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In the Empire of Light the water's completely dry floating on a surface of itself around islands pointed south-southwest The wind fills it then with more of itself according to the rules which cause parallel lines to vibrate and cross less and less among the hanging baskets from a rain forest among the visiting statesmen from a rain forest Here the dancer stops to regain her balance and reelaborate the distance from the feet to the head The risk is a part of the rhythm She steps out of and into balance with those who are left Chalk-marks show them where to stand | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DIM DOORWAY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 91. LOST ON BOTH SIDES by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AUNTIE'S SKIRTS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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