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
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- Eavesdropping myself by Vladimir Marku
- Владимир Корнилов – Яблоки
- Robert Burns: The Whistle -A Ballad:
- Doomes-Day: The Eleventh Houre by William Alexander
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- Landscapes poem – Andree Chedid poems | Poems and Poetry
- Red Hanrahan’s Song About Ireland by William Butler Yeats
- A Song: When June is Past, the Fading Rose by Thomas Carew
- Village Song by Sarojini Naidu
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- Шекспир – Что, если бы я право заслужил – Сонет 125
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