Underground Library

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“... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

“Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.”
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