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Poetry

orangecrush

(22,691 posts) Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:34 PM Oct 2017

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity"

Could Trump be the "Rough beast" that slouches toward Bethlehem?

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"The Second Coming" - William Butler Yeats [View all] orangecrush Oct 2017 OP

"Things fall apart, the center cannot hold" NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #1

It hit me orangecrush Oct 2017 #2

Thanks, I haven't seen it yet orangecrush Oct 2017 #4

It is a damned good series. longship Oct 2017 #5

When I was a sophomore in high school Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2017 #6

Thank you orangecrush Oct 2017 #8

A great poem. longship Oct 2017 #7

I have a nice anthology orangecrush Oct 2017 #9