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on The Negro Mother by Langston Hughes, 3 hours ago
love poetry
From guest Jacquie Flood (contact)
A a BLACK MOTHER I am examing my roots. We need to keep on pushing forward to the FUTURE . -
on Lord Randall by Anonymous British, 4 hours agoThere are several more stanzas to this. . They pertain to what he leaves behind in his will.
We studied this ballad in my British Literature class. =)
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