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The Art of Poetry

There is a time When your tongue cant talk When all that you do, Is watched like a hawk This is when ink runs black When paper meets steel When your mind is on track Like music, words are formed Tunnel-vision Ideas are born Paper gets crinkled and paper gets torn But you know in your heart That poetry is the most ancient of arts

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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