Elizabeth Bishop

1911-1979 / Female / American
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AnaphoraEach day with so much ceremony / begins, with birds, with bells, / with whistles from a factory;
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ArgumentDays that cannot bring you near / or will not, / Distance trying to appear
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MannersFor a Child of 1918 / My grandfather said to me / as we sat on the wagon seat,
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Sonnet (1979)Caught -- the bubble / in the spirit level, / a creature divided;
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One ArtThe art of losing isn't hard to master; / so many things seem filled with the intent / to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
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Lullaby For The CatMinnow, go to sleep and dream, / Close your great big eyes; / Round your bed Events prepare
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The Man-MothMan-Moth: Newspaper misprint for "mammoth." / Here, above, / cracks in the buldings are filled with battered moonlight.
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The ShampooThe still explosions on the rocks, / the lichens, grow / by spreading, gray, concentric shocks.
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The FishI caught a tremendous fish / and held him beside the boat / half out of water, with my hook
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Filling StationOh, but it is ***** / --this little filling station, / oil-soaked, oil-permeated
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