Potential Titles: Quicksand

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And dim in quicksands seems to fly - Juan Bautista de Arriaza "Tempest and War, or the Battle of Trafalgar. Ode" [Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain 1860 ed. and transl. by James Kennedy]

Dwelling on the quicksand's base - Felicia Hemans "The Sceptic"

A ship hurled upon dread quicksand - José Martí "Love in the City" transl. by Esther Allen

The quicksand of the sliding years - George Martin "Hallowe'en in Canada"

A breaking up of foam and quicksand - Pablo Neruda "The Poet's Obligation" transl. by Alastair Reid

From treacherous quicksands or from leeward shore - Kenneth Rookwood "The Ruins of Burnside" [The Knickerbocker Feb. 1844]

Commanding candlelight and quicksand - Nicole Sealey "and"

A gift of quicksand kisses, a ruin of howling - Ali Trotta "The Devil You Know"


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