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5.57am and I’m finishing the last poem to the taste of the last cigarette. Smoke in my lungs, poet... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Then I’m glad I’m your first.” She tightened her grip on his hand.
“You’re my last, ...
SYLVAIN REYNARD I am the interpretation of the prophet
I am the artist in the coffin
I am the brave flag s...
MIE HANSSON When good Americans die, they go to Paris,' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette...
KAREN CHANCE Farewell, my dearest. You have but gone ahead...
but I shall follow, and run, at last, again in...
JOAN WALSH ANGLUND
When I Am Dead, My DearestWhen I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for...
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
I struck my match, she poured out her gasoline. We burn now. All the time. TARRYN FISHER
My name is Katniss Everdeen.Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.
SUZANNE COLLINS My dad is dead. And as I type this, by the window, on the rainy day, I am alive, yes. I am living. B...
AMY FUSSELMAN I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco...
ARTURO TOSCANINI I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tob...
ARTURO TOSCANINI I want to go home.”
“Impossible. You’re here now.”
“But why?”
“Jane Ezr...
KATE ROOPER
I shall now call myself;I shall now call.
In the forest of my heart, seeing myself,
...
SRI CHINMOY It's kind of ironic that the guy I played my first competitive match against will also be one of the...
JUNAID HOSSAIN
there is [...]a last even of last times of saying
if you do not love me I shall not be lo...
SAMUEL BECKETT Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see,
Yet wherever thou art shall seem Erin to me;...
THOMAS MOORE
My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me... LADY GAGA
When a daffadill I see,
Hanging down his head t'wards me,
Guesse I may, what I must be:
... ROBERT HERRICK
Mad Girl's Love SongI shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and...
SYLVIA PLATH Consider, O Lover, my throat
white as cigarette paper.
The crushed lavender of my kn...
CECILIA LLOMPART
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night se... ELIE WIESEL
Honesty.Sobriety.
My virginity.
No way to regain
the first two, I al...
ELLEN HOPKINS
One does not re-light a dead cigarette. ANNA HELD
When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall ha... CHIEF SEATTLE
I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what... MEG CABOT
What shall I do for pretty girlsNow my old bawd is dead? WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way. DANIEL NATHANS When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me,...
ARTURO TOSCANINI
Why did you?” Clary asked.“Why did I what?”
“Help me back there.”
“You�...
CASSANDRA CLARE I love you when you’re happy.
I love you when you’re sad.
I love you if you’re ang...
CARLA J. HANNA My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated.
FREDERIK POHL
I have a beard of fog that I wear on misty mornings. It’s not cigarette smoke, but I’d understan... JAROD KINTZ
Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book and take my kiss instead.
Was it m...
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shal...
MAHATMA GANDHI
She has a point, Liege.”Ethan clucked his tongue. “Captain of my Guards and he carries the...
CHLOE NEILL
I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—
I tried to match it—Seam by ...
EMILY DICKINSON
The first time I met you, you told me you grew up here, I’d call you a liar,” Tate informed me.<... KRISTEN ASHLEY
[My brother] shaped my young life. First, he taught me how to walk. Then, armed with sticks and dead... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
[Mock singing] “And shall my sword sleep in my hand…” [Speaking] “NOT a good idea, you’re ... EDDIE IZZARD
I reached out my hand, England's rivers turned and flowed the other way...I reached out my han...
SUSANNA CLARKE
The last shall not become the first if the last is lagging behind. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON
The dead have been awakened -- shall I sleep? The world's at war with tyrants -- shall I crouch? the... LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON Let me lay bare my soul
to show you’re not alone
in this naked rawness
- Vuln...
ABBY ROSMARIN
I’m alone,” Angie had told me a month ago. “No, you’re not.”
“You...
DENNIS LEHANE I am a creature of the Fey
Prepare to give your soul away
My spell is passion and it is ...
HEATHER ALEXANDER
Goodness me, the clock has struck-Alackday, and fuck my luck.
KURT VONNEGUT Too bad you’re like my older sister. We could have been something special.”
I narrowed my e...
T.J. KLUNE Die, my dear doctor! That's the last thing I shall do!
LORD PALMERSTON
Die my dear Doctor? That's the last thing I shall do! HENRY JOHN TEMPLE PALMERSTON My feet shall run because of you, My feet, dance because of you, My heart shall beat because of you,...
AURORA GREENWAY
My love has placed her little handWith noble faith in mine,
And vowed that wedlock's sa...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë I guess it just wasn't meant to be. I think I wrestled better my second match, but my first match di...
