poem.id,poem.ts,poem.title,poem.author,poem.date,poem.rating,poem.vote,poem.content,poem.submission_date,poem.last_edit,poem.visits,poem.poem_x_comment_id
1,"2018-02-27 02:24:20","Growing Old With You","Karl Wild GG23",2008-09-12,4.9,77,"It all began about 60 years ago, On a very special summers day, For two unexpected teenage kids, Love was about to come their way. Boy meets girl, things move quick, Nobody gave their love a chance, It's been seen a million times before, Just another hopeless young romance. But for this couple it was different, Since day one it was meant to be, It was that forever fairytale happiness, The kind you can only see on T.V. One day she looked at him and asked, ""What is it with your life you'd like to do?"" He gently kissed her forehead and said, ""Sweetheart, I dream to grow old with you"" Smiling because they were so in love, Suddenly he got down on one knee, Pulled out a beautiful diamond ring, And asked ""Princess, will you marry me?"" Tears falling from her big brown eyes, It was a yes as she nodded her head, And just seven short months later, These two teenage kids were wed. They bought a house and settled down, Got pregnant and gave birth to a little girl, How is it at just twenty-three years old, They could have everything in the world. For fifty years their lives were perfect, As grandchildren grew the love did too, But with a simple trip to the doctor, The future suddenly held a different view. He was diagnosed with bone cancer, The doctors didn't give him very long, He fought with everything he had left, But at eighty, he wasn't very strong. As he lay in a hospital bed about to die, Hand in hand with his best friend and wife, He said ""I want you to know since Nineteen, You've been my everything, my whole life"" With tears falling from her big brown eyes, She asked ""did all of your dreams come true?"" He kissed her forehead and with his final breath, Said ""Of course princess, I grew old with you""",2008-09-12,2012-11-29,164197,"{
    ""1"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 1,
        ""comment.id"": 1,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:20"",
        ""comment.author"": ""MissBehaving"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2012-04-26"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Very well told story. It has really good punctuation and flows very well. Good Job! I loved it! ^^ 5/5""
    },
    ""2"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 2,
        ""comment.id"": 2,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:20"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Ellis"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-07-28"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Such an amazing write, we can all only hope we are lucky enough to find the one""
    },
    ""3"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 3,
        ""comment.id"": 3,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:20"",
        ""comment.author"": ""LittleMsPink"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2014-06-11"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Im crying This is amazing""
    },
    ""4"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 4,
        ""comment.id"": 4,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:20"",
        ""comment.author"": ""courtney"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2014-12-26"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Loved it!!""
    },
    ""5"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 5,
        ""comment.id"": 5,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:15"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Waina Honey"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2015-01-12"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Reminds me of my ex boyfriend.. This poem makes me want to get back with him.. OH NO!""
    }
}"
2,"2018-02-27 02:24:22",Broken,"Rachel RTVW",2007-02-01,4.6,135,"Broken hearts, love's deceit, pieces fall down to my feet. Broken promises, love's a lie, puddles form from tears I cry. Broken dreams, love's illusion, sorrowed cause of your intrusion. Broken hope, love's a game, doesn't last, ends the same. Broken sleep, love's the cause, digs at me with sharpened claws. Broken spirit, love of sorrow, stolen now is my tomorrow. Broken life, love is lost, Broken now and that's the cost.",2007-02-01,2007-04-13,299096,"{
    ""6"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 6,
        ""comment.id"": 6,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:22"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Anthony M"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2010-05-26"",
        ""comment.content"": ""The way that you penned this reads differently than most in this genre; it doesn't seem to be stated in a sad tone so much as it does in a matter of fact, disassociated tone, or maybe that's just me. In either case it's nicely written and unforced and the form itself is a welcome change of pace.""
    },
    ""7"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 7,
        ""comment.id"": 7,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:22"",
        ""comment.author"": ""nadia"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-07-12"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I'm astonished. This about sums up what i think of love. This is how it always ends""
    },
    ""8"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 8,
        ""comment.id"": 8,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:22"",
        ""comment.author"": ""samantha"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-05-16"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Fantastic !! I can relate.""
    },
    ""9"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 9,
        ""comment.id"": 9,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:22"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Naiomeeh"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-06-22"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow..this was amazing..!!!""
    },
    ""10"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 10,
        ""comment.id"": 10,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:22"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Frank Hever"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2015-03-22"",
        ""comment.content"": ""A poem that really expresses immense sadness and heart break, great poem.""
