A Brilliant Madness
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Robert M. Drake
These poems, taken from the last decade of Drake's work, trace the devolution of a society gone brilliantly mad.
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Author
Robert M. Drake
Pages
304
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published Date
2016-10-11
ISBN
1449485375 9781449485375
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"My favorite poems:<br/><br/><br/>BEYOND WHAT MATTERS, pg. 7<br/>DO NOT SURVIVE, pg. 28<br/>THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, pg. 32<br/>DO NOT LOSE ANYTHING, pg. 35<br/>FLOWERS ON THE SKULL, pg. 43<br/>JUST LOVE, pg. 60<br/>LOVE YOURSELF FIRST, pg. 65<br/>LEFT TO GIVE, pg. 136<br/>ANTICIPATION OF ALL, pg. 207<br/>REMEMBER GROWING UP?, pg. 220<br/>THE THINGS WE DO NOT SAY, pg. 252<br/><br/><br/>My favorite quotes:<br/><br/><br/>"The people look like rain,<br/>always falling into things.<br/>always dying into things.<br/>always love and hurting for things."<br/>THE RAIN RISE, pg. 4<br/><br/><br/>"You were the hidden<br/>secret<br/>to all things<br/>I will never know."<br/>WHAT REMAINED OF ME, pg. 5<br/><br/><br/>"we have to fill<br/>our emptiness<br/>on our own."<br/>BLOOMING ALONE, pg. 8<br/><br/><br/>"I will always<br/>keep company<br/>to all<br/>the lonely things<br/>inside of you."<br/>THE THINGS INSIDE YOU, pg. 21<br/><br/><br/>"Everyone is born with meaning,<br/>regardless if they burn<br/>everything<br/>into the ground."<br/>EVERYONE MATTERS, pg. 24<br/><br/><br/>"this space can only <br/>be filled <br/>by our own laughter<br/>and our own sorrow."<br/>SPACES LEFT ALONE, pg. 40<br/><br/><br/>"And they are not lovers,<br/>soulmates are never lovers,<br/>but people who understand<br/>the struggle,<br/>your struggle."<br/>NEVER GIVE UP, pg. 68<br/><br/><br/>"I want to love you.<br/><br/>Anything else<br/>would not make<br/>much sense to me at all."<br/>I WANT TO LOVE YOU, pg. 81<br/><br/><br/>"And the way she will see the world<br/>will be nothing more,<br/>but a reflection of herself."<br/>FULL BLOOM, pg. 99<br/><br/><br/>"Your laughter.<br/>Your perfect fire.<br/>Your growth.<br/>Your love.<br/>Your future.<br/><br/>Depends only on you."<br/>DEPENDS ON YOU, pg. 124<br/><br/><br/>"So it's okay if you don't<br/>like yourself today,<br/>because you will always bloom<br/>out of the dirt.<br/>And wake up daily to a different you."<br/>BECOME THE AIR, pg. 140<br/><br/><br/>"if we never see each other I want to remember you for the way you made me laugh"<br/>HIDDEN PROMISE, pg. 212<br/><br/><br/>"Our bones will be devoured <br/>by love and the pain will bloom <br/>like a garden full of roses."<br/>IT IS ALL LOVE, pg. 215<br/><br/><br/>"You are more.<br/>You are marvelous.<br/>You have the sun inside of you <br/>laughing at the sky."<br/>SCROLL ON OVER, pg. 232<br/><br/>"