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
- How I saved Planet Earth by Raj Arumugam
- Олег Чупров – На предназначенной орбите
- The Year’s Awakening by Thomas Hardy
- There Pass the Careless People poem – A. E. Housman
- My arm for a pillow by Yosa Buson
- Илья Эренбург – Жилье в горах, как всякое жилье
- The Confederate Flags poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Eclogue:–The Times by William Barnes
- Fair Elanor by William Blake
- Different World Views of Art
- Counting My Past
- Portrait d’Une Femme poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Are You There? by W H Auden
- Василий Жуковский – Цветок
- Juan In Middle Age by Vernon Scannell
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
