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

poet Elizabeth Bishop
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Filling Station

Oh, but it is dirty!
--this little filling station,
oil-soaked, oil-permeated
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  • Sunita Kapur (3/27/2011 8:11:00 AM)

    The touch of beauty catches her eye and her heart and the poem gets written!

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