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  2. First They Came - Wikipedia

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    The best-known versions of the confession in English are the edited versions in poetic form that had begun circulating by the 1950s. [1] The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum quotes the following text as one of the many poetic versions of the speech: [2] [3]

  3. Gone From My Sight - Wikipedia

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    Gone From My Sight", also known as the "Parable of Immortality" and "What Is Dying" is a poem (or prose poem) presumably written by the Rev. Luther F. Beecher (1813–1903), cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. At least three publications credit the poem to Luther Beecher in printings shortly after his death in 1904. [1]

  4. While You Weren't Looking - Wikipedia

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    Dez and Terri are being torn apart by their marital insecurities, while also facing social pressure to "be normal" and "fit in", in spite of the wide range of LGBT rights guaranteed by the post-apartheid regime. Asanda, is caught up in exploring her own sexuality, wavering between her boyfriend Greg, and queer "Tommy boy" Shado.

  5. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the ...

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    The lady in blue sets the scene with tubes, tables, white washed windows, and her legs spread open. She could not bear to have people looking at her while she got an abortion so she is all alone. "sechita" – Lady in Purple with Lady in Green; The lady in purple describes Sechita's life in the bayou, while lady in green dances out Sechita's life.

  6. Excelsior (Longfellow) - Wikipedia

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    The poem is the base for the motto of Wynberg Allen School in Mussorie, India. It is also the name and motto for the Brampton, Ontario, Canada box lacrosse teams. In 1871 Mr. George Lee, a Brampton High School teacher introduced lacrosse to the town. He proposed the name "Excelsior", which he took from Longfellow's poem.

  7. Hope for the Flowers - Wikipedia

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    Hope for the Flowers is an allegorical novel by Trina Paulus. It was first published in 1972 and reflects the idealism of the counterculture of the period. Often categorized as a children's novel, it is a fable "partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope – for adults and others including caterpillars who can read".

  8. While the Billy Boils (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    While the Billy Boils is a collection of short stories by the Australian writer Henry Lawson, published by Angus and Robertson in 1896. It includes "The Drover's Wife", "On the Edge of a Plain", and "The Union Buries Its Dead". [1] The collection consists of 52 short stories from a variety of sources. [1]

  9. Leisure (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The poem was misquoted, by the KGB in a 1991 secret message to their spy inside the FBI, Robert Hanssen. Dear Friend: Time is flying. As a poet said: "What's our life, If full of care You have no time To stop and stare?" You've managed to slow down the speed of Your running life to send us a message. And we appreciate it. [3]