanish avan...
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