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Famous Undoes Poems by Famous Poets

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This circle here is drawne about
To keepe all tempting spiritts out.


Whoe'er the girdle doth undoe
Hee quite undoes the owner too...Read more of this...
by Strode, William



...n birds, beasts on each other prey,
But savage man alone does man betray:
Pressed by necessity; they kill for food,
Man undoes man, to do himself no good.
With teeth and claws, by nature armed, they hunt
Nature's allowance, to supply their want.
But man, with smiles, embraces. friendships. Praise,
Inhumanely his fellow's life betrays;
With voluntary pains works his distress,
Not through necessity, but wantonness.
For hunger or for love they bite, or tear,
Whilst wretched man ...Read more of this...
by Wilmot, John
...he land. To love another is something
like prayer and can't be planned, you just fall
into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.

Special person,
if I were you I'd pay no attention
to admonitions from me,
made somewhat out of your words
and somewhat out of mine.
A collaboration.
I do not believe a word I have said,
except some, except I think of you like a young tree
with pasted-on leaves and know you'll root
and the real green thing will come.

Let go. Let go.
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by Sexton, Anne
...land. To love another is something 
like prayer and can’t be planned, you just fall 
into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief. 

Special person, 
if I were you I’d pay no attention 
to admonitions from me, 
made somewhat out of your words 
and somewhat out of mine. 
A collaboration. 
I do not believe a word I have said, 
except some, except I think of you like a young tree 
with pasted-on leaves and know you’ll root 
and the real green thing will come. 

Let g...Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne
...ds, Beasts, on each other prey, 
But Savage Man alone, does Man, betray: 
Prest by necessity, they Kill for Food, 
Man, undoes Man, to do himself no good. 
With Teeth, and Claws, by Nature arm'd they hunt, 
Natures allowance, to supply their want. 
But Man, with smiles, embraces, Friendships, praise, 
Unhumanely his Fellows life betrays; 
With voluntary pains, works his distress, 
Not through necessity, but wantonness. 
For hunger, or for Love, they fight, or tear, 
Whilst wr...Read more of this...
by Wilmot, John



...hem. 

Only the kernel of every object nourishes; 
Where is he who tears off the husks for you and me?
Where is he that undoes stratagems and envelopes for you and me? 

Here is adhesiveness—it is not previously fashion’d—it is apropos; 
Do you know what it is, as you pass, to be loved by strangers? 
Do you know the talk of those turning eye-balls? 

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Here is the efflux of the Soul;
The efflux of the Soul comes from within, through embower’d gates, ever provoking
 questions:...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

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