Great Poets Missed Never Met

Great poets missed
never met
never engaged
artistic in conversation

we missed William Shakespeare
John Milton, Edmund Spenser
who wrote 'The Faerie Queene';
John Done long gone but not forgotten

we missed Francois Marie Arouet
better known as pen name Voltaire
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
and macabre master Edgar Allan Poe

we missed the romantic poets
Shelley, Keats, Lord Byron
all dead within three years
of each others tragic deaths

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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Youre Missing

Shirts in the closet, shoes in the hall
Mamas in the kitchen, baby and all
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But youre missing
Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair
Papers on the doorstep, but youre not there
Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But youre missing
Pictures on the nightstand, tvs on in the den
Your house is waiting, your house is waiting
For you to walk in, for you to walk in
But youre missing, when I shut out the lights
Youre missing, when I close my eyes
Youre missing, when I see the sun rise
Youre missing
Children are asking if its alright
Will you be in our arms tonight?
Morning is morning, the evening falls I got

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song performed by Bruce Springsteen
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Missed

He asked me,
If I missed him

I said: Yes, I
Missed the part of me
That loved him.

poem by Aparna Chatterjee
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Sub Rosa

I missed the Spring.
I fell asleep under the shadows of my desires,
with mandolin sounds for lullabies
and my grandfather’s pipe,
in dreams dressed in herbal smoke and honey scents
and the beauty of my loved ones.

I missed the Spring.
I was late for my soul,
too late for a song,
deceived by the lotus flowers
and the smiles of the sirens,
their seductive bodies waving my sanity away.

I missed the Spring.
The ring of oblivion was Time’s gift,
a nursery rhyme’s forgotten curse,
here like now, absent like never,
a colourless rainbow reflection
on eyes of sadness.

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poem by Niko Tiliopoulos
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Ive Been Missing You

Do I know if you are sleeping
Cause you lie so still and warm
Yeh the darness and the silence wrap around me
Dont hear your cries that make me sleep so sound
Maybe Ive been missing you
Oh maybe Ive been missing you
For so long
If one day you said you were happy
I think your spell would be broken for good
Sometimes I pray
If you are unkind to me
Maybe Ill love you more for that
And maybe Ive been missing you
Oh maybe Ive been missing you
For so long
And maybe Ive been missing you
Ive been missing you
For so long yeh yeh

song performed by Texas
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Ive Been Missing You

Do I know if you are sleeping
Cause you lie so still and warm
Yeh the darness and the silence wrap around me
Dont hear your cries that make me sleep so sound
Maybe Ive been missing you
Oh maybe Ive been missing you
For so long
If one day you said you were happy
I think your spell would be broken for good
Sometimes I pray
If you are unkind to me
Maybe Ill love you more for that
And maybe Ive been missing you
Oh maybe Ive been missing you
For so long
And maybe Ive been missing you
Ive been missing you
For so long yeh yeh

song performed by Texas
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Absent people do not inherit.

French proverbs
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Master absent and house dead.

Romanian proverbs
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What is given by God, can't be lacking.

Sicilian proverbs
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Usability is like oxygen -- you never notice it until it is missing...

anonym
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I am always missing trains.

I am always missing
Trains in dreams.
I am always missing boats
In life.........

poem by Peter Vealey
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I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

quote by John Malkovich
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Missing You

Ohhh
I had to put the photographs of you away
It hurts so much to see you smile at me
Since youve been away I feel an empty space
That will never be replaced wid memories
Ohhh
I cant believe that its over
But this sure is a shame
But luv was not enough to make you stay
So I had to say goodbye to yesterday
You went away
(chorus)
I tell myself that Im not missing you
(Im not missing you)
But my heart it jus wont listen (jus wont listen)
Even though I tell it to
I think about it all the time
Cant see to get you off my mind
And it jus wont seem to matter what I do
Cant stop missing you (missing you)

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song performed by Imajin
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The absent are always at fault.

Spanish proverbs
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The absent are always to blame.

Danish proverbs
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When cat is absent, mice dance.

Serbo Croatian proverbs
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The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing.

quote by Steven Wright
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In My Heart You Belong

You are missed.
And,
In my heart you are there strong.
You are missed.
And,
In my heart you belong.

You are missed.
And,
In my heart you are there strong.
You are missed.
And,
In my heart you belong.

I hear people always say,
They hope somebody stays away.
But in my heart you are there strong.

I am not one who will portray,
I feel no pain and it's okay.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Hymn 23 part 1

Absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

2 Cor. 5:8.

Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!
What unknown joys this moment brings!
Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought,
From pains, and fears, and all their springs.

Absent from flesh! illustrious day!
Surprising scene! triumphant stroke
That rends the prison of my clay;
And I can feel my fetters broke.

Absent from flesh! then rise, my soul,
Where feet nor wings could never climb,
Beyond the heav'ns, where planets roll,
Measuring the cares and joys of time.

I go where God and glory shine,

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poem by Isaac Watts
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An absent person has his excuse.

Egyptian proverbs
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