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POEM OF THE DAY
Take Away The Words Of The Devil
O God, take away the words of the devil
That mix with my prayer-
If not, then take my prayer as it is, devil and all.
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That mix with my prayer-
If not, then take my prayer as it is, devil and all.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MODERN POEM
Neighbours
I am the type you are supposed to fear
Black and foreign
Big and dreadlocks
An uneducated grass eater.
I talk in tongues
I chant at night
I appear anywhere,
I sleep with lions
And when the moon gets me
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Black and foreign
Big and dreadlocks
An uneducated grass eater.
I talk in tongues
I chant at night
I appear anywhere,
I sleep with lions
And when the moon gets me
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POEM OF THE DAY - MEMBER POEM
Express Ourselves As We Wish
Democracy is about freedom of speech
Anarchy is, without a doubt, the opposite
Of democracy, liberty and freedom to wish
To hope, to dream and to confront defeat.
Brothers, sisters, express ourselves as we wish
Never, never be afraid or fearless to tell the truth
If possible or reasonable, go on the summit of the roof
To tell it like it is, to exercise freedom of speech.
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Anarchy is, without a doubt, the opposite
Of democracy, liberty and freedom to wish
To hope, to dream and to confront defeat.
Brothers, sisters, express ourselves as we wish
Never, never be afraid or fearless to tell the truth
If possible or reasonable, go on the summit of the roof
To tell it like it is, to exercise freedom of speech.
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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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NEW POEMS
Telltale Signs
Life is most visible
in its imperfections
Cracks in the hourglass
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in its imperfections
Cracks in the hourglass
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Infatuation.
Infatuation
A pole gentle to go against the stream
the heart boat tries to moor in the depth of the spring
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A pole gentle to go against the stream
the heart boat tries to moor in the depth of the spring
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Reputation
Reputation
Sentimentally attached to the same
clouds running to the ridge to envy posture of eagle
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Sentimentally attached to the same
clouds running to the ridge to envy posture of eagle
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Joyous Festivals
Joyous Festivals
In high spirits
lifting the cup to drink the middle autumn moon carefully
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In high spirits
lifting the cup to drink the middle autumn moon carefully
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The Quatrain And The Writing Brush
The Quatrain And The Writing Brush
Elegant lake wind
fisherman's songs faint in depth of lotuses
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Elegant lake wind
fisherman's songs faint in depth of lotuses
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Cream Bun
I occasionally wonder
That someone did blunder
In making a man a mere man
Id have had much more fun
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That someone did blunder
In making a man a mere man
Id have had much more fun
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Ships Of God
The ship of God threatens to take me away
to take me
back to where all spirits came
from, the air or the sea, it is the same
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to take me
back to where all spirits came
from, the air or the sea, it is the same
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Friend
I see the likes of you
where I'm at,
among the young nurses' aids-
the same arched brows,
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where I'm at,
among the young nurses' aids-
the same arched brows,
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Red Dress Day Tanka
written one day after Red Dress Day
another
indigenous girl missing...
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another
indigenous girl missing...
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Elizabeth! May God Shed Grace On Thee
ELIZABETH! MAY OUR GOD SHED GRACE ON THEE
Standing amidst a barrage of incongruences she articulates impeccably
'Half-heartedly delegitimizing an election is like going through a red light'
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Standing amidst a barrage of incongruences she articulates impeccably
'Half-heartedly delegitimizing an election is like going through a red light'
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Lucky Bear
Cass decided that it was a good day for fishing.
And so did a grizzly bear.
Cass had done well.
And he had caught a lot of fish.
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And so did a grizzly bear.
Cass had done well.
And he had caught a lot of fish.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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