    }
}"
3,"2018-02-27 02:24:25","I loved you too",Chloe,2004-08-03,4.7,225,"So many thoughts, I don't know where to begin, I'll start from my heart, and what I feel within. I still have feelings, which haven't changed, because when you left me my life was re-arranged. I used to cry so many times a day, but lately those tears have been fading away. I am hoping that my brighter day soon will come, and maybe, just maybe, I'll find that special someone. Yes, it's been hard, but I'm getting back my life, I've even managed to put away the knife. I will find someone who's right for me, who loves me and lets me be all I can be. Yet the thought of you and her, is tearing me apart, because you will always have a special place in my broken heart. Do I still love you? Yes, I do, but another part of me is getting over you. I never thought I would say this, but I simply have to confess, with each and every day that goes by, I love you less and less. I just wanted to be with you, but now you're gone, and the time has come for me to move on. You meant so much to me, in fact, you still do, from the bottom of my heart, I loved you too. ©",2004-08-03,2007-08-16,147455,"{
    ""11"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 11,
        ""comment.id"": 11,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""christine"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( C ) at 2008-03-25"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I LOVE this! great job""
    },
    ""12"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 12,
        ""comment.id"": 12,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Fxcked Up Completely"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2008-12-19"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow, Vair Good""
    },
    ""13"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 13,
        ""comment.id"": 13,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""TragicallyXxTorn"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P ) at 2009-06-07"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Aweeeh. i loved it. it was amazing, sweetheart.""
    },
    ""14"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 14,
        ""comment.id"": 14,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""sahar alameddine"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-05-20"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Amazing 10/10 ... just amazing it tells my story my feelings nd everything it expreses what i felt that day bravo c magnifique totalement !""
    },
    ""15"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 15,
        ""comment.id"": 15,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Jyoti Rawat"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2014-03-27"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Nice and correct wording.""
    }
}"
4,"2018-02-27 02:24:25","The Secret Crush",TinyDancer46,2006-02-18,4.8,97,"The Secret Crush © Nicole Mecham She'd known him her entire life She always dreamed to be his wife Just his smile made her heart melt But she never told him how she felt Forever hoped to have him here Always dreamed to hold him near Time passed and they both did grow But still she never let him know Perfect chances passed her by But she just couldn't tell this guy No matter what she'd ever do... He still didn't have a clue But one day her whole world did end When she heard news from a friend About the wreck he'd gotten in... She'd never see his smile again Now at his grave she softly cries The tears running from sad eyes This hurting girl whose heart is broken All because of love unspoken",2006-02-18,2007-06-24,174921,"{
    ""16"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 16,
        ""comment.id"": 16,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""thomas mendez"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-10-25"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I get the feeling this is going to happen to me ,ive told her already but she i dont think she see ,how the tears i cry fall to earth ,because of the feelings i have for her. i feel like a blind man,walking in the dark, she honestly doesnt know,she is forever in my heart""
    },
    ""17"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 17,
        ""comment.id"": 17,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""thomas mendez"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-11-03"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Very touching indeed,just touching,really get to you alot,if u can relate,and thats how i feel i failed to \"pull the trigger\" on love and missed my shot,but now,i have soneone new and worth dying for,beautifull poem ,srry about my dumb story,but i wanna let u know,i can relate.""
    },
    ""19"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 19,
        ""comment.id"": 19,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:24"",
        ""comment.author"": ""manzoor"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( C ) at 2012-02-22"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Hmm awesm""
    },
    ""20"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 20,
        ""comment.id"": 20,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:25"",
        ""comment.author"": ""LittleMermaid"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2013-06-21"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This is so heart touching..something,many can relate..i loved this!""
