"Here a false face won't help you"
Komunyakaa, Wagoner, Sexton, Rexroth, Gilbert
Yusef Komunyakaa:
David Wagoner:
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“Love is not / enough” is a phrase I have heard over and over in my longest relationship. Painful & frustrating phrase.
I love the ending of Komunyakaa’s poem because it shows a truth in nature. I say this in response to many poems that have nature as sustainer/nurturer to us.
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