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Born in May 27, 1932 / United States / English

Poems by Linda Pastan

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Remembering Frost at Kennedy’s Inauguration

... s, and briefly the president would be ours ...

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Eyes Only

... in leaves, or the sky in exclamations ...

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Misreading Housman

... with the new blossoms like identical twins  ...

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The Obligation to Be Happy

... And so I smile, as if my own fidelity ...

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At the Air and Space Museum

... ? one flick of his hairy wrist ...

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Mosaic

... of its own, the way the boy has  ...

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The Deathwatch Beetle

... of insects but simply because of the sound  ...