Poetry
For Want of a Nail
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Benjamin Franklin • For Want of a Nail
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“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”
Tennessee Williams in “Camino Real”
These words became his epitaph
Tennessee Williams in “Camino Real”
These words became his epitaph
Tennessee Williams • “The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” – Barnstorming
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Today
By Billy Collins
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,
a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies
seemed so etched in sunlight
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