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The unit for this page is poetry, and we will cover various subtopics such as figurative language, poetic devices, poetic forms, and vocabulary. Browse through the pages for more information and links to resources you may find useful.

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.  There is no happiness like mine.  I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees.  Her eyes are sad and she walks with her hands in her dress.  The poems are gone.

The light is dim.  The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.  Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush.

The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.  She does not understand.  When I get on my knees and lick her hand, she screams.

I am a new man.  I snarl at her and bark. <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">-"Eating Poetry" by Mark Strand