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Wewereverytired,wewereverymerry—
Wehadgonebackandforthallnightontheferry.
Ken Burns, filmmaker
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Andtheskywentwan,andthewindcamecold,
Joy Harjo, poet
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Andyouateanapple,andIateapear,
Tia Williams, novelist
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Andthewhistleskeptblowing,andthedawncamesoon.
Kevin Kwan, novelist
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Itwasbareandbright,andsmelledlikeastable—
Butwelookedintoafire,weleanedacrossatable,
Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet
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Itwasbareandbright,andsmelledlikeastable—
Butwelookedintoafire,weleanedacrossatable,
Ayad Akhtar, playwright and novelist
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Wewereverytired,wewereverymerry—
Wehadgonebackandforthallnightontheferry.
Jennifer Egan, novelist
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Andtheskywentwan,andthewindcamecold,
V. E. Schwab, novelist
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Wehailed,“Goodmorrow,mother!”toashawl–coveredhead,
Jenna Bush Hager, TV host and noted book lover
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Your task for today: Practice the rhythm.
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Question 1/3
Fill in the missing words.
Itwasbareandbright,andsmelledlikeastable—
Butwelookedintoafire,weleanedacrossatable,
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Edited by Gregory Cowles, Alicia DeSantis, Nick Donofrio and Joumana Khatib. Additional editing by
Emily Eakin, Tina Jordan, Laura Thompson and Emma Lumeij. Design and development by Umi Syam and
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Additional video production by McKinnon de Kuyper. Photo editing by Erica Ackerberg. Illustration
art direction by Tala Safie.
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson.
Audio of “Recuerdo” from “Edna St. Vincent Millay in Readings From Her Poems” (1941, RCA); accompanying
photograph from Associated Press.
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