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Faith

"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.

poem by Emily Dickinson
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So as to unveil a poem in its metaphysical matrix we need (how else could it be?) the entire cultural universe that transcendentally contains us.

aphorism by Dumitru Găleșanu from The Lights of Man: the philosophical lyric poetry (5 April 2021), translated by Andreea Moise
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Mother

Mothers are not replaceable
Mothers are one of a kind
No one can ever take the place of my Mother

poem by Susie Sunshine (2007)
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Where We Differ

To think my thoughts are hers,
Not one of hers is mine;
She laughs -- while I must sigh;
She sighs -- while I must whine.

She eats -- while I must fast;
She reads -- while I am blind;
She sleeps -- while I must wake;
Free -- I no freedom find.

To think the world for me
Contains but her alone,
And that her eyes prefer
Some ribbon, scarf, or stone.

poem by W.H. Davies
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A Season's Closing

A wind that passes in the night,
came unexpectedly
and gone without a trace.
But your face it did touch,
running through your hair
as they float while it dances,
and patiently listening
to your unspoken emotions
before carrying them away
to the horizon's furthest edges...

Our encounter was brief
a mere season in a year
that quickly passes by
in the stream of running Time
but a fated one, indeed
a precious one, nevertheless
So, here is my blessing to you
before we part our ways:
This one last and final Song

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poem by Wilson Khor Woo Han
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