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Leaves

Nikki Giovanni

On a rainy day
When I'm sitting
In a tree
Looking for a friend
I hope you'll be the one
Standing at the root
Holding out your arms
To gently catch
My fall




Quotes of the Day

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
• Rupert Brooke


Poems of the Day
  • Sara Teasdale
    A Little While
    by Sara Teasdale
    A little while when I am gone My life will live in music after me, As spun foam lifted and borne on After the wave is lost in the full sea. A while these nights and days will burn