• This is the word tightrope. Now imagine a man, inching across it in the space between our thoughts. He holds our breath. There is no word net. You want him to fall, don't you? I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds. The word applause is written all over him.

  Source: Standing Female Nude (1985)

  Carol Ann Duffy
  British poet and playwright
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. tightrope
2. thoughts
3. succeeds
4. applause
5. guessed
6. teeters

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This is the word tightrope. Now imagine a man, inching across it in the space between our thoughts. He holds our breath. There is no word net. You want him to fall, don't you? I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds. The word applause is written all over him. by : Carol Ann Duffy

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