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Poet of the Week: Langston Hughes
March 20, 2011
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drug
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kitchen
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horror
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arithmetic
rabbit
gravity
florescence
wing
deck
childhood
baseball
care
speak
lines
abstraction
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lingerie
luxury
shot
reminder
seismic
medium
brake
piece
choice
traction
cardboard
history
lifetime
country
buzz
yard
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hybrid
professor
fuck
eel
son
universe
surface
sick
nothingness
stab
science
landscape
skate
audience
division
air
blond
Pharoh
liquid
sunlight
rice
bark
tuscany
monument
jean
tire
window
modulation
ash
repetition
glance
lunch
cone
headlight
whim
desert
hello
eternalness
swoosh
rare
highway
shelve
canvas
god
muffler
lace
appearance
wood
apartment
battle
room
company
constellation
look
fodder
recipe
spray
countryside
apple
cup
friction
meek
feather
fire
novel
potpourri
solider
meeting
irritant
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brunette
blind
immensity
building
pony
sabbath
respect
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chocolate
slave
paper
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profitable
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tricycle
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design
wish
decision
desk
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blink
heat
somebody
stamp
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barefoot
violence
bedtime
matter
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shadow
element
manila
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seam
empire
breakfast
quadrilateral
prostitute
backcountry
cave
phantom
distraction
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candy
gratitude
vault
dress
salt
original
magic
intonation
membrane
leg
indoors
spiral
stewardess
board
crowfeet
nape
justice
porn
war
minimalist
farm
plain
idea
new york
mutt
habit
flesh
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bulb
meaning
view
ceiling
perfume
vine
pain
town
hawaii
metropolis
club
tour
humanity
hardness
star
ball
traffic
submission
medicinal
aerosol
bird
curve
mouth
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leisure
sweet
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probability
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spontaneousness
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murmur
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down
scratch
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goal
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football
recess
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spear
hammock
chest
vibration
welfare
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digital
mammoth
wrist
movement
confusion
politician
accessory
change
gutter
stumble
floor
power
emotion
closet
stairwell
hip
heaven
trust
bank
soap
unit
soul
moment
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education
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desktop
talk
meridian
cannon
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comfort
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strain
outside
coincidence
horsetrack
tupperware
libya
hibernation
criminal
merger
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army
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backalley
booth
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dedication
private
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monosyllable
banker
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foreigner
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flair
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honey
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second
fake
path
conversation
stoic
bicycle
money
tile
blanket
exhalation
visa
cop
rupture
gramm
peace
growth
untouchable
ledge
island
girlfriend
india
headline
text
perenial
observer
intimate
language
code
humidity
restlessness
holiday
supernova
holocaust
quiet
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slope
mayhem
schedule
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stroke
cooler
horizontal
blemish
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tatoo
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cigarette
surgeon
spacing
slide
soft
woman
blackbird
helium
tropical
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discipline
leftover
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drink
monday
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sunless
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greenery
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mantelpiece
street
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beginning
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gold
warmness
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origin
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pirate
travel
breakdown
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lonely
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tarma
possibility
vinyl
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work
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indecision
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flash
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labyrinth
handbag
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marble
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subway
dialogue
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sheet
mirror
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technology
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perennial
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national
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proud
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succulence
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stock
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aftermath
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scar
vastness
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data
box
flight
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bonfire
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