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Born in November 18, 1939 / Canada / English

Poems by Margaret Atwood

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You Fit Into Me

... like a hook into an eye ...

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Siren Song

... looking picturesque and mythicalwith these two faethery maniacs, ...

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This Is A Photograph Of Me

... on light is a distortionbut if you look long enough, ...

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Spelling

... *At the point where language falls away ...

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Night Poem

... with red wool, with our tears and distant whispers ...

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You Begin

... This is your hand, these are my hands, this is the world, ...

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Bored

... at the whorled texture of his square finger, earth under ...

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You Take My Hand

... you climb through the wrong windowsOther people are leaving ...

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A Visit

... and is made of sunlight,the forest made of shadows ...

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Variation On The Word Sleep

... towards your worst fearI would like to give you the silver ...

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Habitation

... a house or even a tent it is before that, and colder: The edge of the forest, the edge ...

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In The Secular Night

... and then danced, by yourself, your mouth circled with purple ...

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The Rest

... and the grasses light up with forgiveness, ...

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Postcards

... Love comes in waves like the ocean, a sickness which goes on ...

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Variations on the Word Love

... shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing ...