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Carl Sagan on Writing
โA book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imp
@nat-lipstadt
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An angel
Her smile aspires in silence,
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surrounded by the light,
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held by a sacred embrace.
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Whispers like
@flame-heart
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Internal Structure
What takes a lifetime to build
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can be lost so very fast
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If foundation at its core
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Isn't strong
@WylEWriter
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Optical Illusion
*Gazing into your eyes--*
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*I felt the sacredness of timeless truth*
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*I saw nebulae birthing unto
@kim-johanna-baker
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Safe in the Silver Grip
In your majestic space, Ken, and the world slows down.You call me kitten, call me baby girl,and I fi
@GothAngelPoetry
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Quiet Light Soaring
High above the nightmare below,
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perched on the edge of thought,
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I drift through the open sky, /
@Pink-pulse
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"A love poem is a kiss, whispered sweetly"
"Poetry is confession, obsession, reflection.
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Empathic minds, valentines, hope divined.
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It's a k
@onlylovepoetry
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I know.
I know your gods, every single one I know,
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All of them rest on your crutches, I know.
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They have
@dkdk
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Kitten Trade
Owning a cat relies on give and take.
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I give the beans a tiny squeeze and
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she takes a chunk of m
@kar_edit
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#2
Are my hands always cold from the absence of another's hands,
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Do they feel like I because that's h
@WhiteShadow
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Learning about capitalism haiku
Wasps buzzing in figs,
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a sharp sting for the sweetness
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that gods claim to own.
@GraceA
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we of water
we betray
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our bodies
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fluid in nature
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despite our bones
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when we damn
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the pure
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waters with
@ladyofirepoetry
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Of Brothers and Sisters, and Cats OR Dogs
M'hm.
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(sonnet #MMMMMMMMM...)
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You'd hafta figure he prefers dogs, whence
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My cats do not find fa
@JennyGordon
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we are all transitory
***โwe are all transitoryโ***
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a favored flatulent falsehood
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of the prognosticators and the
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for
@nat-lipstadt
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Heart's Atrophy Ending
You leave me desperate for more
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Like low Tide's shore.
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Finding ever more reason
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For hunting lo
@Zarathustra
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My World
I loved you before I knew your name.
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When youโd awkwardly stare
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When I could only theorize
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wha
@MatthiasB
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Night to Your Shadow
Your words,
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a net of moonlight woven close around my heart
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each phrase an olive branch,
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steepe
@IngaPinkink
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Ephemeral
I have become good
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At wanting things quietly
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For you
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I become fluent in diluted honesty,
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sof
@enypoetry
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The Ghost of Her
She is still here,
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which is the strangest part.
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Not in the ways I wanted โ
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not at the door, no
@VerseBuster
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Love Is Not for Cowards
Love is not for Cowards, Oh dear mind!
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For Love burns hotter than a Furnace of Gold, Wherein the H
@MalcolmG
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Good as Gold
Don't take this life for granted
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Enjoy the moments that you make
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Be careful opportunities handed
@mike-hauser
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