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- noun Plural form of
poem .
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Such poems, observes Voltaire, are frequently entitled "_sacred poems_;" and
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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The money I make from publishing my poems is absurdly little.
The Reading : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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The difference or continuity of this scenario of simulation with the method and meaning of Wordsworth's other poems is a matter for important critical reflection.
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In 1867 she began writing compositions which she called poems; the best-known is called "Holy Home."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The real poems, (what we call poems being merely pictures,)
Spontaneous Me 1900
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The real poems, (what we call poems being merely pictures,)
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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At present the sale of the poems is diminish'd; and I hardly know what is not diminishd except the public debt.
Letter 310 2009
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Does your work inspire certain poems or influence your poetry at all?
An Interview with David Kopaska-Merkel marshallpayne1 2010
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The impact of Ariel was dramatic, with its potentially autobiographical descriptions of mental illness in poems such as, “Tulips”, “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus”.
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I started to write again – poems and reflections that I had not attempted for quite some time.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Finding the Creative Joy 2010
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