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Poetry of Liberation
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By The Cyborg Jillian Weise
Now that I’m out of the woods,
now that I’m pursued
by different wolves,...

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By Peter O’Leary

One of the most famous poems in English, one of the first encounters readers have with modern poetry—and may have even invented modern poetry.

"And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor – And this, and so much more? --"