(8 February 1911 – 6 October 1979 / Worcester, Massachusetts)

poet Elizabeth Bishop
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Arrival At Santos

Here is a coast; here is a harbor;
here, after a meager diet of horizon, is some scenery:
impractically shaped and--who knows?--self-pitying mountains,
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  • Luke Johnson (12/18/2009 5:59:00 PM)

    Legit. One of her top five works.

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