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7:48 AM 10/8/2020 - Pomegranate seeds for Persephone: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück, the American poet, “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty ... | America needs more Poetry and more IMAGINATION, decided the Nobel Committee (und zi New Abwehr behind it).

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7:48 AM 10/8/2020 -  Pomegranate seeds for Persephone:    The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück, the American poet, “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty ... A Myth of Devotion by Louise Glück - Poems | Academy of American Poets Thursday October 8 th , 2020  at  7:37 AM 1 Share A Myth of Devotion -  Louise Glück  - 1943- When Hades decided he loved this girl he built for her a duplicate of earth, everything the same, down to the meadow, but with a bed added. Everything the same, including sunlight, because it would be hard on a young girl to go so quickly from bright light to utter darkness Gradually, he thought, he'd introduce the night, first as the shadows of fluttering leaves. Then moon, then stars. Then no moon, no stars. Let Persephone get used to it slowly. In the end, he thought, she'd find it comforting. A replica of earth except there was love here. Doesn't everyone want love? He waited many years, building a world, watchi