Rent She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems

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Kennedy has divided the collection into sections that signify to her the most notable milestones, passages, and universal experiences in a woman's life, and she begins each of these sections with an introduction in which she explores and celebrates the most important elements of life's journey.xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"FONT face="Times New Roman"SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"The collection includes works byI/SPANSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, Sandra Cisneros, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, Dorothy Parker, Queen Elizabeth I, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shahib Nye, and W. B. Yeats. Whether it's falling in love, breaking up, friendship, marriage, motherhood, or growing old, I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"She Walks in Beauty is a priceless resource for anyone, male or female, who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman.o:p/o:p/SPAN/FONT/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"o:FONT face="Times New Roman"/FONT/o:p/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerB style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"She walks in beautyo:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/B/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"George Gordon, Lord Byrono:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"o:FONT face="Times New Roman"/FONT/o:p/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Io:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"She walks in beauty, like the nighto:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Of cloudless climes and starry skies;o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"And all that's best of dark and brighto:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Meet in her aspect and her eyes:o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Thus mellow'd to that tender lighto:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Which heaven to gaudy day denies.o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"o:FONT face="Times New Roman"/FONT/o:p/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"IIo:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"One shade the more, one ray the less,o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Had half impair'd the nameless graceo:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Which waves in every raven tress,o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'"FONT face="Times New Roman"Or softly lightens o'er her face;o:p/o:p/FONT/SPAN/PP class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=centerSPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso

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