each time i pare my nail
i feel deeply grateful
for its unselfish readiness
to die in my stead
sparing me the keen sense
of the unbearable pain of growth
out of those parts of me
always younger
more romantic
and much more memorable
spread randomly
like unnoticeable seeds
sown in the spring soil
End of the poem
15 random poems
- For P’ei Ti by Wang Wei
- How cruel are the parents by Robert Burns
- Sing of the Banner at Day-Break. by Walt Whitman
- Man And The Echo by William Butler Yeats
- Hymn to Pan poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Journey Of The Magi by T. S. Eliot
- Souvenirs of Democracy. by Walt Whitman
- Song—A Rose-bud by my Early Walk by Robert Burns
- Music by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Нинель Эпатова – Настя с мамою в лесочке
- ambiguities of absence by Steve Troyanovich
- Expostulation and Reply by William Wordsworth
- Наум Коржавин – От дурачеств, от ума ли
- Ode to My Guitar by William Wright Harris
- Федор Сологуб – Либава, Либава, товарная душа
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