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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;Paul Revere&#039;s Ride&#039; by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1863)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['Paul Revere's Ride' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1863)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;Good Night&#039; by Carl Sandburg (1920)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['Good Night' by Carl Sandburg (1920)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;I Hear America Singing&#039; by Walt Whitman (1900)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['I Hear America Singing' by Walt Whitman (1900)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;A Nation&#039;s Strength&#039; by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['A Nation's Strength' by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;Concord Hymn&#039; by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['Concord Hymn' by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[July 4th Poems]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A selection of classic poems about America for Independence Day, by William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emma Lazarus, Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg &amp; Stephen Vincent Ben&#233;t.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Independence Day Poems: &#039;America, A Prophecy&#039; (Preludium) by William Blake (1793)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['America, A Prophecy' (Preludium) by William Blake (1793)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#147;The World Is Too Much With Us&#148; by William Wordsworth (1806)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Love Poems]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/ourpoemcollections/a/lovepoems.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A collection of classic love poems by Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Anne Bradstreet, Andrew Marvell, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning &amp; William Butler Yeats.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[&quot;The Road Not Taken&quot; Guide]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poems/a/roadguide_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Commentary, related quotations and annotations on Robert Frost's beloved but &quot;tricky&quot; poem, &quot;The Road Not Taken&quot; (published in his 1920 collection, Mountain Interval).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drawing the Line: Ed Sanders&#039; 1968 is Poetry Book of the Year (1997)]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/aa082697.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is 1997, not the most amazing year of the century. . . . But we have he who has refused to be burnt out, torch-bearer Ed Sanders, providing us with a way forward through the past.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Poems for Peace]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An anthology of poems for peace, gathered at About Poetry during the war in Iraq, as the necessary successor to our Poems After the Attack collection of 9.11.01 poems.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[W.S. Merwin]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poets/p/merwin.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A reference page on W.S. Merwin, revered master poet, prolific translator, Buddhist &amp; caretaker of the natural world.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Guide to &quot;The Second Coming&quot;]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Notes on context, form and content, commentary and quotations on William Butler Yeats&#146; poem &#147;The Second Coming&#148; (1920).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Winter Poems: &#039;Blow, blow thou winter wind&#039; from As You Like It by William Shakespeare]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blshakespearewinter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA['Blow, blow thou winter wind' from As You Like It by William Shakespeare]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[&#039;The Second Coming&#039; by William Butler Yeats]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats (1920)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HipHop, PerfPo, SpokenWd, Slam]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticspoetryanalysis/a/emandefinitions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definitions of 'open mic,' 'poetry slam,' 'spoken word,' 'performance poetry,' 'poetry,' 'hiphop' &amp; 'rap' from Eman, 16-year-old poet &amp; host of two weekly open mics. 'If you&#146;re looking for the definitions of the New Poetry from the younger generation, she&#146;s the one to ask.']]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Get Started Submitting]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/cs/zinesanthologies/ht/howsubmitpoems.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A simple step-by-step outline to help you manage the process of submitting your poems for publication in print.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Collections of Love Poems]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poetryaroundtheworld/tp/lovepoetry.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anthologies and single poet collections of love poetry, classic and contemporary, from ancient and modern cultures all over the world, selected by your guides.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Put Together a Manuscript]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poetrybooks/ht/howmanuscript.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A simple step-by-step outline to help you gather your poems in manuscript form for submission to publishers or publication contests, transforming your sheaf of assorted poems into a book manuscript.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Poems for Mothers]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/ourpoemcollections/a/motherpoems.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A collection of classic poems about motherhood, by Anne Bradstreet, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sonnet]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/g/sonnet.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The sonnet defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to examples of classic sonnets.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Summer Poems: &#039;The Schoolboy&#039; by William Blake (from Songs of Experience, 1794)]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/blblakesummer.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA['The Schoolboy' by William Blake (from Songs of Experience, 1794)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Poets Laureate of the U.S.A.]]></title>
            <link>http://poetry.about.com/od/poets/a/uslaureates.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Net-annotated list of all the poets who have served the Library of Congress as Consultant (the old title) or Poet Laureate Consultant (the new title), linked to biographies and reference sites.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Summer Poems: &#039;Summer&#039; by John Clare (1865)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['Summer' by John Clare (1865)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Love Poems: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (1609)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (1609)]]></description>
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