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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Herrick

Born in August 1591, Robert Herrick was the author of Hesperides; or, the Works Both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq....
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		Poems and Clothing
		"What Do Women Want?" by Kim Addonizio

		Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W. B. Yeats

		Black Jackets by Thom Gunn

		Black Nikes by Harryette Mullen

		Borrowed Dress by Cathy Colman

		Coat by Peg Boyers

		Couture by Mark Doty

		Dialect of a Skirt by Erica Miriam Fabri

		Dressmaker by Éireann Lorsung

		Duality by Tina Chang

		Fat Southern Men in Summer Suits by Liam Rector

		My Shoes by Charles Simic

		Ode to a Dressmaker's Dummy by Donald Justice

		Old Coat by Liam Rector

		Red Shoes by Honor Moore

		Shirt by Robert Pinsky

		The Plaid Dress by Edna St. Vincent Millay

		Wedding Dress by Michael Waters

		White T-shirt by Lewis Ellingham

Upon Julia's Clothes
by Robert Herrick

Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes! Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free, —O how that glittering taketh me!