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September 18, 2014
By anna.marie BRONZE, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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anna.marie BRONZE, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
― Albert Camus

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If the cry of midnight is but
A shadow in your rearview mirror, slowly
Tiptoeing across a distant horizon
Folding itself between the stars

If hazy figures fill your mind, if they
Dance on the windshield of your thoughts
Waltzing to tunes of hope and lust
On a road engraved with moonlit scars

And if dawn rears its ugly head
Over your weary, bloodshot eyes, you
Are possessed by love or loneliness
Both casualties of an equal kind.

© Jordan L., Wichita, KS

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Nated315 DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 11 2016 at 10:27 am
Nated315 DIAMOND, Georgetown, New York
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Truth has many shades. It's not a matter of black and white, but many grays.

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oh! I see! sorry about that... I tend to write Shakespearean Sonnets!!! XD
anna.marie BRONZE said...
on Jan. 30 2015 at 6:23 pm
anna.marie BRONZE, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
― Albert Camus

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@Nated315 It's a contemporary sonnet not a Shakespearean sonnet. Contemporary sonnets don't need a rhyme scene. Thanks for the input though.
Nated315 DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 30 2015 at 11:29 am
Nated315 DIAMOND, Georgetown, New York
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Pretty good but the rhyme scheme for a sonnet is : a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
theSunfloweredCrow PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 14 2015 at 9:38 pm
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"Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky,
Tongue-tied and twisted
Just an earth-bound misfit, I"
~Pink Floyd

"Now is blessed
The rest
remembered "

~Jim Morrison

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this is incredible! :)
Olivia-Atlet ELITE said...
on Oct. 7 2014 at 7:58 am
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"To these the past hath its phantoms,
More real than solid earth;
And to these death does not mean decay,
But only another birth"
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This is reallly powerful, nad extremely beautiful :) Please keep writing, this poem is ssssoooooo Amazing! CX