    }
}"
5,"2018-02-27 02:24:27","A Prayer Before Sleeping",Matthew," 2005-09-11",4.8,346,"A Pray Before Sleeping Now I lay me down to sleep I pray for a woman who'll love me deep With sparkling eyes and silky hair who knows my faults and doesn't care who will watch my movies and put on a smile who will take my word with out a trial the kind of girl who's wild but sweet who's heart and mind can never be beat who knows what she wants and how to ask no games, no lies, or truth covering masks who loves to have fun and isn't a tease and a single red rose puts her mind at ease who can look into my eyes and know that it's true when I hold her tight and say I love you who can touch my face and know how I feel who doesn't take bull and gives it to me real Who can stand up tall on her own two feet but can still dance with me in the middle of the street Who will cry on my shoulder when she is pain But I can wash it all away with a kiss in the rain who lets me watch sports and loves to watch too who just wants me not expecting I do A girl I can call my heavenly dove who nicknames me Boyfriend and Big Papa Love who knows that I'm hers and knows that she's mine who loves to be silly and have a good time who holds her breath when I kiss her slow who's graceful not flashy but her beauty still shows Who thinks just living is the greatest thrill And knows that I love her and always will Now I lay me down to sleep I promise to love her and thats a promise I'll keep If you grant my prayer I'll be the envy of men Thank you my Lord, good night and Amen Copyright(C) 2005 All Rights Reserved",2005-09-11,2007-05-09,108745,"{
    ""21"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 21,
        ""comment.id"": 21,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:27"",
        ""comment.author"": ""christine"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( C ) at 2009-01-10"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow.. i absolutely love that. its awesome :]""
    },
    ""22"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 22,
        ""comment.id"": 22,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 03:51:10"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Aubrey"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-03-10"",
        ""comment.content"": ""That is such a sweet way to ask out a girl.""
    },
    ""23"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 23,
        ""comment.id"": 23,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:27"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Aubrey"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2010-10-18"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Adorable :) 5/5""
    },
    ""24"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 24,
        ""comment.id"": 24,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:27"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Carissa"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-10-04"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Im speechless. This was so beautiful. It literally made my heart beat fast. Amazing poem ! (:""
    },
    ""25"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 25,
        ""comment.id"": 25,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:27"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Dark Love"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-02-02"",
        ""comment.content"": ""WOW!!! That was so sweet. I hope that your prayer is answered :)""
    }
}"
6,"2018-02-27 02:24:28","No matter what","kristen 1833",2002-08-24,4.7,2652,"I know that I should try to find somebody new.. But all I find is myself always thinking of you.. You don't even know it.. And why should you care? Your happy just pretending that I'm not even there.. Forever means nothing if I don't spend it with you.. But theres just nothing more I think I can do.. I try to tell you I love you but you just don't stop to listen.. Then I guess you'll never know that I'm the one your missin.. Give me just one minute and look into my eyes.. Forget your friends.. Forget the world.. Forget the pain and lies.. Forget about what people say and what other people might see.. All I want you to think about now is what you think of me.. Cause nothing really matters except for the people you love.. And it kills me inside not knowing what you think when your all I'm thinking of.. Maybe I am wrong and you really just don't care.. But why sometimes do you act so sweet if no feelings are actually there.. All I want is for you to tell me exactly how u feel.. Id rather be hurt than keep believing what you say is real.. Whether you tell me you love me or not this will still be true.. Nothing in this whole damn world could keep me from loving you.. *Please Vote/Comment*",2002-08-24,2007-04-22,301526,"{
    ""26"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 26,
        ""comment.id"": 26,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:28"",
        ""comment.author"": ""alexiss"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2009-03-09"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Ommg, thiss iss likee thee besst pooemm everr,, serioouslyy!!! I lovee ittt,""
    },
    ""27"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 27,
        ""comment.id"": 27,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:40:28"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Mariiia"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F D ) at 2011-01-18"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Awwwwwww.. ii love it""
    },
    ""28"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 28,
        ""comment.id"": 28,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:28"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Ebonique"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-06-22"",
        ""comment.content"": ""): I Lovee It ! I Know Exactly How You Feel ! This Made Me Cry . Keep Up The Good Work Babyqirl .""
    },
    ""29"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 29,
        ""comment.id"": 29,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:28"",
        ""comment.author"": ""IamSoConfused"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2013-01-29"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Oh! How I wished I'd found this piece before?! This poem really is talking about me...yes me! I'm so touched...amazed... Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece...""
