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For Dancer

When lovers die they blossom
grapes
That's why there's so much
wine in love
That's why I'm still drunk
on you




Quotes of the Day

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.
• Jay London


Poems of the Day
    Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Only A Sad Mistake
    Only a blunder-a sad mistake; All my own fault and mine alone. The saddest error a heart can make; I was so young, or I would have known. Only ...