Dorothy Hawkins - Epigram (1926)
Forgotten Poems #107
—: Epigram :— You speak my language— And, because you do, You do not talk, And I hear you.
Dorothy Hawkins (p. 1926, etc.) was a poet from New York. This is her only known poem, published in Harriet Monroe’s Poetry magazine.
—: For Dorothy Hawkins :— by Dick Whyte Beyond the sun we learn together: love is a choice not a tether.
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Dorthy's poem fits inside yours so perfectly.
Her only poem! That’s a perfect only poem.