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poetry-magazineZora in Beaufort, 1940

By Terrance Hayes
Zora Neal Hurston spent time
in the low country
interviewing & filming
kids on corners & folk at work,
but…
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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? --"