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Time for spiritual wakening; to see real solution for all earthly struggles! Just face to sunrise section and...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 775,743 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="117639" data-title="epidemiology-consider-jesus-christ-by-astghick-moradkhanians" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/123017/wild-geese">Wild Geese</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Mary+Oliver"><i>Mary Oliver</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/123017/wild-geese">Wild Geese<br /> <br /> <br /> You do not have to be good.<br /> You do not have to walk on your knees<br /> for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.<br /> You only have to...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 73,816 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="123017" data-title="wild-geese" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/62930/waterfalls">Waterfalls</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Clifford+Villalon"><i>Clifford Villalon</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/62930/waterfalls">Love is like a waterfall that flows forever.<br /> A relationship of true love in different directions<br /> Through the steep, sharp and crooked lines of rocks are...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 63,525 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" 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href="/poem/33442/the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings">The Gods Of The Copybook Headings</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33442/the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings">As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,<br /> I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.<br /> Peering through reverent fingers I...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 25,098 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="33442" data-title="the-gods-of-the-copybook-headings" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/33606/the-white-man's-burden">The White Man's Burden</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Rudyard+Kipling"><i>Rudyard Kipling</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/33606/the-white-man's-burden">Take up the White man's burden --<br>  Send forth the best ye breed --<br /> Go bind your sons to exile<br>  To serve your captives' need;<br /> To wait in heavy harness<br> ...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 24,131 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="33606" data-title="the-white-man-s-burden" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/115265/it's-easier-than-a-month-and-a-month">it's easier than a month and a month</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Markesh+Dickinson"><i>Markesh Dickinson</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/115265/it's-easier-than-a-month-and-a-month">Looks like plastic bags.<br /> Is Windil coming back?<br /> Listen, the paper is thin<br /> Do you like karate at home?<br /> Are you buried<br /> Shouts 6 feet, but no one hears<br /> ...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 23,024 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="115265" data-title="it-s-easier-than-a-month-and-a-month" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/103796/the-miracle-of-morning">The Miracle of Morning</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Amanda+Gorman"><i>Amanda Gorman</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/103796/the-miracle-of-morning">I thought I’d awaken to a world in mourning.<br /> Heavy clouds crowding, a society storming.<br /> But there’s something different on this golden morning.<br /> Something...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 20,351 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="103796" data-title="the-miracle-of-morning" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/118347/new-day's-lyric">New Day's Lyric</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/Amanda+Gorman"><i>Amanda Gorman</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/118347/new-day's-lyric">May this be the day<br /> We come together.<br /> Mourning, we come to mend,<br /> Withered, we come to weather,<br /> Torn, we come to tend,<br /> Battered, we come to better.<br /> ...</a></div></td><td class="tal nowrap rt bl vam"><div><i class="far fa-eye" aria-hidden="true"></i> 19,980 views</div><div><br><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="118347" data-title="new-day-s-lyric" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tal qx"><strong><a href="/poem/175975/blue-melancholy-of-hong-kong">Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong</a></strong><br>— <a href="/poet/William+He"><i>William He</i></a></td><td class="tal qx"><div class="pprev"><a href="/poem/175975/blue-melancholy-of-hong-kong">Blue Melancholy of Hong Kong<br /> By William He<br /> <br /> A veil of purple vapour flows,<br /> In fancy's misty gleam,<br /> The sea spectral camp is seen.<br /> The street 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