    },
    ""30"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 30,
        ""comment.id"": 30,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:34:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""allex0r"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2014-10-31"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Em why is this so on point :(""
    }
}"
7,"2018-02-27 02:24:30","I've never been (so you'll never know)",AI,2006-05-18,5.0,44,"I've never been for the word love As silly as it may seem Too many people just say it But not knowing what it means And even though I am in love It's something I'll never show I'll never stop to say that words So I'll guess you'll never know I've never been for promises They make people look like fools No one ever means to keep them They'll be broken just like rules And even though I am sincere And feel it's something I owe I can't say I'll be there for you So I'll guess you'll never know I've never been for love symbols Those really stupid tokens People give them out like presents Then leave your heart all broken And even though I want to kiss You under the mistletoe I don't feel its right to do that So I'll guess you never know I've never been for anyone Cause there's no one just like you How can I tell you how I feel When this world made love untrue And even though I feel for you I'll let my emotions go I don't think these words mean enough So I'll guess you'll never know I've never been for sad goodbyes Cause I don't know what I'll lose I've never left a friend behind It is something I will refuse And even though I really want you Away my love, I will throw I can't say what you want to hear So I'll guess you'll never know",2006-05-18,2006-05-21,34895,"{
    ""31"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 31,
        ""comment.id"": 31,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:30"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Farther From Here"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-09-02"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Beautifully written. Bravo!""
    },
    ""32"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 32,
        ""comment.id"": 32,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:30"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Stephanie Michelle"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2010-02-01"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Beautiful. The rhythm flows very well, good job :) I agree with a comment above... You repeating \"So I'll guess you'll never know\" really adds to the piece. Very touching.""
    },
    ""33"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 33,
        ""comment.id"": 33,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:30"",
        ""comment.author"": ""My Name Is Mouse"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2011-01-27"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Every word you wrote, I agree with. These days people recall love when they get together at the young age of 11 or so. What would they know about love, and therefore what would I? Beautiful write. 5/5.""
    },
    ""34"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 34,
        ""comment.id"": 34,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:48:39"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Scarlet Letter"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F D ) at 2012-05-30"",
        ""comment.content"": ""CRYING..............................................""
    },
    ""35"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 35,
        ""comment.id"": 35,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:30"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Lyn of philippines"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2016-04-05"",
        ""comment.content"": ""No problem with the repetition of \" so I'll guess you'll never know\" because it is the way it goes.. such a nice poem""
    }
}"
8,"2018-02-27 02:24:31","The Sad Truth..",TinyDancer46,2006-01-08,4.7,235,"I don't know if this poem is any good... I'm just really upset right now and I have to get it out. I thought things were good now I thought we'd overcome the bad Now I see through the illusion Of the love I thought we had You told me that you met her Now you don't know what to do I smiled and said ""Just pick her I'll be fine not having you"" But I couldn't hold my tears back So I whispered ""Got to go..."" Then I quickly hung the phone up So my hurting wouldn't show Now I'm shaking and I'm crying And I don't know what to do Cause the truth is, I was lying I can't make it without you",2006-01-08,2007-06-24,133137,"{
    ""36"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 36,
        ""comment.id"": 36,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:31:24"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Fyri"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-04-08"",
        ""comment.content"": ""WOW!!!!! UMM THAT WAS SO GOOOD. LOVE IT!!""
    },
    ""37"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 37,
        ""comment.id"": 37,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:56"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Genna"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2008-04-24"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Hey, this is a brilliant poem. You're a fantastic writer! Never stop""
    },
    ""38"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 38,
        ""comment.id"": 38,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:31"",
        ""comment.author"": ""kayla"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-07-30"",
        ""comment.content"": ""U are such a good poem writter. U r such a strong girl to come out and tell ur feelings like that u r doing well. Love hurts i know but u were not meant to be you will find some one else and maybe u might even find ur soul mate stay strong stick in there and good luck. love always kayla!!!""
    },
    ""39"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 39,
        ""comment.id"": 39,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:31"",
        ""comment.author"": ""xOInLoveWithYouxO"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2008-12-09"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Awww this poem is sOo sweet. and well sad but its really good""
    },
    ""40"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 40,
        ""comment.id"": 40,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:31"",
        ""comment.author"": ""IDK"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2010-08-28"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Nawww u poor thing :(""
    }
}"
9,"2018-02-27 02:24:36","Hand in Hand","Karl Wild GG23",2006-12-30,4.9,97,"As we sit in the snow white sand, And the waves crash upon the shore, I stare to the sky trying to understand, Why the stars seem brighter then ever before. Is it because the sky is so clear, That the stars are shining bright? Or could it be that love is near, On this perfect summer night? We laugh, we kiss, we talk, Draw pictures in the sand. Along the ocean we walk, Just her and I, Hand in Hand. Our night is almost finished, As the moon is fading fast, Another day will be diminished, Put with the others in the past. Everything seems to melt away, Faster then the drop of a dime, As night dissolves to day, We lose more precious time. Surely soon the sun will rise, As this is Gods command, I know she can see the twinkle in my eyes, As we walk Hand in Hand.",2006-12-30,2007-11-15,327730,"{
    ""41"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 41,
        ""comment.id"": 41,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:36"",
        ""comment.author"": ""jordan"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-07-07"",
        ""comment.content"": ""That is BEAUTIFUL! have u really felt that way before?""