MANJU JABBIE teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li...
MY TEACHER
Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjournMy Lip the secret Well of Life to learn:
And Lip t...
OMAR KHAYYáM The shirt hung to my knees.
He smirked. “You are tiny.”
I stuck out my tongue at him...
CAMBRIA HEBERT I got beat by Matt Moley in my first regional match.
JAKE BUCHA
When in the down I sink my head,Sleep, Death's twin-brother, times my breath;
Sleep, Deat...
ALFRED TENNYSON They were so thrilled when I said I’m a virgin,” I blurt out. “I’m so fucking stupid.”
MINDY MCGINNIS
She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall... LIBBA BRAY
I held my hand out. “Give me a grenade.”Andrea pulled open her backpack and slid a g...
ILONA ANDREWS
I want someone to love me for me, faults and all.Someone who cant fall asleep without being he...
JOSé N. HARRIS
If wild my breast and sore my pride,I bask in dreams of suicide,
If cool my heart and high ...
DOROTHY PARKER
Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.--I shall feel it. VICTOR HUGO
Shall we dance,friend of my heart?"We shall, little one.
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
I am not a Sunday morning inside four wallswith clean blood
and organized drawers.
I...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON The carp was dead, killed, assassinated, murdered in the first, second and third degree. Limp, I fel...
ALICE B. TOKLAS I shall not dwell in the past...
I shall not dread the present...
I shall not fear the Fut...
OSCAR TREJO JR.
Well, hell yeah! I’m gonna kick your ass, too!”I narrowed my eyes at him. “Not this time...
JAMIE MCGUIRE
When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest bette... C.S. LEWIS
A Second Childhood.”When all my days are ending
And I have no song to sing,
...
G.K. CHESTERTON You’re full of it. It’s not against the law to run.”
“Yes it is. Especially for us.
KENNETH EADE
I think today I played much better, especially in the first set, than in my first match on Wednesday... MARIA SHARAPOVA
I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead. OSCAR WILDE
Finished in a frenzy that reminded me of our last night in Cambridge. Watched my final sunrise. Enjo... DAVID MITCHELL
Rachel wiggles in my hold. “You’re strong.”My lips twitch. “Pure steel.” Strong ...
KATIE MCGARRY
The Blue Birdfrom The Last Night of the Earth Poems
there’s a bluebird in my hear...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI
One day I’ll get a tattoo for you.”Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark ...
KATIE MCGARRY
And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall li...
KAHLIL GIBRAN My poem must expurgate my manhood
unveil the animality of the best of my being,
reveal bot...
EDDY TOUSSAINT You’re not just any girl. You’re my girl.
SAMANTHA TOWLE You are not my dream girl.
You are this earth. You are not a fantasy: you are my love. An...
WAYLON H. LEWIS But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
You'...
FREDERICK WEATHERLY
So shall I fight, so shall I tread,In this long war beneath the stars;
So shall a glory wreat...
JOHN EDWARD MASEFIELD I can really feel the love in this apprenticeship already,” Tory said.
“You’re not dead ...
DREW HAYES
You shall be my roots andI will be your shade,
though the sun burns my leaves.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI
I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last.Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I...
RICHELLE MEAD If you’re not good, I’ll burn your—”
“Yeah, I know.” MeShack strolled to his bedroo...
KENYA WRIGHT
Kitten,” he growled roughly.I kissed him softly, sliding my hands into his silky locks, lett...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT
I shall desire and I shall findThe best of my desires;
The autumn road, the mellow wind
Th...
RUPERT BROOKE Any last words?”
“Go to hell, you freaking…filthy…godforsaken…”
Our noses almo...
ANNA KATMORE
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every ... ALBERT CAMUS
I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every d... ALBERT CAMUS
Penelope In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of the breeze,
Where the...
DOROTHY PARKER
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. IAN FLEMING
In that last dance of chancesI shall partner you no more.
I shall watch anoth...
ROBIN HOBB Lately I can't help wanting us
to be like other people.
For example, if I were a smoker,
When I am dead, and over me bright AprilShakes out her rain drenched hair,
Tho you should...
SARA TEASDALE
You don't know how you haunt and bewilder me. You don't know how the cursed carelessness that is ove... CHARLES DICKENS
The King beneath the mountains,The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Why did you run away last time?” William asks quietly, so quietly that at first, I think I’m ima...
ANNA B. DOE
