Module 2: Poems

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  1. thrash
    give a beating to
    Love,
    they drag out under lampposts
    to thrash.
  2. venture
    proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
    Do not venture to think.
  3. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
    Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head,
    breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning
    call of the future
  4. shackle
    a restraint that confines or restricts freedom
    Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith
    you fasten yourself in night's stillness,
    mistrusting the star that speaks of truth's adventurous paths
  5. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
    freedom from the anarchy of destiny
    whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
    and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
  6. yield
    give over
    freedom from the anarchy of destiny
    whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
    and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
  7. helm
    steering mechanism for a vessel
    freedom from the anarchy of destiny
    whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
    and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
  8. mimicry
    imitative behavior
    Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet's world,
    where movements are started through brainless wires,
    repeated through mindless habits,
    where figures wait with patience and obedience for the
    master of show,
    to be stirred into a mimicry of life.
  9. husky
    deep and harsh sounding
    They were women then
    My mama’s generation
    Husky of voice—stout of
    Step
  10. stout
    having rugged physical strength
    They were women then
    My mama’s generation
    Husky of voice—stout of
    Step
    With fists as well as
    Hands
    How they battered down
    Doors
    And ironed
    Starched white
    Shirts
    How they led
    Armies
    Headragged generals
    Across mined
    Fields
    Booby-trapped
    Ditches
    To discover books
    Desks
    A place for us
Created on Wed May 27 09:03:19 EDT 2020 (updated Fri May 29 08:37:48 EDT 2020)

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