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Solemnly and steadily forsaking us - Elizabeth Bishop "The Armadillo"

Like an egg of fire - Elizabeth Bishop "The Armadillo"

A handful of intangible ash - Elizabeth Bishop "The Armadillo"

Clenched ignorant against the sky - Elizabeth Bishop "The Armadillo"

As if considering spilling over - Elizabeth Bishop "At the Fishhouses"

Associating with their shadows - Elizabeth Bishop "At the Fishhouses"

Fire that feeds on stones - Elizabeth Bishop "At the Fishhouses"

From the cold hard mouth of the world - Elizabeth Bishop "At the Fishhouses"

Sleek as moonlit grass - Elizabeth Bishop "Behind Stowe"

That drew me like a silver string - Elizabeth Bishop "Behind Stowe"

His singing split the sky - Elizabeth Bishop "Behind Stowe"

A disturbing, over-all black translucency - Elizabeth Bishop "Filling Station"

Provide the only note of color - Elizabeth Bishop "Filling Station"

Embroidered in a daisy stitch with marguerites - Elizabeth Bishop "Filling Station"

And heavy with gray crochet - Elizabeth Bishop "Filling Station"

Packed with tarnished tinfoil - Elizabeth Bishop "The Fish"

Spilling over in rivulets of fire - Elizabeth Bishop "In the Waiting Room"

Falling off the round, turning world - Elizabeth Bishop "In the Waiting Room"

In a bird-cage of lightning - Elizabeth Bishop "It Is Marvellous..."

Without surprise the world might change - Elizabeth Bishop "It Is Marvellous..."

Narrow provinces of fish and bread and tea - Elizabeth Bishop "The Moose"

Retreats in a wall of brown foam - Elizabeth Bishop "The Moose"

The dog tucked in her shawl - Elizabeth Bishop "The Moose"

Losing isn't hard to master - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

Filled with the intent to be lost - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

That their loss is no disaster - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

The fluster of lost door keys - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

Practice losing farther, losing faster - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

Where it was you meant to travel - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

None of these will bring disaster - Elizabeth Bishop "One Art"

Unfocused photographs of crooked faces - Elizabeth Bishop "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator"

When those who work are idling - Elizabeth Bishop "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator"

With little dignity or none - Elizabeth Bishop "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator"

The kiosk shutters crash down - Elizabeth Bishop "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator"

The headlines wrote themselves - Elizabeth Bishop "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator"

A world of books gone flat - Elizabeth Bishop "Visits to St. Elizabeths"

Waltzing the length of a weaving board - Elizabeth Bishop "Visits to St. Elizabeths"

Walking the plank of a coffin board - Elizabeth Bishop "Visits to St. Elizabeths"


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