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Langston Hughes

I would liken you
To a night without stars
Were it not for your eyes.
I would liken you
To a sleep without dreams
Were it not for your songs.




Quotes of the Day

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
• C. S. Lewis


Poems of the Day
  • Emily Dickinson
    Rehearsal to Ourselves
    by Emily Dickinson
    379 Rehearsal to Ourselves Of a Withdrawn Delight- Affords a Bliss like Murder- Omnipotent-Acute- We will not drop the Dirk- Because We love the Wound The Dirk Commemorate-Itself