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Poetry Critical 2.0

Hey guys, Donald here.

In a few weeks, this site will be 9 years old. 9 years! And I still know some of the earliest submissions by heart.

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Random Poem:

Morning Star
Lejer

Like once upon a time,
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On a cold, but lovely night,
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On a clear and pleasant sky,
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A star was shining bright.
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A boy was sitting in grim light
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And looking from his car,
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Trough the darkness of the night
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Admiring a glowing star.
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The boy who sat there in the night,
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Lost his loved one in a fight,
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And was wondering tonight,
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If he could, or if he might,
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Ask the star if he may love
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For only one more time.
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The answer: You’ll do love,
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Like once upon a time.
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This made him feel better,
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Regardless of the weather,
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But suddenly remembered,
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And one more time surrendered,
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To the lonely, horrid thought,
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That he will never, ever spot
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Another love within his sight,
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On a cold, but lovely night.
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The star felt really bad for him.
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Cause he surrendered his own dream.
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And decided in that night,
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To fight all night, with all her might
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To make the boy feel love again
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And so she stood, above all men,
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And swore that night to help the shy,
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On a clear and pleasant sky.
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And with the oath that she made then,
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She’ll be connected to all men,
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To protect an to defend them,
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From suffering until The End.
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She swore to live and never die,
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To make them love and never lie
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And on that mystic, endless night,
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A star was shining bright
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But he did not believe the oath,
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And with the passing of the time,
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He gave up, forgot them both,
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Both the star and love sublime.
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The star began to fade away,
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And darkness came to fill the night
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And I believe it’s safe to say,
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A boy was sitting in grim light.
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As the star was running out,
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The boy realized what he did then,
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And he began to loudly shout,
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“I’ll never wish on stars again”
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And so he stood there in the dark
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With tears in eyes, with grief in heart
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Crying for the falling star,
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And looking from his car.
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And after that, the falling star,
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As she was falling trough the night,
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She wanted to fulfill her oath,
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And so she fell, but she did fight.
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And with the last glow of the star,
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She gave up her final light,
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For the boy to love, just one of both,
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Trough the darkness of the night.
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And so she fell, into the night,
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But with her last breath she did fight
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To make the boy feel love again.
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And so a girl appeared right then
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And the boy picked another star,
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And swore to love her and the light
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And so they stood there in the night,
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Admiring a glowing star.
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Admiring a glowing star
 73
Trough the darkness of the night,
 74
And looking from his car,
 75
A boy was sitting in grim light.
 76
A star was shining bright,
 77
On a clear and pleasant sky,
 78
On a cold, but lovely night
 79
Like once upon a time.
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