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Why do poets write?
My wife, a psychiatrist, sleeps / through my reading and writing in bed, / the half-whispered lines,
Richard Jones
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The Female Of The Species
When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, / He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. / But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
Rudyard Kipling
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The Toucan
Tell me who can / Catch a toucan? / Lou can.
Shel Silverstein
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Goodby Betty,Don’t Remember Me
goodby Betty,don’t remember me / pencil your eyes dear and have a good time / with the tall tight boys at Tabari’
E. E. Cummings
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Hints From Horace
Who would not laugh, if Lawrence, hired to grace / His costly canvas with each flattered face, / Abused his art, till Nature, with a blush,
Lord Byron
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