Great Regulars: Betty Boop's Bebop

by Barbara Hamby

Because I'm a cartoon airhead, people think it's a picnic

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Betty Boop's Bebop by Barbara Hamby

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A Dark Thing Inside the Day
by Linda Gregg

So many want to be lifted by song and dancing,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: A Dark Thing Inside the Day by Linda Gregg

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Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River
by Robert Bly

I
I am driving; it is dusk; Minnesota.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River by Robert Bly

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Excerpts from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
by Walt Whitman

It avails not, time nor place-distance avails not,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Excerpts from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman

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The Day Goes On Forever
by Tom Clark

We're alone my shadow and me

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Day Goes On Forever by Tom Clark

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Sonnet
by Willa Cather

Alas, that June should come when thou didst go;

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Sonnet by Willa Cather

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