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Amaze
Adelaide Crapsey
I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.
About this poem
“Amaze” was published in “Verse” (The Manas Press, 1915).
About Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey was born on Sept. 9, 1878, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her collections of poetry include “A Study in English Metrics” (Alfred A. Knopf, 1918) and “Verse” (The Manas Press, 1915). She died on Oct. 8, 1914.
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This poem is in the public domain. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