    },
    ""42"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 42,
        ""comment.id"": 42,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:36"",
        ""comment.author"": ""mia"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( P ) at 2008-10-24"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Am totally speechlesssss !! this is an outstanding poem realllly I LUV ITTTTTTT :D keeeep the gooood work up ;)""
    },
    ""43"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 43,
        ""comment.id"": 43,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:36"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Chelsey"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2010-02-18"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This was simply adorable! being hand in hand is so romantic especially on the beach, that it makes me want the moment to last forever, and I haven't even experienced it yet. .I just mean for others too...seeing couples in love under stars, in each others arms is so priceless to me...as was this poem! I loved it!!""
    },
    ""44"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 44,
        ""comment.id"": 44,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:36"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Ric Hansen"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2010-09-18"",
        ""comment.content"": ""It is splendid! Love comes to us like an eggshell; fragile and easily broken.""
    }
}"
10,"2018-02-27 02:24:41",Crying,Matthew,2005-04-20,4.8,88,"Crying I know I promised I'd never make you cry; I know it hurts but please dry your eyes. I will give to you whatever you need; A hug, a kiss, just tells me please. To see you cry is a terrible sight; Just let me love you and I'll hold you tight. I'll do anything you want to make you proud; I'll climb the highest peak and yell your name aloud. I love you to much to see you cry; Please sweetheart don't say goodbye. Don't push me away I must stay near; To gently wipe away your tears. If we must truly say goodbye; One more time just close your eyes. And let us share one final kiss; For you are the love, I will forever miss.",2005-04-20,2007-05-10,335884,"{
    ""49"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 49,
        ""comment.id"": 19,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:24"",
        ""comment.author"": ""manzoor"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( C ) at 2012-02-22"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Hmm awesm""
    },
    ""46"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 46,
        ""comment.id"": 46,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 03:49:05"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Em"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-10-28"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This is really sweet and right from the heart. 5/5, Em""
    },
    ""47"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 47,
        ""comment.id"": 47,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:41"",
        ""comment.author"": ""demonue"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-03-16"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This is really amazing!!!""
    },
    ""48"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 48,
        ""comment.id"": 48,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:58"",
        ""comment.author"": ""tainted melody"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2012-02-15"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This was great and the title really drew me in...it is true about love that so much can go through your head in so little time. great write :)""
    },
    ""50"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 50,
        ""comment.id"": 50,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:50:47"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Scarlet Letter"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F D ) at 2012-07-03"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This is so sweet. I loved how you incorperated colored pencils and love. Great combination by the way. Really smart I wouyld have never thought of it.""
    }
}"
11,"2018-02-27 02:24:44","The Movie of Our Life",Darien,2006-02-16,4.6,194,"The Movie of Our Life In the movie of our life, starring you and me. Hollywood is in for a treat, wait until they see. The stage is all ours, so let's put on a good show. We act these roles so well, but they will never know. Shakespeare seems out of date, Romeo and Juliet got old. Baby they have nothing on us, so let our story be told. We write romance scenes, like forever had no end. It all comes so natural, with an amazing girlfriend. We've only gotten started, the end is far from now. Nothing can break us up, not even a broken vow. People watch the notebook, is that all Hollywood's got? Girl, you and me alone, make those scenes look hot. They'll write a story one day, and a movie to go with it. Just get us to act it out, It would be the greatest hit. We may never be Hollywood's hottest, Brad and Angelina will be in the past. It will last as long as their careers, but baby you and I will forever last.",2006-02-16,2007-04-13,351769,"{
    ""51"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 51,
        ""comment.id"": 51,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""LoVerSLaND"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2012-04-17"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Really sweet. 5/5. wish a guy wld write this for me. esp since i wnna be an actor.""
