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A child, then a man, now a feather / Passing through a furious fire / Called time.

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You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away.

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To say you loved a person. / To say that person no longer exists. / A tragic flawed fate going on and on and on.

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Why are you not where you belong? / A black hat on a hook says nothing. / Ashes mirror ashes / In a mirroring window.

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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Edgar Allan Poe

Mary Jo Bang

Mary Jo Bang
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Born: October 22, 1946 (age 78)
Bio: Mary Jo Bang is an American poet.
Known for:
  1. The Last Two Seconds: Poems (2015)
  2. Louise in love (2001)
  3. Apology for want (1997)
  4. Elegy (2007)
  5. The eye like a strange balloon (2004)

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