One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud I wrote silences; nights; I recorded the unnameable.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud What an old maid I’m getting to be. Lacking the courage to be in love with death!
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud You feel on your lips a kiss Fluttering, a tiny scrap of life.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud As for me, I am intact; and I don’t care.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle
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