Ted Hughes

1930-1998 / Male / English
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ThrushesTerrifying are the attent sleek thrushes on the lawn, / More coiled steel than living - a poised / Dark deadly eye, those delicate legs
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The Seven SorrowsThe first sorrow of autumn / Is the slow goodbye / Of the garden who stands so long in the evening-
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LovesongHe loved her and she loved him / His kisses ****** out her whole past and future or tried to / He had no other appetite
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The Harvest MoonThe flame-red moon, the harvest moon, / Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, / A vast balloon,
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Crow's FallWhen Crow was white he decided the sun was too white. / He decided it glared much too whitely. / He decided to attack it and defeat it.
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A Woman UnconsciousRussia and America circle each other; / Threats nudge an act that were without doubt / A melting of the mould in the mother,
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How To Paint A Water LilyTo Paint a Water Lily / A green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond's chamber and paves
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The OwlI saw my world again through your eyes / As I would see it again through your children's eyes. / Through your eyes it was foreign.
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Full Moon and Little FriedaA cool small evening shrunk to a dog bark and the clank of a bucket - / And you listening. / A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch.
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ThistlesAgainst the rubber tongues of cows and the hoeing hands of men / Thistles spike the summer air / And crackle open under a blue-black pressure.
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