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Poem of The Day
By Kazim Ali
A book led me to the particular performance of the cello suite
And watching the cellist play so tentatively, I imaged dance
A body moving slowly in the morning
Emerging from death
Chicken for breakfast
How do you survive even one morning even one day
With no mother to tell you
Time to change
And watching the cellist play so tentatively, I imaged dance
A body moving slowly in the morning
Emerging from death
Chicken for breakfast
How do you survive even one morning even one day
With no mother to tell you
Time to change
Poem of The Day
By bruno darío
I want to accompany you
on the adventure of mastery.
How I’d love
our love, the antonym of art!
on the adventure of mastery.
How I’d love
our love, the antonym of art!
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