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This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression.
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“And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.”
“The heart lies to itself because it must.”
“Let me sit in a flowerpot, The spiders won't notice. My heart is a stopped geranium.”
“Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.”
“I thought when love for you died, I should die. It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.”
“The heart grows weary after a little Of what it loved for a little while.”
“I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.”