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Epidemiology ( consider Jesus Christ )by Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Listen up!"do things right." Time for spiritual wakening; to see real solution for all earthly struggles! Just face to sunrise section and...	768,103 views Rate it
Jail, Life, Church, God, and the Bible maybe (not sure) meant censorship — Longerfellow	spread is no good let the people shit and piss and i live by...	3,490 views Rate it
A Senryu Tale of Genji — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A senryu poem About Prince Minamoto, The renown Genji. His life and journey In Japan’s Heian period In Old Kyoto. A Golden Era. The eleventh...	2,133 views Rate it
Ode To Murasaki Shikibu — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Ode to Milady: Compelled I am by your shade. To write about you. Murasaki Shikibu. About your “Tale of Genji.” Your “Tale of Genji.” Prosaic —...	1,268 views Rate it
Having happier Thanksgiving By Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Special thanks to mighty good God for blessings on earth, gaven loving gift of Jesus Christ the Lord! For All human being to have peace of mind and heart...	792 views Rate it
Garlands of Gold — Robin Loving	I dashed through a snowstorm, in search of a tree I had thirteen dollars, but found one for free. It was thrown in a pile, still nailed to a stand, ...	774 views Rate it
Haiku Art Form — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Japanese Haiku. Pivotal to its culture. This three-line poem. It highlights nature. Spring, Summer, Winter or Fall. Meditatively. Its simplicity...	738 views Rate it
Unquenchable — Judah Rollins	I'm the heiress of the Alpha and Omega a omen of what's to come, I'm on set , I'm coming I'm on rush, I'm open handed , I'm the opener , I'm on...	510 views Rate it
The Human Condition: A Fractured Soul — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Human nature screened: Inherent rascality! So says Dr....	454 views Rate it
The Birthing of a Gift — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Gift of Poets… A dreamer’s living gold mine: ...	390 views Rate it
* आंनो सोदोब आंनो ओंथि** — BANGBULA BRAHMA UZIR	***आंनो सोदोब आंनो ओंथि *** By - Bangbula Brahma Uzir *आं माबादि सोदोब सोरनि मुङाव माबादि ओंथि ? आं सोरनि साननायाव माबादि...	385 views Rate it
Genji’s Tragedy of Distraction — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The tale of Genji concerns the all that he lost; all his love interests, all his ten thousand lovers. All imaging his mother. The tale of DAO ...	381 views Rate it
Two Strange Bedfellows — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Two strange bedfellows. The Conscious and Unconscious. Courting each other. Teleological goal: To unite the two as...	367 views Rate it
Have happiest New Year by Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Have a happiest time of your life! That good God through faith of Mary Nazareth and Joseph; brought us the Christ child's miracle, his gift of peace! ...	347 views Rate it
Little bit of love poem by Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Overwhelming joy to all in need of little bit of love seeker; to know good God grace to all freely bestow upon us by power of all mighty God through...	343 views Rate it
Adele and Gilbert — D. S. Fly	Canto III: Inside the Beguinage Hooded Forms and Clustered Beguines: Inside the Beguinage 1 “An elder beguine greeted me Then took me by the...	324 views Rate it
The Door of All Essence — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Tao Te Ching. Like “Eyeh-Asher-Eyeh.” Both are...	324 views Rate it
Soldier — Steve Dupere	Redemption comes and goes for the broken, A life we lived of wounds unspoken. We’ve spilled our blood for another man’s glory. Now we live to tell our...	319 views Rate it
The Metaphor of Life — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Some long — and some short. Our destiny in the stars. Life is but a...	314 views Rate it
A Tribute to Keats’ Sylvan Aesthetics — Karl Constantine FOLKES	A Poet’s Masterpiece: Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” So raw, yet...	311 views Rate it
Selfish to the Core! — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I-Nation Ego: Me before all other selves! Not about the...	308 views Rate it
The Ultimate Signified — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Alpha Infinite. A Divine A-priori. Omega...	278 views Rate it
Captivating — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Epitomizes… Irony in literature — “Great...	266 views Rate it
Perfect Custome for Hollween By Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Since ; this is a season of honoring all saints designateed by Gregory 111!All Good Godly people will enjoy for their own good deeds during on their life...	252 views Rate it
Voice Of The Wind — John M. Broadhead	Young Timothy Dellman was cut at the neck As the pirates with cutlasses boarded the deck. The battle went poorly for HMS Fraught For her sails were...	234 views Rate it

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