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Classic poem of the day

After the first powerful plain manifesto
The black statement of pistons, without more fuss
But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station.
Without bowing and with restrained unconcern
She passes the houses which humbly crowd outside,
The gasworks and at last the heavy page
Of death, printed by gravestones in the cemetery.
Beyond the town there lies the open country
Where, gathering speed, she acquires mystery,
The luminous self-possession of ships o......

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Member poem of the day

remember the night

     when I was in town

and at the hotel

     I did drop your name

 

and you sent a car

     and whisked me away

the party you threw

     with all of your friends

 

it went on all night

     and into the dawn

do you remember the ni...

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