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A Poem A Day by Romilly Wilde

366 poems day-by-day for a leap year

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      “Bastille Day” by Paul Éluard, France (1895-1952)

      July 14, 2026

      No prison made of stone or bar

      Can hold the mind or blur the star.

      We walk for those who could not speak—

      And raise the banners of the meek.

      From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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