We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed, words to consider, reconsider.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “Praise Song for the Day” (2009), sixth stanza; Complete three-line sentence/stanza. Full poem read in Academy of American Poets reprint, credited to Graywolf Press with a 2009 copyright. Poem written for Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration; this stanza concerns how people encounter one another
- “Praise Song for the Day” (2009), sixth stanza
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