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Classic poem of the day

A STATELY ship sailed brave and free
Upon the sparkling summer sea,
The light winds blew caressingly.

The same winds blew a summer cloud,
Soft, white and warm, a lovely shroud,
Enfolding waves that were too proud.

On came the ship; the cloud she cleft:
It parted, then like one bereft
Closed over all; no sea was left.

A moment still the spotless sails
Are bright with sunshine, naught avails;
She hastens on, til......

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Member poem of the day

The line on a heart monitor is like a sideways lightning bolt.
Unlike a lightning bolt is strikes the same place over and over until it stops.
The flatline is the line that divides us, the line we do not cross, until we do.
It is the first and last thing we do.
There’s a lot of beauty in between, that’s the stuff that matters.
The green of the crest of a hill, the blue of the mid-morning sky, the yellow in the center of a daisy.

Death can be beauti......

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