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XVII (I do not love you...)I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, / or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. / I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

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Humanity I Love YouHumanity i love you / because you would rather black the boots of / success than enquire whose soul dangles from his

E. E. Cummings25

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The secret life of poetsThe poet lives two lives. / One on the outside, / And one in their mind.

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Music in SpaceThe billowing sea / bows down dancing, / the cool one comes—

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I can't say this out loud.You probably understand. Or maybe you don't, after all. Either way, it is jumping around inside me and if I don't let it out soon all my carbonation will fizz up and run over the side of my glass and I don't want to waste all that sweetness. / I want to kiss you underwater. / I want that kiss to be the only thing keeping us alive. Down there we are foreigners, aliens. Grasping, I want to feel your flesh in stark contrast to the smooth wetness all around me, like a secret.

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I am fighting.I am no longer the / Steady thrum of heartbeats / When issues against women are

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how do you know when (a human is too broken?),***how do you know when / (a human is too broken?)*** / <•>

@poetoftheway48

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EyesI swim in their wide oceans. / I fly around in their skies. / I pierce very deep into them;

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Life of LiesI'm in love with a man / I know not to love, / his heart will never be free.

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Please?Can I come to you as I am, / in secret- / brimming with the need to be held?

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Beauty and Beauty Lost#*We're awakened to our insatiable longing for heaven / through both beauty and the painful marring of it. / For beauty hints to us of that for which we are truly made,

@alyssa-underwood12

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Friendship (My 100Th Poem)Friendship is to trust / Friendship is having the kindness to help / Friendship is giving to others without thinking

@daniel-luke-nelson42

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FRIENDSHIP OVER LOVEAfter getting so close to you and also getting to close to loosing you forever, I decided to redefine importance. While I was redefining importance, I got to understand how far friendship can stretch. After that, I came to a conclusion that friendship is a lot more greater than love. / Below I'm going to give some emphasis which I hope will make you understand. / LOVE

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submissions to post secretkissing you was like swerving into oncoming traffic / i can never tell if i am more haunted by empty picture frames or the ashes of their contents / you taught me that the saying *"pick your battles"* meant not answering when love was at the door

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crushIt's just a little crush--really. / But it was a secret / For a reason I chose not to tell.

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an artist's lovebeware when you fall in love / with an artist / be it a painter, a singer, or poet

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Bluebirdthere's a bluebird in my heart that / wants to get out / but I'm too tough for him,

Charles Bukowski46

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Forgotten LanguageOnce I spoke the language of the flowers, / Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, / Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,

Shel Silverstein12

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A Poet's Heart. / ***A poet's heart isn't like any other...*** / It's the tears that trickle with radiance through words.

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Wrestling at Peniel#*It's at the point of desperation that the soul finds its deepest desire, / and in that desire lies everything of which true life is made. / Perhaps the first and central question concerning surrender

@alyssa-underwood22

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I saw you in seasons...I saw you in winter, / and thought of tree branches feathered by starlight in poorly lit neighborhoods. A hearth where the more honest parts of myself, I am bared fetal, warmed upon, welcomed. / I saw you in spring,

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A MeetingShe steps into the dark swamp / where the long wait ends. / The secret slippery package

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"only” the lonely know (my special sign)“only” the lonely know (my special sign) / {=} / an incurable silence

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Hieroglyphic Stairway by Drew Dellingerit's 3:23 in the morning / and I'm awake / because my great great grandchildren

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Was It Love? Or Was It An Arrow?Was it love? or was it an arrow? / My heart, you took, left me in sorrow / Your heart, may I borrow?

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