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Truth

by Lizette Woodworth Reese

The old faiths light their candles all about,
But burly Truth comes by and blows them out.




Last updated March 28, 2023

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A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. To remain a poet after forty requires an awareness of your darkest Africa, that part of yourself that will never be tamed.

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