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Every Time I Kiss You

Every time I kiss you
After a long separation
I feel
I am putting a hurried love letter
In a red mailbox.




Quotes of the Day

All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.

• Ogden Nash



Poems of the Day
  • Edwin Arlington Robinson
    Fleming Helphenstine
    by Edwin Arlington Robinson
    At first I thought there was a superfine Persuasion in his face; but the free flow That filled it when he stopped and cried, "Hollo!" Shone joyously, and so I let it shine.