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He Said

Anne Spencer

“Your garden at dusk
Is the soul of love
Blurred in its beauty
And softly caressing;
I, gently daring
This sweetest confessing,
Say your garden at dusk
Is your soul. My Love.”




Quotes of the Day

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself

• Anatole France



Poems of the Day
  • Carl Sandburg
    It Is Much
    by Carl Sandburg
    Women of night life amid the lights Where the line of your full, round throats Matches in gleam the glint of your eyes And the ring of your heart-deep laughter: