Poetry
282. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Sharing Alexander Pope’s poem Ode on Solitude -
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281. Where the mind is without fear
Why women politicians turn out to be dictators is a question I couldn’t find an answer to.
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280. Good human beings save the world
Read one of my best Charles Bukowski poems -
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279. we are the tree on which fruit ripens
Today I came across a song translated from German, and the description says it was sung by German gi...
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278. One lies about a beautiful dead man
The American poet Linda Gregg was a friend of William J. Dean, which is how I came to know her.
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277. Won't you celebrate with me
Lucille Clifton was an American poet. Langston Hughes published Clifton's poetry in his highly influ...
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276. You love not me
Sharing a poem by Thomas Hardy titled, “A Broken Appointment” –
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275. We lived happily during the war
Ilya Kaminsky was born in the former Soviet Union city of Odesa, but his family was granted politica...
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274. Death has done all death can
Sharing Robert Browning’s poem, ‘After’ -
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273. The wind will one day blow us away
Forugh Farrokhzād is an Iranian poet. Sharing one of her poems sent by a friend.
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272. Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Mary Jane Oliver is one of my favorite poets.
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271. because the face of death is green
Pablo Neruda has always intrigued me because of his unique writing style across different subjects.
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