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Henriette Lazaridis's avatar

You’ve really made me want to go!

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Ruth Perry's avatar

A poem by Muriel Rukeyser I've always loved.

Islands

[Originally published in The Gates (1976)]

O for God’s sake

they are connected

underneath

They look at each other

across the glittering sea

some keep a low profile

Some are cliffs

The bathers think

islands are separate like them

© Muriel Rukeyser

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