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Let?s add up a bit of fresh air in this forum and rehearse for Valentine: post your favorite love poem:

Meeting at Night By Robert Browning

The gray sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

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"not waving, but drowning" by stevie smith

"Nobody heard him, the dead man,

But still he lay moaning:

I was much further out than you thought

And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking

And now he's dead

It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,

They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always

(Still the dead one lay moaning)

I was much too far out all my life

And not waving but drowning."

if things get too cheerful up in here i'll post 'death fugue' by paul celan.

or some of the crap written by fake hip-hop whiteboys on this site, that should be depressing enough.

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The other day

(not this one)

i read a poem that somebody wrote about love.

it didn't really sound like a poem

it sounded confused

and it probably was, because

love is as confusing as it gets,

except when it's not, but i'll get to that.

so here i am writing a poem

(or something)

about love

(or something)

just like a hundred thousand people

(and maybe fishes or cats, too) have before me.

we all try to make it sound like something new

and we all believe that it is.

i am inclined to believe, in fact

that my love for you is amazing

unbeatable

conquering

only its track record isn't so good so far.

no one has loved you the same exact way

that i have, and i will never

love someone the same way again.

i like the way i love you

i am as afraid of it going away

as i am of it staying

i wish i could understand

or i wish i could make you understand

i don't know what it is i understand

but it's something. i think love

(i think love)

is like something you realize

and then don't remember ever not knowing.

do you have a motherfucking phone number?

i want to tell you things

not anything in particular really

just things, maybe about

girls who eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

what i'm saying isn't important, just

that i'm saying it to you

and you're hearing it

somehow though i think you stopped listening

a long time ago

where is my love? i guess

it slipped past your heart and it's hangin' out

in your belly somewhere.

i want it back

maybe just a little bit?

if you don't have any of your own we can share mine.

all i am asking

is that you let me lay close enough to you

that i can feel you move as you fall asleep

all i am asking

is that you make my body feel

like it's doing something meaningful

'cause it really misses meaning something to someone

all i am asking

is that you

love

me

please

(Vrai)

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ORIGINAL VERSION :)

If you love someone,

Set her free...

If she comes back, she's yours,

If she doesn't, she's never was....

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THE NEW VERSIONS 8)

Pessimist: :(

If you love someone,

Set her free ...

If she ever comes back, she's yours,

If she doesn't, as expected, she never was ...

Suspicious: :roll:

(1) If you love someone,

Set her free ...

If she ever comes back, ask her why.

(2) If you love someone,

Set her free ... but get someone to follow her

Go-getter: :twisted:

If you love someone,

Set her free ...

If she comes back, she's yours,

If she doesn't, go get her !

If you love someone

WHY IN THE FIRST PLACE SET HER FREE???

CARELESS IDIOT!!! :x

DIABOLICAL: :shock:

If you love someone, set her free...

She'll come back...

Once your rumors spread -- she's a slut with AIDS

EGOTIST: :wink:

If you love someone, set her free...

She'll come back soon enuff...

Once she realizes she had the best

IMPATIENT: :o

If you love someone, set her free...

If she doesn't come back in 24 hours...

Forget her and move on

INDIFFERENT: :roll:

If you love someone, set her free...

If she comes back, she was better than nothing...

If not, you're better off without her

RELIGIOUS: :evil:

If you love someone, set her free...

If she comes back, it was God's will...

If not, she was probably a Child of Satan

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Sheer genius, he could have gone with like poisonous mushrooms, but hell no, he's not going to dilute his message to conform to accepted rhyming rules. Same with felony and melody tis assonance baby

assonance , assonance baby ?

Aaaaah when Vanilla Ice an MC Hammer ruled the world ....madonna slept with this guy......why has she not been publically stoned ?(you know...with rocks) (you know...not the type that are " crack cocaine") (just say "no" kids)

anyway enough.....ditch the zero and get with the hero...cause i'm too legit to quit...

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"Love" :oops: KHALIL GIBRAN

When love beckons to you follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you

And when he speaks to you believe in him,

Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,

So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.

He threshes you to make you naked.

He sifts you to free you from your husks.

He grinds you to whiteness.

He kneads you until you are pliant;

And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

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All right stop collaborate and listen

Ice is back with my brand new invention

Something grabs a hold of me tightly

Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly

Will it ever stop yo I don't know

Turn off the lights and I'll glow

To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal

Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle

Dance go rush to the speaker that booms

I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom

Deadly when I play a dope melody

Anything less than the best is a felony

Love it or leave it you better gain weight

You better hit bull's eye the kid don't play

If there was a problem yo I'll solve it

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

-- if you don't know thank your personal gods

As you once said, Mom would be so proud.

proud to not be aware that the 2antique who posted that is actually her sonny boy.

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Workin' all week 9 to 5 for my money

So when the weekend comes I go get live with the honey

Rollin' down the street I saw this girl and she was pumpin'

I winked my eye she got into the ride went to a club was jumpin'

Introduce myself as Loc she said "You're a liar"

I said "I got it goin' on baby doll and I'm on fire"

Took her to the hotel she said "You're the king"

I said "Be my queen if you know what I mean and let us do the wild thing

Wild thing

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