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| Charles Simic |
Charles Simic was born on May 9, 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In 1953 he
emigrated to the United States. Since 1967 he has published more than sixty books in the U.S. and abroad, including Selected Poems: 1963-2003 (2004), for which he received the 2005 International Griffin Poetry Prize... More > |
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by Charles Simic |
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Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.
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From Return to a Place Lit By a Glass of Milk, by Charles Simic. Published by George Braziller.
Copyright © 1974. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
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