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Bishop ,
Elizabeth
An American poet and writer.. American poet and short-story writer; US Poet Laureate
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Sonnet (1979)
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Written by:
Elizabeth
Bishop
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Caught -- the bubble
in the spirit level,
a creature divided;
and the compass needle
wobbling and wavering,
undecided.
Freed -- the broken
thermometer's mercury
running away;
and the rainbow-bird
from the narrow bevel
of the empty mirror,
flying wherever
it feels like, gay!
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