3 POEMS AND 1 SHORT STORY REPRESENTING AMERICA

1. 3 POEMS AND 1 SHORT STORY
REPRESENTING AMERICA

2. DEATH
By: Emily Dickinson

3. Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

4. We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

5. We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

6. TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND
By: Anne Bradstreet

7. If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.

8. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.

9. Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let’s so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

10. HOW TO CHANGE A FROG INTO A PRINCE
By: Anna Denise

11. Start with the underwear. Sit him down.
Hopping on one leg may stir unpleasant memories.
If he gets his tights on, even backwards, praise him.
Fingers, formerly webbed, struggle over buttons.

12. Arms and legs, lengthened out of proportion, wait,
as you do, for the rest of himto catch up.
This body, so recently reformed, reclaimed,
still carries the marks of its time as a frog. Be gentle.

13. Avoid the words awkward and gawky.
Do not use tadpole as a term of endearment.
His body, like his clothing, may seem one size too big.
Relax. There's time enough for crowns. He'll grow into it.

14. THE GIFT OF MAGI
A Short Story by O. Henry