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2 Flies Charles Bukowski	impulse to challenge: he circles swifter, nearer, even making a fly-sound, and one above catching a sense of the new whirling, he too,...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Aubade Philip Larkin	Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making all thought impossible but how And where and when I shall myself...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Candles Constantine P. Cavafy	A mournful row of candles that are out; The nearer ones are still smoking, Candles cold, and melted, candles...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Desert Places Robert Frost	I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Jessica and Christopher Telfer Karl Constantine FOLKES	Nearer both of you as one in...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Little Birdie (Poem No. 608) Ging Alburo D.	As I come nearer He just standing still, With his head c*ck Looking at me in the eyes; I reach down and pick...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Marionette Debra Osborne	As another page turns and your progress shows, Nearer your chance to shine grows, Because your time is coming, you surely...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Of love and loss! Emmanuel Ntezeyombi	Taking my strength and essence Drawing me nearer to the frown Yet it was the sweetest agony To commit this error...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Oh So Human Kevin Larz	Fear of the red-eyed bull Now nearer to me...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Perfect Woman William Wordsworth	I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Answer Kaushik Prabhav	He felt he drew nearer to the end, But suddenly things began to...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Fan : A Poem. Book I. John Gay	Opes its ribb'd surface to the nearer sun; Beneath this shade the weary peasant lies, Plucks the broad leaf, and bids the breezes...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Fourth of July Gregory Baranoff	The explosions came nearer, for sure now in our...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
To Virgins, to Make Much of Time Robert Herrick	The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Sing a Song Navya Karey	Sing a song with birds He's nearer to you Sing a song with him A...	Rate it (4.57 / 7 votes)
The Moon Seeks Attention Abby Kesington	Drawing nearer until it shrouds the sun's...	Rate it (4.50 / 2 votes)
Martin Luther King’s Dream For America Karl Constantine FOLKES	Inviting all to join his dream: Nearer all to get to the mountain top; Gathering the nation’s...	Rate it (4.00 / 4 votes)
The Last Ride Together Robert Browning	Are you---poor, sick, old ere your time--- Nearer one whit your own sublime Than we who never have turned a...	Rate it (4.00 / 2 votes)
Hand Through The Mirror Jerry Wayne Lawrence, Jr.	Nearer 2 Strangulation, Now, While The Night Falls...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
Horror & Vampire Haiku Set #004 Phil Roberts	DANGER SLINKING EVER NEARER Sleepers unaware Of danger slinking nearer, Soon the sleepers...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
The Hollow Men T. S. Eliot	Let me be no nearer In death's dream kingdom Let me also wear Such deliberate disguises Rat's coat,...	Rate it (3.67 / 3 votes)
The Defence of Lucknow Alfred Lord Tennyson	Click with the pick, coming nearer and nearer again than before— Now let it speak, and you fire, and the dark pioneer is no...	Rate it (3.50 / 2 votes)
A Bit of Gladness. Hattie Howard	Keeps my soul from wreck and ruin, Keeps me nearer to my...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)
Above Lavender Bay Henry Lawson	Close over, to the nearer left— That feels the ocean breeze— A full moon in a dim blue sky A church spire and dark...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)
Experience Jane Taylor	But, cross the mead to take a nearer ken,-- Where all the magic of the vision then...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)

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