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Classic poem of the day

Like a drummer's brush,
the rain hushes the surface of tin porches.











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Member poem of the day

There is beauty in her.
The way she moves,
Like she’s in a perfect rhythm with the earth.
She hums in sweet sixths with the birds,
While I settle in dissonance,
Lost in the sound.

There is wonder in her;
Her eyes gleam with passion,
and the birds sing, now in thirds.
Meanwhile, I remain in dissonance,
Lost in the sound.

There is fiction in her;
the way she smiles,
and time comes to a halt for a single moment.

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