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POEM OF THE DAY
A Moments Indulgence
I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The works
that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.
Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite,
and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.
Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and
the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.
Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to sing
dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.
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that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.
Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite,
and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.
Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and
the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.
Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to sing
dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MODERN POEM
My Dreams, My Works, Must Wait Till After Hell
I hold my honey and I store my bread
In little jars and cabinets of my will.
I label clearly, and each latch and lid
I bid, Be firm till I return from hell.
I am very hungry. I am incomplete.
And none can give me any word but Wait,
The puny light. I keep my eyes pointed in;
Hoping that, when the devil days of my hurt
Drag out to their last dregs and I resume
On such legs as are left me, in such heart
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In little jars and cabinets of my will.
I label clearly, and each latch and lid
I bid, Be firm till I return from hell.
I am very hungry. I am incomplete.
And none can give me any word but Wait,
The puny light. I keep my eyes pointed in;
Hoping that, when the devil days of my hurt
Drag out to their last dregs and I resume
On such legs as are left me, in such heart
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POEM OF THE DAY - MEMBER POEM
Drifting
Drifting
The setting sun deceives the old fisherman under the green pole
He sculled and got drunk in a water chestnut song between the pink lotuses
How wise he is!
the prodigal son realizes his errors and mends his ways
Peach blossoms fall into the water drifting also happy
(by Luo Zhihai)
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The setting sun deceives the old fisherman under the green pole
He sculled and got drunk in a water chestnut song between the pink lotuses
How wise he is!
the prodigal son realizes his errors and mends his ways
Peach blossoms fall into the water drifting also happy
(by Luo Zhihai)
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Top 500 Poems
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Maya Angelou
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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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Maya Angelou
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Langston Hughes
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Edgar Allan Poe
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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Maya Angelou
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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Pablo Neruda
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I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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The shadow of the night gradually gripped the silence,
Darkness and silence started tango dance,
And so, the lungs and the oxygen were playing.
Mind perplexed, with so much oxygen around
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Darkness and silence started tango dance,
And so, the lungs and the oxygen were playing.
Mind perplexed, with so much oxygen around
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Commission In Vermillion
With a brushstroke or two, here thereabout
I'm commissioned by your smile to kiss you.
Lips pouting like an oil pallet about-
to start a masterpiece, love imbued…
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I'm commissioned by your smile to kiss you.
Lips pouting like an oil pallet about-
to start a masterpiece, love imbued…
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Where Is Your Joy?
the arch of a tree.
the folds of a red flower.
the fast moving clouds.
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the folds of a red flower.
the fast moving clouds.
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My Most Roseate Years
MY MOST ROSEATE YEARS
(to my mother, in lieu of roses, now)
that poems should filter beauty as summer trees the light
was often in childhood my cherished hidden delight
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(to my mother, in lieu of roses, now)
that poems should filter beauty as summer trees the light
was often in childhood my cherished hidden delight
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We Pay But
We pay but
Whenever am gone, dead,
Police raids my place,
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Whenever am gone, dead,
Police raids my place,
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Unwritten Lyrics In The Tune
Sweet love
Mellow mood
Serenity of thought and soul
Tender mercies from above
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Mellow mood
Serenity of thought and soul
Tender mercies from above
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Enjoy Some Of Your Negatives...
Enjoy some of your negatives...
Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim
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Enjoy some of your negatives...
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Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim
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Enjoy some of your negatives...
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The Online Poetry And The Offline Poetry
Today all are for online poetry
And they upload and post it then and there,
But who write it through the offline mode
Are but manual writers.
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And they upload and post it then and there,
But who write it through the offline mode
Are but manual writers.
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Benignant Care
Nightingale was right
Choosing care as her plight
Making it awesome bright
Just with her smile straight.
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Choosing care as her plight
Making it awesome bright
Just with her smile straight.
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Top 500 Member Poems
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Howard Simon
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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yoonoos peerbocus
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Muzahidul Reza
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No earthquake, no thunder, no volcanic eruption
Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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Or even there was not any of other natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
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Chinedu Dike
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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Sun Of The Nation; A rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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yoonoos peerbocus
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I came as tomorrow
Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Swaddled in unawareness
To your warm womb
Mother……
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Howard Simon
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Pounds of pain punctured my progress
Tons of trouble terminated my tranquility
Swarms of stress subtracted my substance
My heart exploded like a thousand thunders
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Tons of trouble terminated my tranquility
Swarms of stress subtracted my substance
My heart exploded like a thousand thunders
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Ernestine Northover
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Sweet moment, stay with me,
and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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and pray do not flee so soon,
Let me enjoy the bliss of that
first kiss beneath the moon.
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Muzahidul Reza
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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Top 500 Classical Poems
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Jacques Prevert
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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Richard Lovelace
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TO AMARANTHA; THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE.
I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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I.
Amarantha sweet and faire,
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Evie Shockley
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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Barbara Guest
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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Richard Lovelace
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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Robert William Service
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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Emily Jane Brontë
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Banjo Paterson
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Long ago the Gladiators,
When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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When the call to combat came,
Marching past the massed spectators,
Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!
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