poetry here is generally quoted in enticing snippets
rather than whole cloth
Voisine's poem is longer, more complete,
can be read entire at the link
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Unfinished Letter to Death

In the ring, most boxers

Vodka itself is not so terrible if

The tobacco industry has systematically

You see, if I had only been ten minutes earlier,

The toaster and the hairdryer are indeed flawed appliances but

It only took one despot, a painting by Degas, and an angry mistress to

War, to many of us here in the United States, seems a bit

Please, think of the How much would it take to

From now on, I promise to

I can guarantee, not only Geronimo and his ghost...

Connie Voisine
Campbell Corner Poetry Prize
Language Corner
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via Poetry Daily