The Pomegranate
Eavan Boland, 1994
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Cetes and Persephone the names.
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ean antartanyuvhers nd have
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the undervors the stare Blghtes Later
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| cared ner back past whitebeams
‘and waspe and honey scented buds
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winter was in store for every leat
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And for me
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Deine Demewroates