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DARK ENTRAILS — Nwafor Oji Awala	Change vomited dark entrails Of the bald vulture on my clan; We were buried, One after the other, In the belly of the village stream, And pulled...	6 views Rate it
Eternal Love (2) — Mark V. Markov	Eternal Love Author: Mark V. Markov My God Eternal Love Infinite Love All glory to You Eternal Love O Infinite Love I adore You I elevate...	5 views Rate it
My Mom Loves Her Crazy Ass Son — Robert T. Davenport	My Mom Loves Her Crazy Ass Son By Robert T. Davenport My dearest Mom, with a heart so pure, Your love for me, of that I am sure, Though I may be...	4 views Rate it
The Law of the Jungle — Rudyard Kipling	Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must...	5,903 views Rate it
The Stranger — Rudyard Kipling	The Stranger within my gate, He may be true or kind, But he does not talk my talk-- I cannot feel his mind. I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,...	5,212 views Rate it
The Hound of Heaven — Francis Thompson	I fled Him down the nights and down the days I fled Him down the arches of the years I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind, and in the...	3,871 views Rate it
We and They — Rudyard Kipling	Father and Mother, and Me, Sister and Auntie say All the people like us are We, And every one else is They. And They live over the sea, While We...	2,876 views Rate it
The Rainbow — William Wordsworth	My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow...	2,641 views Rate it
The Waste Land — T. S. Eliot	"Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σιβυλλα τι θελεις; respondebat illa: αποθανειν...	1,503 views Rate it
Expostulation and Reply — William Wordsworth	"Why, William, on that old grey stone, Thus for the length of half a day, Why, William, sit you thus alone, And dream your time...	1,477 views Rate it
Untitled — William Wordsworth	My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me...	1,334 views Rate it
Heartfelt — Joanne Boyle	I have never lost a child but I often wonder how anybody copes who has. This statue is a representation of how it must feel to be a bereaved parent. The...	1,260 views Rate it
**अख्रांनि थरसे अलंबार** — BANGBULA BRAHMA UZIR	* अख्रांनि थरसे अलंबार** By- Bangbula Brahma Uzir * बेसे गोजों नोंङो............ बेसे सोरां नोङो............ अखोरां बिखायाव जोंनानै...	1,153 views Rate it
Batuschka — Thomas Bailey Aldrich	[Author's Note: The title means "little father" or "dear little father", a term of endearment applied to the Tsar in Russian folk-song....	1,091 views Rate it
Norman and Saxon — Rudyard Kipling	My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share When we conquered...	951 views Rate it
The Reaper And The Flowers — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow...	903 views Rate it
Pandemic of Pandemic! — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Call it pandemic. Pandemic of Pandemic! Man of flesh and blood. Bartering with unknown realms. His body, soul, and spirit. Call it pandemic. Our...	723 views Rate it
As the mind opens — Mark cloutier	Cross over to its shore Of light and enlightenment As the mind opens And the world closes its door As the door of perception Opens its doors once more And...	561 views Rate it
My old football — John Milton Hayes	YOU can keep your antique silver and your statuettes of bronze, Your curios and tapestries so fine, But of all your treasures rare there is nothing to...	539 views Rate it
A Happy Man — Edwin Arlington Robinson	When these graven lines you see, Traveller, do not pity me; Though I be among the dead, Let no mournful word be...	535 views Rate it
Albert and the Lion — Marriott Edgar	There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool, That's noted for fresh air and fun, And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom Went there with young Albert, their...	515 views Rate it
Where's the Poet? — John Keats	Where's the Poet? show him! show him, Muses nine! that I may know him. 'Tis the man who with a man Is an equal, be he King, Or poorest of the beggar-clan...	492 views Rate it
A Bad Night — Ambrose Bierce	DRAMATIS...	492 views Rate it
Leila And Athelstan, Our Loving Mom and Dad (In Celebration of Your 50th Wedding Anniversary) — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Two score years and ten of yesterday, You two did tie the knot: Whereof you spun your golden thread, And made the land fertile. It was in Nineteen...	488 views Rate it
We are Seven — William Wordsworth	--------A Simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of...	481 views Rate it

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