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Shannon Weidner
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Standouts: "O Black and Unknown Bards"
"You sang not deeds of heroes or of kings;
No chant of bloody war, no exulting paean
Of arms-won triumphs; but your humble strings
You touched in chord with music empyrean.
You sang far better than you knew; the songs
That for your listeners' hungry hearts sufficed
Still live -- but more than this to you belongs:
You sang a race from wood and stone to Christ." (26)
— Aug 04, 2025 01:36PM
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"You sang not deeds of heroes or of kings;
No chant of bloody war, no exulting paean
Of arms-won triumphs; but your humble strings
You touched in chord with music empyrean.
You sang far better than you knew; the songs
That for your listeners' hungry hearts sufficed
Still live -- but more than this to you belongs:
You sang a race from wood and stone to Christ." (26)
Lauran Burnham
is on page 39 of 112
“Life”• This is such a bleak outlook for life in comparison to Romantic poetry about life. I like how it is two three-lined stanzas, which gives the message that life is brief.
— Dec 31, 2020 07:06PM
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Lauran Burnham
is on page 33 of 112
“The Young Warrior”• structured with what a son wishes for his mother to do and not do as he goes to fight for a cause. This with be beautiful framed for a little boy’s room.
— Dec 31, 2020 05:18PM
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Lauran Burnham
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“Mother Night”• Extended Metaphor of night and day and life and death.
— Dec 31, 2020 04:26PM
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Lauran Burnham
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“We to America”—So far this poem is my favorite. It is brief, and I love the duality in it.
— Dec 31, 2020 04:21PM
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Rowena
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A fitting follow-up to "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
— Nov 14, 2012 08:18AM
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