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A Heart in Love

February 15, 2012
By amahzing_grace GOLD, Prattville, Alabama
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I pay no attention whatever to anybody&#039;s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. <br /> -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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What happens to a heart in love?

Does it make you smile
like a visit from an old friend?
Or break when he leaves -
And never mend?
Does it all happen over night?
Or grow and appear slowly -
like a ray of sunlight?

Maybe it beats fast
like a hummingbird's wings.

Or maybe it sings.

© Francesca Y., Robbinsdale, MN

The author's comments:
We had to write poems about love for my English class in the format of Langston Hughes "A Dream Deferred" and this was what I came up with.
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Kinzi GOLD said...
on Mar. 17 2012 at 8:15 am
Kinzi GOLD, Cairo, Other
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&ldquo;There is some good in this world, and it&#039;s worth fighting for.&rdquo; -J.R.R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.&rdquo; -Mother Teresa

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This was great! Even before I read your description I was like "langston hughes?" I love the last line in particular. 

 

"Or maybe it sings?"

amahzing_grace GOLD said...
on Mar. 15 2012 at 9:58 am
amahzing_grace GOLD, Prattville, Alabama
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I pay no attention whatever to anybody&#039;s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. <br /> -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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thank you! it takes alot of stress off of me to write (:
loveissmiles GOLD said...
on Mar. 1 2012 at 10:35 am
loveissmiles GOLD, Lynn, Indiana
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&quot;I live for the nights I can&#039;t remember with the people I will never forget.&quot; -Carassisa M-&lt;3<br /> <br /> &quot;What the mind can perceive, the body can achieve.&quot; -Softball Coach Steve B-

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I really like this poem! Keep up the good work, and don't forget to give me some feedback!! :D