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Born in 1897 / Died in 1970 / United States / English

Poems by Louise Bogan

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The Alchemist

... From the flawed light of love and grief ...

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The Crossed Apple

... Where two kinds meet,—So that this side is red without a dapple, ...

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The Dream

... And retribution equally old, or nearly, breathed through his nose ...

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The Frightened Man

... To snare me in.Even she, so long ...

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Women

... As like as not, when they take life over their door-sill ...

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Words For Departure

... When we awoke, wagons were passing on the warm summer pavements, ...

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Statue And Birds

... But her heel is lifted,—she would flee,—the whistle of the birds ...

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To A Dead Lover

... The stalk grows, the year beats on the wind ...

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Cassandra

... Song, like a wing, tears through my breast, my side, ...

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Juan’s Song

...   What the wise doubt, the fool believes&mdash ...

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Leave-Taking

... Whether we turn to the dark or to the kiss of another ...

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Zone

... And against high sharp angles almost splits into words, ...