They have watered the street,
for once not fighting, just listening, watching the storm.
Not even mild contempt in their expressionless,
agile, impetuous, broad-shouldered
mother, baying her and her baby in.
A weathered monument to some of the dead.
Sources: Amy Lowell, Alan Shapiro, Larry Levis, Campbell McGrath, Evie Shockley, Natasha Trethewey
We're researching different poetry forms for literary magazine. A cento is made up completely of lines from other poets.
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