By Patricia Smith
Dear ferocious dreamer. Dear maven of song and surveyor of every flung star. Dear meandering romantic...
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- By BedeFore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sie to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae huaet...
- By J. Patrick LewisWho showed the world the world itself Was awkward, shy and plain. A high-born leader in a long, Low ...
- By Henry VIII, King of EnglandPastime with good company I love and shall unto I die. Grudge whoso will, but none deny, So God be pleased...
- By Sir Arthur Conan DoyleIt’s up and away from our work to-day, For the breeze sweeps over the down; And it’s hey for a game ...
- By Edgar Albert GuestHere’s to the men! Since Adam’s time They’ve always been the same; Whenever anything goes wrong, The...
- By Joshua WeinerWhat makes for a happier life, Josh, comes to this: Gifts freely given, that you never earned; Open ...
- By Christina RossettiMy heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose...
- By Marge PiercyThe first lily of June opens its red mouth. All over the sand road where we walk multiflora rose climbs...
- By Fernando Pessoa1. Of the gardens of Adonis, Lydia, I love Most of all those fugitive roses That on the day they are...
- By Alfred NoyesNow, in a breath, we’ll burst those gates of gold, And ransack heaven before our moment fails. Now, ...
- By Ella Wheeler WilcoxLaugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its...
- By Henry TimrodMy gentle friend! I hold no creed so false As that which dares to teach that we are born For battle ...
- By Carl SandburgTHE single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For...
- By Dante Gabriel RossettiEat thou and drink; to-morrow thou shalt die. Surely the earth, that's wise being very old, Needs not...
- By Matthew ArnoldEven in a palace, life may be led well! So spake the imperial sage, purest of men, Marcus Aurelius. ...