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Charlie "Bird" Parker

by James A. Emanuel

Once Ugly Duckling,
rich plumage grew. Poised, Bird flew.
Flocks followed. Me too.




Quotes of the Day

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
• Jean de la Bruyere


Poems of the Day
  • Henry David Thoreau
    Fair Haven
    by Henry David Thoreau
    When Winter fringes every bough With his fantastic wreath, And puts the seal of silence now Upon the leaves beneath; When every stream in its pent-house