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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned…
Contributor:
Emma Lazarus
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1883
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As if you could draw a line and say: below this there’s poverty.
Here’s the bread that turned black in the colorations
Of cheap makeup
And the olives in their little plate
Atop the cloth over the…
Contributor:
Ronny Someck
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1996
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My father brought the emigrant bundle
of desperation and worn threads,
that in anxiety as he stumbles
tumble out distractedly;
while I am bedded upon soft green money
that grows like grass.
Thus…
Contributor:
David Ignatow
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1948