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On Seeing Akiko's Shaking Head 1/7/2007 On Seeing Akiko's Shaking Head (27 June 2005) I'ld rather have a "maybe" than a "no" 'Cause if I had a maybe, then I'ld know That perhaps there is some hope for us to grow. 3 Comments, 26 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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The Willow-Heart (in prose) 1/7/2007 The Willow-Heart (in prose) (12 April 2006) My heart is like the willow tree: Spending each moment, eternally weeping With hope, like the leaves of Autumn One-by-one, falling away, 3 Comments, 22 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Never Pain to Tell Thy Love 1/7/2007 Never Pain to Tell Thy Love (Fall 1993) Never pain to tell thy love. Love that's never told can be As the gentle wind does blow Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I tol 3 Comments, 15 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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IF 1/7/2007 IF (Fall 2005) If I could spend one night with you, To hold you close as lovers do, Then, fueled by Passion's burning bliss, Our lips would touch and we'ld deep kiss. The 3 Comments, 25 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Fare Thee Well 1/7/2007 Fare Thee Well (8 October 2005) Farewell to you, my false love, Whose heart I thought I owned, But now through Time's unveiling hand I see that it was loaned. 3 Comments, 14 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Reflections upon the Falling Rain 1/7/2007 Reflections upon the Falling Rain (28-30 September 2005) A darkened mass the evening glooms; A soul-black sky the day entombs, Into a swirling, churning shroud. Gone is the sun that 3 Comments, 18 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Now You're Gone (Part II) 1/7/2007 In separation's languor, This oft returning state, I can't weed my emotions: Is this love or is this hate? In the garden of my feelings, So mixed with bitter joy, The buds of hope once blo 3 Comments, 14 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Now You're Gone (Part I) 1/7/2007 When I heard your message I didn't know what to say. It seems you love to hurt me, New ways with every day. And though I stand here trembling, Shocked by what I've heard, Since this ain't 3 Comments, 14 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Doleful Musings (1993) 7/29/2006 When shades of death descend upon my mind, When fears that all to soon I will be gone Before my quill has had sufficient time To pen my thoughts or orchestrate my song; When 3 Comments, 28 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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A Requiem for a Life Without Love-The Thoughts of her who opted to stay married unhappily ever after 7/24/2006 I smile for you, love, Though I am not what I seem to be. Mine is utter vacuity, Ardent zeal from a frozen soul. It's a part I play For you alone in this charade, In this lively, lifeless 3 Comments, 29 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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A Poem in Response to a Call from You 5/29/2006 A Poem in Response to a Call from You (Completed: 4/12/'06) So how am I? Forlorn and cold, Clutching warm memories of the days of old, Reflecting on the joys that might 3 Comments, 104 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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The Willow-Heart (In Verse) 5/29/2006 The Willow Heart (In Verse) completed: 4/13/06 My heart is like the Willow Tree: Ever-standing, forlorn and cold, Silently weeping for eternity, With all its hope, lik 3 Comments, 63 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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The Heart's Death: A Requiem of Sadness 5/29/2006 The Heart's Death: A Requiem of Sadness Completed 5/22/06 The heart it dies a slow and bitter death And sheds each hope like withered Autumn leaves Till barren limbs, so 3 Comments, 36 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Memories of Taiwan...To Loretta 4/24/2006 Fallen Memories (2000) I guess I should have known it wouldn’t last Things too good never do, But, oh, you to me were something special That went away too soon. I still re 3 Comments, 44 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Doleful Musings 4/24/2006 Doleful Musings (1993) When shades of death descend upon my mind, When fears that all to soon I will be gone Before my quill has had sufficient time To pen my thoughts or orchestrate 3 Comments, 44 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Longing for You 4/24/2006 Longing (1999) Long it has been since lips last did touch; Many the hours since eyes last gazed, And though our hearts do miss so much Our love still stands, untouched, unrazed 3 Comments, 35 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Alone...Thinking of You 11/27/2005 I still find myself alone, Sitting at the same old table, In the same old coffee shop. It's the same old Sunday morning, But you're not here anymore. <br> The rain outside still fall 3 Comments, 130 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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(untitled) 11/27/2005 How many times have the stars brought me here? And how many times have I drowned in the tears Of love newly sprung that's fated too soon to die? <br> The morning came before the night w 3 Comments, 59 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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The Irony of Love 8/28/2005 The greatest irony of Love: <br> Loving the right person at the wrong time, <br> Having the wrong person when the time is right, <br> And finding out you love someone 3 Comments, 786 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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11 Warning Signs a Woman Isn't Worth Your Time 8/28/2005 1. She's a chronic complainer. She nitpicks over the least important things in life such as a cup left on the dining room table or a crumb found on the carpet. Things will only get worse with this 3 Comments, 630 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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So Which Month Are You? 8/20/2005 JANUARY: ****************** Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and pr 3 Comments, 300 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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What I've Learned 8/20/2005 As I've Matured... <br> I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in... <br> I've learned that one good tur 3 Comments, 253 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Things to think about (I) 8/20/2005 The following is a wonderful message by George Carlin, whose wife died recently: <br> The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freew 3 Comments, 311 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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And now...the rest of the story 8/6/2005 Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judg 3 Comments, 218 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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The Five Excuses of Chinese: Intercultural Apologies 3/14/2005 The other day, I was over at a local Chinese-run stationery and book store. While I was there, I was browsing through the stacks of cards looking for a Chinese thank-you note to give to the family 3 Comments, 366 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Ennui 3/12/2005 Oh how the Time does slip away And the years in endless procession roll. Sweet Youth is farther each new day As ruinous Age takes its ugly toll, While colder and darker grows my numbed Soul. 3 Comments, 221 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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When Youth and Innocence were friends... 3/12/2005 When Youth and Innocence were friends, And blood through veins flowed warm, As star-filled skies wondered our eyes, And nights were not for dorm; <br> When all the dreams that ever c 3 Comments, 128 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Strict parents and smoking 2/23/2005 "I had strict parents growing up, " comments comedian Judah Friedlander, "especially my dad. When I was 10, I got caught smoking with my friend Larry. My dad busted us! So, to teach me a lesson, 3 Comments, 591 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Et cetera 2/23/2005 Judah Friedlander once told a crowd: <br> I hate reading, but I love the word "et cetera." You see it in writing a lot. But I like to use it in conversations just to be a jerk! The lo 3 Comments, 99 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score | |
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Let's here it for family values 2/23/2005 A little boy comes home from school and tells his daddy that his homework that night is to find out the difference between "potentially" and "realistically." <br> "Easy, " says the boy's 3 Comments, 245 Views, 3 Votes ,2.45 Score |
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