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Classic poem of the day

There is that in my heart that will not let me sleep;
There is that beneath my heart that cries without a voice.
I was not alone in the summer:
In the winter I was all alone.
The ashes on my hearth are red, but not with fire.

Many times he kissed me on the eyes,
And many, many times upon the mouth.
And he said to me: " Thou art mine. "
And to him I said: " I am thine. "
The ashes on my hearth are red, but not with fire.

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Member poem of the day

remember the night

     when I was in town

and at the hotel

     I did drop your name

 

and you sent a car

     and whisked me away

the party you threw

     with all of your friends

 

it went on all night

     and into the dawn

do you remember the ni...

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