Sonnet #12 (Why I Write Poetry)
Shall fires and storms rage ignored in my mind, Unnoted, wreaking havoc, just to fade? Shall flowers of romance ne’er water find, And dry ere they assume their lovely shade? Equations can’t describe…
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