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Elizabeth Jennings's Poetry, by popularity

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  • The Enemies
    Last night they came across the river and
    Entered the city. Women were awake
    22 lines
  • A Performance Of Henry V At Stratford-Upon-Avon
    Nature teaches us our tongue again
    And the swift sentences came pat. I came
    30 lines
  • A Chorus
    Over the surging tides and the mountain kingdoms,
    Over the pastoral valleys and the meadows,
    21 lines, 2 comments
  • Friday
    We nailed the hands long ago,
    Wove the thorns, took up the scourge and shouted
    14 lines, 2 comments
  • In A Garden
    When the gardener has gone this garden
    Looks wistful and seems waiting an event.
    14 lines
  • Delay
    The radiance of the star that leans on me
    Was shining years ago. The light that now
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • Answers
    I keep my answers small and keep them near;
    Big questions bruised my mind but still I let
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • In Memory Of Anyone Unknown To Me
    At this particular time I have no one
    Particular person to grieve for, though there must
    18 lines, 7 comments
  • Friends
    I fear it's very wrong of me,
    And yet I must admit,
    16 lines, 4 comments
  • Absence
    I visited the place where we last met.
    Nothing was changed, the gardens were well-tended,
    15 lines, 2 comments
  • Accepted
    You are no longer young,
    Nor are you very old.
    24 lines, 3 comments
  • One Flesh
    Lying apart now, each in a separate bed,
    He with a book, keeping the light on late,
    18 lines, 2 comments
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