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America is Still: an erasure exercise
America, as Whitman wrote, is fading low; her heartbeat, a sour note. Her voice blows sadness, and one can hear her weep. Her voice resonates inside the bones, reminding of truth, your own. Her war machines bustle songs of might. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, democracy, envelope sonnet, erasure, interpretation, NaPoWriMo, poetic exercises, prophecy, Walt Whitman
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