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All the Poetry

All the Poetry

Sharing as much poetry as possible

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Posted bypoetically
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in/allthepoetry-Jan 25 at 10:00 AM

Daily Share Post: January 25

  • poems
  • poetry discussion
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What poems have you read and loved today? Have you written any? Please post in the comments or link to a top-level post in the comm!

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  • Esther JonesJan 25 at 2:35 PM

    Sympathy
    by Paul Laurence Dunbar

    I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
    When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
    When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
    And the river flows like a stream of glass;
    When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
    And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
    I know what the caged bird feels!

    I know why the caged bird beats his wing
    Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
    For he must fly back to his perch and cling
    When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
    And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
    And they pulse again with a keener sting—
    I know why he beats his wing!

    I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
    When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
    When he beats his bars and he would be free;
    It is not a carol of joy or glee,
    But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
    But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
    I know why the caged bird sings!

    • poeticallyJan 25 at 2:43 PM

      This is gorgeous in such a tragic way. Thank you for sharing!

All the Poetry

All the Poetry

Sharing as much poetry as possible

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