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Classic poem of the day

The world awaits: When shall there come again
The nameless heir to an imperial throne,
From thronged metropolis or mountain glen,
To prove his royal blood and claim his own—
The boundless empire of the hearts of men?
Is he among us now, uncrowned, unknown,—
Perchance his birth-right self-unrecognized—
A king beneath a peasant's garb disguised?

Doubt not; for while the fair young mother Spring
Comes lapping in her robe half-op......

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Member poem of the day

Dewdrops  dribble  at  a  point, 
where  morning  quietly  crawls,
The  shrieking  raven  shakes leaves,
leaves  whilst  making  chilling  calls,
Squirrels  flit  from  tree  to  branch,
when  I  can  barely  yawn,
All  at  once  a  looping  halo,
  splits  a  creeping  dawn,
Sounds  of...

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