Best Eliza Poems

Wind-gathered winter leaves hide the worn 
Inscription; the birth, the death the epitaph 
On show for all who take this path 
To know Sir John is buried here 
Beneath his coat of arms.

This baronet, the eigth in line,
Esteemed to serve his king or queen, 
A...

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Mary
 Mary Eliza Mahoney 
birth in 1845 an American black child of former slaves daughter of Mary Jane and Charles Mahoney 
at 18 showed interest in healing Humanity 
in 1863 and the New England hospital for women and children headed
 into the healthcare industry
 has...

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It’s been nearly 10 years since the last time I saw your face.
We grew up together, started preschool together,
Took ballet class and gymnastics together;
We played on the same soccer team.
My first memory is of sipping cinnamon cocoa and sitting
At your kitchen table, when we made...

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Eliza Riddle brushed her hair in silence
long silver strands, sleepy, floating to the floor
Her horn rimmed glasses read the book 
next to her bed
without her
for boredom overtook her when
she thought she guessed the ending.
Eliza did her stretches before sleep
one...
    two...
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