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Born in February 8, 1911 / Died in October 6, 1979 / United States / English

Poems by Elizabeth Bishop

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Chemin De Fer

... I saw the little pondwhere the dirty old hermit lives, ...

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Giant Toad

... If I will it, the poison could break through, blue-black, and ...

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Manuelzinho

... you pray for me every night!And then you come again, ...

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Trouv?e

... A pigeon, yes, or an English sparrow, ...

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I Am In Need Of Music

... And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow! ...

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Crusoe in England

... their heads in cloud, their feet in moving patches  ...

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A Summer’s Dream

... We were awakened in the dark by ...

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The Colder The Air

... She calls on atmosphere for her result ...

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Visits To St. Elizabeth's

... These are the years and the walls and the door ...

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Sonnet

... And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow! ...

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Brazil, January 1, 1502

... self--those maddening little women who kept calling,calling to each other (or had the birds waked up ...

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This is the house of Bedlam

... that shut on a boy that pats the floorto see if the world is round or flat ...

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Trouv?e

... --red-and-white now, of course ...