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> A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.
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> A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.
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*Florilegium* is a series of essays exploring just how much space we're allowed to take up in the world. While not all of them are provided here, a few are in order to give a sense of the overall work. This project serves as partial fulfillment my MFA in creative writing from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.
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*Florilegium* is a series of essays exploring just how much space we're allowed to take up in the world. The originals are provided here order to give a sense of the overall work. This project serves as partial fulfillment my MFA in creative writing from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.
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<details><summary>Dedication</summary>
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<details><summary>Dedication</summary>
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<blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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But tell me, who are these itinerants, more fleeting than even
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But tell me, who are these itinerants, more fleeting than even<br>
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we ourselves, since early on wrung out by an urgent (for *whose* sake, *whose?*)
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we ourselves, since early on wrung out by an urgent (for *whose* sake, *whose?*)<br>
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always unsatisfied will; which rather wrings them,
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always unsatisfied will; which rather wrings them,<br>
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bends them, slings and swings them, throws them
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bends them, slings and swings them, throws them<br>
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and catches them back; and as from an oiled,
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and catches them back; and as from an oiled,<br>
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slipperier air, they come down
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slipperier air, they come down<br>
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on the worn out carpet, thinner from their
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on the worn out carpet, thinner from their<br>
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incessant landing, this lost, forlorn carpet in the cosmos,
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incessant landing, this lost, forlorn carpet in the cosmos,<br>
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laid on there like a plaster, as if
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laid on there like a plaster, as if<br>
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Earth's skyward outskirts had been smarting there. <details><summary>[Note]</summary>
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Earth's skyward outskirts had been smarting there. <details><summary>[Note]</summary>
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See Rilke p. 47
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See Rilke p. 47
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