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Maya Angelou

There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.




Quotes of the Day

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
• Thomas Carlyle


Poems of the Day
  • Eugene Field
    Picnic-time
    by Eugene Field
    It's June ag'in, an' in my soul I feel the fillin' joy That's sure to come this time o' year to every little boy; For, every June, the Sunday-schools at picnics may be seen,