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Dorothy Parker - Solace

There was a rose that faded young;
I saw its shattered beauty hung
Upon a broken stem.
I heard them ...

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Poet: Dorothy Parker
Poem: 11. Solace
Volume: Death and Taxes
Year: Published/Written in 1931
Poem of the Day: Jan 6 2010

Comment 28 of 28, added on January 29th, 2009 at 6:25 AM.

Don't you think you should remove the list of links to Mrs Parker's poetry seeing as you have removed the poetry itself? It's a complete waste of your readers' time to click on all those links only to see the "removed by demand of copyright holder" notice.

SB from France
Comment 27 of 28, added on November 11th, 2005 at 8:06 AM.

hey o i am from antigua and and half of me is in barbuda. I love dis here po im because it remined me of pot a toes and yams and hot sluts on the street at nite tht i meet in the new showhouse on lind lake street. mmmm she like her self some choclate but im more like milk choclate she likes tht dark shit no one eats

Suckit Trebek from Antigua and Barbuda
Comment 26 of 28, added on September 19th, 2005 at 2:44 PM.

This poem is simple and beautifully written. I think that its meaning is pretty straight forward. Our society is self centered and tends to overlook things that don't apply to us. I love this poem because it speaks the truth.

Tina from United States

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