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What would people look like
if we could see them as they are,
soaked in honey, stung and swollen,
reckless, pinned against time?


Ellen Bass

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Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass

Born: 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Ellen Bass is an American poet and co-author of The Courage to Heal.
Known for:
  1. The Courage to Heal (1988)
  2. The Human Line (2007)
  3. Like a Beggar (2014)
  4. Mules of Love: Poems (2002)
  5. I Never Told Anyone (1983)

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