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20 National Poetry Month 20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still Falls the Rain (The Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn) By Dame Edith Sitwell~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Still falls the Rain---Dark as the world of man, black as our loss---Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nailsUpon the Cross.Still falls the RainWith a sound like the pulse of the heart that is changed to the hammer-beatIn ...
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April 20, 2008
4 National Poetry Month 4
~~~~~~~~~~~ The Fan By Dame Edith Sitwell~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LOVELY Semiramis Closes her slanting eyes: Dead is she long ago. From her fan, sliding slow, Parrot-bright fire's feathers, Gilded as June weathers, Plumes bright and shrill as grass Twinkle down; as they pass Through the green glooms in Hell Fruits with a tuneful smell, ...
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April 4, 2008