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Oldpoetry has 85705 poems total by 5655 authors. 28562 comments.
Oldpoetry has 85705 poems total by 5655 authors. 28562 comments.
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on Cinderella by Anne Sexton, 49 minutes ago
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Wow!!! I loved it. The ironic tone, and laughing bitterness that rings through this poem. It is sharp, poigmant, wow. -
on Sylvia's Death by Anne Sexton, 57 minutes ago
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This is amazing! I could feel her pouring in through this as if she were crying when she wrote it. So much emotion! So much power! -
on After Auschwitz by Anne Sexton, 1 hour ago
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I can feel the anger pulsing through here. A poem of virtue. This seemed to be related to mankind, as a whole. "I say those things aloud" it makes you want to speak your mind, that's how powerful her poem is.
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