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Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: King, William Rufus
This brief biographical article lists the many roles and offices held by William Rufus de Vane King, the man who became, for a short time, the thirteenth vice president of the United States.
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Loc: Poetry 180: My Father's Hats
In this poem, the author shares his memories of his father. The memories were sparked from the hats.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Some Clouds
This poem is about how one person deals with a loved one's death.
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Loc: Poetry 180: When Death Comes
This poem shares the poet's thoughts about death and how she wants her life to have been lived.
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Loc: Poetry 180: To Stammering
This poem shares the pain experienced by a person who has a speech disorder.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Grammar Lesson
This poem shares a humorous message about grammar rules.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Blind
The poem shares the sad experience of seeing a loved one lose the sense of sight.
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Loc: Poetry 180: On a Cape May Warbler Who Flew Against My Window
This poem dramatizes a Cape May warbler bird running into a window and subsequently dying.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Kitchen Shears Speak
This poem shares the point of view of kitchen scissors.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Slow Children at Play
This poem shares the scene of children coming inside after playing outside.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Lift Your Right Arm
This poem gives a scenario of giving and taking orders.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Machines
This poem describes the characteristics of an effective machine.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Cat Scat
This poem is an example of a sonnet with a rhyme scheme with the topic that shares what a cat can hear.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Courtesy of the Blind
In this seven-stanza poem, the poet writes about the experience of reading her poetry to the blind. She grows increasingly uncomfortable as they cannot see the images in her words, yet they are courteous to a fault and smile and applaud...
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Loc: Poetry 180: Morning
This single-stanza poem shares the poet's happiness when her cat appears.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Hate Poem
In five stanzas, the poet reflects on items in her life that are detested.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Birthday
This poem expresses the events to come after turning age thirty.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Leaving the Island
This six-stanza poem shares the sadness in leaving an island home after a vacation of fun and relaxation.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The Summer Day
This single-stanza poem expresses that the act of paying attention to the little things in life is a form of prayer.
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Loc: Poetry 180: One Day a Woman
This single-stanza poem tells a story from the poet's imagined news story.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper
This single-stanza poem explains the painful process involved in making legal pads.
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Loc: Poetry 180: This Moment
This poem shares what it would be like to stop time and then take a picture of the frozen moment.
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Loc: Poetry 180: The End and the Beginning
In this non-prose piece, the poet describes the post-war area needs and the concerns of the traumatized area in the years after.