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A Poem a day keeps the melancholy away

Denerick · 2010-01-07 13:25:36

OK, here are the basic rules: One poem per day. Whoever is up after midnight will get first dibs. Everyone else should give their thoughts on that poem. The poem can be about whatever you like; it can be mystical, melancholy, humourous, witty, even a dirty limerick if you like. Ideally the poem would be from someone we'd…

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#1322 14-03-2024 8:44am
Quiet Achiever

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A million miles away from the Bukowski I read!

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#1323 05-04-2024 1:06am
RockOrBog

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Austin Clarke
When night stirred at sea
And the fire brought a crowd in,
They say that her beauty
Was music in mouth
And few in the candlelight
Thought her too proud,
For the house of the planter
Is known by the trees.
Men that had seen her
Drank deep and were silent,
The women were speaking
Wherever she went –
As a bell that is rung
Or a wonder told shyly,
And O she was the Sunday
In every week

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#1324 13-04-2024 8:06am
Rabbit Redux

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Poetry in music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXETLPCogao

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Austin Clarke