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Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "Now and Then" with animation by Eun-ha Paek of Milky Elephant.
Noted for their intelligent humor,...
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(Horatian Ode in Iambic Pentameter with ababcdecde Rhyme Scheme)
The tranquillity of valley hills,
Allows the mind to wander like the clouds,
Above the tree tops with their...
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That tree
rose upward in a simple way
towards the cloudless sky,
and everything around it
seemed to be listening
the gentle rustling of the air
that swayed its thick leaves
of different greens.
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I called the rain with all my heart,
wanting to feel its clean water on my face
washing away the heat and sweat
that the weightiness of the afternoon
insisted on leaving.
I begged it to wrop me in...
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Blackbirds – George Aguilar - Digital Stills 3:55
From Mr. Bengtson's published piece compares a family fighting at a funeral with the noise blackbirds make when they descend upon a field of...
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Used wrapping paper,
plastic cups, faux hair,
cliff hangers, instant coffee,
child-proof caps,
repeated jingles,
static, squelch, dead air.
Oh, every other driver,
cell phones,
snaps, all...
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(Having fallen asleep on top of
an electric blanket)
Well, no one really got the joke
at first.
As lawns burnt brown,
as birds fell from the sky,
as winds blew hotter,
children cried of...
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