Seven to One

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    Seven to One

     

    Valhalla values valor

    And

    Various vapors vanish

    While

    Vastly variegated veins

    Seek

    Vaguely vagrant valentines.

    Oh!

    Venerated veiled vellum!

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    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

    burdick’s Poems (314)

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