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A Conceit

Maya Angelou

Give me your hand
Make room for me
to lead and follow
you
beyond this rage of poetry.
Let others have
the privacy of
touching words
and love of loss
of love.
For me
Give me your hand.




Quotes of the Day

I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.
• Emo Philips


Poems of the Day
  • Emily Dickinson
    No Notice gave She, but a Change
    by Emily Dickinson
    No Notice gave She, but a Change -- No Message, but a Sigh -- For Whom, the Time did not suffice That She should specify. She was not warm, though Summer shone Nor scrupulous of cold