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Born in 1901 / Died in 1987 / United States / English

Poems by Robert Francis

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Glass

... Words should be looked through, should be windows ...

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Catch

... High, make him fly off the ground for it, low, make him stoop, ...

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Symbol

... The last of them now bank the house or have been burned ...

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Blue Winter

... Shows best when there are no green leaves to show ...

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Silent Poem

... whetstone thunderstorm pitchfork steeplebush gristmill millstone cornmeal waterwheel ...

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Farm Boy After Summer

... What were the crops, where were the fiery fields ...

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Paper Men To Air Hopes And Fears

... Drizzle, oceans, puddles, a damp ...

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Fair And Unfair

... Yet one is commonplace and one is rare, ...

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Hallelujah: A Sestina

... It means Praise God, as well it should since praise ...

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Encounter

... Have tried to root it out and have succeededExcept that something from the vine fastened ...

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On a Theme by Frost

... At the president's house onceLocked herself in the bathroom ...

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Summons

... You know I'm not too hard persuaded ...

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Return

... Weather has stained the shingles dark ...

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Sheep

... From where I stand the sheep stand still ...

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New England Mind

... Outdoors the pencilled tree, the wind-carved drift, ...