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Grief held back from the lips wears at the heart the drop that refused to join the river dried up in the dust.

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Adrienne Rich
Age: 82 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2012
Died: March 27
Essayist
Feminist
Peace Activist
Poet
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Adrienne Cecile Rich
Adrienne Cécile Rich
Adrienne Riche
Heart
River
Drop
Dust
Held
Rivers
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Grief
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