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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 19, 2011 Today's tweeted poem comes from freelance writer and poet Katherine Russo of Washington, DC. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 19, 2011

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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 19, 2011

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By @KRUSSCOOP:

I stand here / see the world with aged eyes / appearance of youth like warped glass / and know even birds feel heavy in this place