Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Great Regulars: Child

by Sylvia Plath

Your clear eye is the one absolutely beautiful thing.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Child by Sylvia Plath

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A Fable
by Louise Gluck

Two women with

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: A Fable by Louise Gluck

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His Elderly Father as a Young Man
by Leo Dangel

This happened before I met your mother:

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: His Elderly Father as a Young Man by Leo Dangel

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Poem About an Owl
by Deborah Garrison

I've never seen an owl

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Poem About an Owl by Deborah Garrison

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Praise of a Collie
by Norman MacCaig

She was a small dog, neat and fluid--

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Praise of a Collie by Norman MacCaig

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The Raven (excerpt)
by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Raven (excerpt) by Edgar Allan Poe

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Resignation
by J.D. McClatchy

I like trees because they seem more resigned to
the way they have to live than other things do.
Willa Cather

Here the oak and silver-breasted birches

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Resignation by J.D. McClatchy

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