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POEM OF THE DAY
Sonnet Li: Calling To Mind
Calling to mind, since first my love begun,
Th'uncertain times oft varying in their course,
How things still unexpectedly have run,
As it please the Fates, by their resistless force.
Lastly mine eyes amazedly have seen
Essex' great fall, Tyrone his peace to gain;
The quiet end of that long-living Queen;
This King's fair entrance; and our peace with Spain,
We and the Dutch at length ourselves to sever.
Thus the world doth and evermore shall reel;
Yet to my Goddess am I constant ever,
Howe'er blind Fortune turn her giddy wheel.
Though Heav'n and Earth prove both to me untrue,
Yet am I still inviolate to you.
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Th'uncertain times oft varying in their course,
How things still unexpectedly have run,
As it please the Fates, by their resistless force.
Lastly mine eyes amazedly have seen
Essex' great fall, Tyrone his peace to gain;
The quiet end of that long-living Queen;
This King's fair entrance; and our peace with Spain,
We and the Dutch at length ourselves to sever.
Thus the world doth and evermore shall reel;
Yet to my Goddess am I constant ever,
Howe'er blind Fortune turn her giddy wheel.
Though Heav'n and Earth prove both to me untrue,
Yet am I still inviolate to you.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MODERN POEM
In The Light Of Birds
In the light of birds the lunatic wakes from uncountable sleeps
His burning electric wires begin to glow
Birds sing in every forest of flesh and blood
The lunatic's fingers turn into strings in the outer silence
The darkness of half-asleep awareness roars through
The lunatic's widening arteries, it's another kind of
Waking-- and even total sleep is a frightening fire
It's compelled to burst out even while being awake.
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His burning electric wires begin to glow
Birds sing in every forest of flesh and blood
The lunatic's fingers turn into strings in the outer silence
The darkness of half-asleep awareness roars through
The lunatic's widening arteries, it's another kind of
Waking-- and even total sleep is a frightening fire
It's compelled to burst out even while being awake.
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POEM OF THE DAY - MEMBER POEM
Romance Of Ironies
Ours is the romance of ironies
That thrives on virtual volumes
Glide thou away from my skies
Like the desert mirage does
Preferring detachment to attachment
Ask thou to bury our dreams in oblivion
Vanish thee with the words
" Remember me less as you love me"
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That thrives on virtual volumes
Glide thou away from my skies
Like the desert mirage does
Preferring detachment to attachment
Ask thou to bury our dreams in oblivion
Vanish thee with the words
" Remember me less as you love me"
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Top 500 Poems
1.
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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3.
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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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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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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NEW POEMS
Neighbor
The world has now become a global village
Now from mobile and computer
You can find information from around the world
Distances that were ever before
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Now from mobile and computer
You can find information from around the world
Distances that were ever before
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A Good Friend
A good friend is as precious as a diamond ring,
their presence in a room is so brightening.
They have the nicest words to say,
they give good advice and are there to stay.
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their presence in a room is so brightening.
They have the nicest words to say,
they give good advice and are there to stay.
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Zone To Zone
Though here I have been sappy
Though here I have been nutty
Only here the shadows beaming the light
The darkness blossoming in sight
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Though here I have been nutty
Only here the shadows beaming the light
The darkness blossoming in sight
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Feelings Still
Feelings Still
I wander in the long sky to watch the blue water
I stand in the broad wild to be drunk in the cool breeze
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I wander in the long sky to watch the blue water
I stand in the broad wild to be drunk in the cool breeze
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Twilight Passes
Night often falls
with the matter unsettled
The pudding unstirred
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with the matter unsettled
The pudding unstirred
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What Doesn't Brief
primroses are liars
petunias are small as anchors
a rose garden shed once reserved for coitus
daffodils start over
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petunias are small as anchors
a rose garden shed once reserved for coitus
daffodils start over
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Inside The Zone
Here is a bloody mess
Of streams of blood in a gory blest
Where evil resides by overpowering
And passion of chaos verging
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Of streams of blood in a gory blest
Where evil resides by overpowering
And passion of chaos verging
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Can Be Silent
He remained silent for a long time
So he realized
That all the words were extra
Can be silent
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So he realized
That all the words were extra
Can be silent
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Stands Stylishly Like Diana The Princess
Rose you unfold with your many colorful shades
Jasmine you unfold with your fragrant whitish richness
You both together look like my garden's necklace
My garden now stands stylishly like Diana the princess!
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Jasmine you unfold with your fragrant whitish richness
You both together look like my garden's necklace
My garden now stands stylishly like Diana the princess!
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Confliction
There's no conflict
That can't be resolved
It's seems to take diplomacy
A change of heart and mind
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That can't be resolved
It's seems to take diplomacy
A change of heart and mind
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I Am So In Love For So Long
I am so in love for so long
That my scars blossom in numbers
With my bones grew big and strong
To something, for some, is wrong
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That my scars blossom in numbers
With my bones grew big and strong
To something, for some, is wrong
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A Tribute To Soldiers
Lofty glory be to the soldier
Who committedly protects his land -
It's people, lives and culture,
Of the time-run and future,
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Who committedly protects his land -
It's people, lives and culture,
Of the time-run and future,
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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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2.
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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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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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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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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8.
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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2.
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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6.
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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7.
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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8.
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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