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Truth

by Lizette Woodworth Reese

The old faiths light their candles all about,
But burly Truth comes by and blows them out.




Quotes of the Day

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
• Jiddu Krishnamurti


Poems of the Day
  • Louise Gluck
    Siren
    by Louise Gluck
    I became a criminal when I fell in love. Before that I was a waitress. I didn't want to go to Chicago with you. I wanted to marry you, I wanted Your wife to suffer.