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Best Poems Written by Madeline Dong

Below are the all-time best Madeline Dong poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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I think he was better than me 
He saw more than me
He wasn’t as materialistic as I was and didn’t seem to care about the differences 
Our quotient was still just me thinking about being lesser than someone who ripped away

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Fever

I’m from the fireplace where flares emanates from the embers within
I’m from the buttons on the eggshell wall in the hallway, where I see faces with red noses and arms wrapped around their bodies
I’m from the glass window panes, outside beaming in onto your face

I’m from two hands intertwined, never forgetting what it feels like in that moment
I’m from an embrace that lasts minutes, the love erupting out of the chests of cliches
I’m from the nervousness that sets in, forehead gleaming with sweat and a fast beating heart

I’m from the sky, above the clouds, above the moon
I’m from just beyond the spring green leaves of a ginkgo tree, broken and glimmering
I’m from the pavement on the ashen road with quick feet barely touching me as they pass

I’m from the ceramic cup of tea, milk, and a dash of sugar and honey 
I’m from under the pan with sparks flying out when the iron grazes iron 
I’m from the plate on the table when your mother screams “don’t touch it, it’s too hot”

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Not the Same

Arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder and it's been so long since the night I told her.

Please come closer and look at me harder.

You had me crying tears of liquid lying.

Burning at the stake I'm sorry but I wont make it.

I used to be in love with dying, but you got me to start trying.

I love you a lot a lot but let me confess that I'm not

The same person I was because

The flames have been suffocated and become more hated.

To you I devote myself for that I've withheld.

I'm yours, I'm mine, I'm yours, you're mine.

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The False Beauty of Our Oceans

The expanse of the ocean seems quite wonderful 
More fish to see, more reefs to be 
But really, it’s quite dreadful 
The expanse of the ocean is more than a ruse 
Yet nobody believes the scientists who say 
Just wait and see how much life we lose 
Water’s getting warmer 
The icebergs are melting
Now you’ll feel guilty, wading in the shower
And God forbid your vacation’s at stake 
There’s no where to swim 
In a dried up lake 
There’s not much more time to save our fish 
We sure love our oceans 
But not enough to spare one wish

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I Want To Be a Poem

I want to be a poem 
I want to rhyme and be said in time 
with stanzas that make you stand up 
To be said with such grace and nobody can erase 
the things i’ve said for the are not scratched
For words to match and themes to catch 
I want to be a poem 
so I can be spoken

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She greeted him with the dryness of the desert and he brought her to the ocean

Rich love burned hot between their hands

Melting them into their earths

His tides soothe her bodies drying in the sun

More of him is more of her

He gave her monsoons and she furnished him shells

Eternal energies