    },
    ""52"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 52,
        ""comment.id"": 52,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""a01dog"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-04-24"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Titanic...... \"Titanic\" redirects here. For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912 Career Name: RMS Titanic Owner: White Star Line Port of registry: Liverpool, United Kingdom Route: Southampton to New York City Ordered: 17 September 1908 Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast Yard number: 401 Laid down: 31 March 1909 Launched: 31 May 1911 (not christened) Completed: 2 April 1912 Maiden voyage: 10 April 1912 Identification: Radio callsign \"MGY\" Fate: Foundered on 15 April 1912 on her maiden voyage General characteristics Class and type: Olympic-class ocean liner Tonnage: 46,328 GRT Displacement: 52,310 tons Length: 882 ft 6 in (269.0 m) Beam: 92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) Height: 175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels) Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) Decks: 9 (A-G) Installed power: 24 double-ended and 5 single-ended boilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers and a low-pressure turbine for the center propeller;[1] output: 46,000 HP Propulsion: Two 3-blade wing propellers and one 4-blade centre propeller Speed: Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) Capacity: Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892 Notes: Lifeboats: 20 for 1,178 people RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built between 1909-11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. She carried 2,223 people. Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere seeking a new life in North America. The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. She also had a powerful wireless telegraph provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though she had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Due to outdated maritime safety regulations, she carried only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people - slightly more than half of the number travelling on the maiden voyage and one-third her total passenger and crew capacity. After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading westwards towards New York.[2] On 14 April 1912, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm (ship's time; GMTâ?'3). The glancing collision caused Titanic's hull plates to buckle inwards in a number of locations on her starboard side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea. Over the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank. Passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partly filled. A disproportionate number of men - over 90% of those in Second Class - were left aboard due to a \"women and children first\" protocol followed by the officers loading the lifeboats. Just before 2:20 am Titanic broke up and sank bow-first with over a thousand people still on board. Those in the water died within minutes from hypothermia caused by immersion in the freezing ocean. The 710 survivors were taken aboard from the lifeboats by RMS Carpathia a few hours later. The disaster was greeted with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today. Many of the survivors lost all of their money and possessions and were left destitute; many families, particularly those of crew members from Southampton, lost their primary bread-winners. They were helped by an outpouring of public sympathy and charitable donations. Some of the male survivors, notably the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay, were accused of cowardice for leaving the ship while people were still on board, and they faced social ostracism. The wreck of Titanic remains on the seabed, gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since its discovery in 1985, thousands of artefacts have been recovered from the sea bed and put on display at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history, her memory kept alive by numerous books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Dimensions and layout 3 Features 3.1 Engines, boilers and generators 3.2 Technical facilities 3.3 Passenger facilities 3.4 Mail and cargo 3.5 Lifeboats 4 Building and preparing the ship 4.1 Construction, launch and fitting-out 4.2 Sea trials 5 Maiden voyage 5.1 Crew 5.2 Passengers 5.3 Departure and westbound journey 5.4 Sinking 6 Aftermath of sinking 6.1 Arrival of Carpathia in New York 6.2 Investigations into the disaster 6.2.1 Role of the SS Californian 6.3 Survivors and victims 6.4 Retrieval and burial of the dead 7 Wreck 8 Legacy 8.1 Popular culture 8.2 Legends and myths 8.3 Memorials and monuments 8.4 Museums 8.5 100th anniversary commemoration 9 Appendix 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links BackgroundBuilt in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, the RMS Titanic was the second of the three Olympic-class ocean liners - the others were the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic (originally named Gigantic).[3] They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line's fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912.[4] The three ships had their genesis in a discussion in mid-1907 between the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay, and the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan, who controlled the White Star Line's parent corporation, the International Mercantile Marine Co. Years earlier, in 1888, Pirrie had been in talks with Bruce Ismay's father Thomas Henry Ismay about the construction of a four funneled giant of these dimensions but it was decided no existing engine combination could power the behemoth. The White Star Line faced a growing challenge from its main rivals Cunard, which had just launched Lusitania and Mauretania - the fastest passenger ships then in service - and the German lines Hamburg America and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Ismay preferred to compete on size rather than speed and proposed to commission a new class of liners that would be bigger than anything that had gone before as well as being the last word in comfort and luxury.[5] The company sought an upgrade in their fleet primarily in response to the Cunard giants but also to replace their largest and now outclassed ships from 1890, the SS Teutonic and SS Majestic. The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic. Majestic would be brought back into her old spot on White Star's New York service after Titanic's loss. The ships were constructed by the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who had a long-established relationship with the White Star Line dating back to 1867.[6] Harland and Wolff were given a great deal of latitude in designing ships for the White Star Line; the usual approach was for the latter to sketch out a general concept which the former would take away and turn into a ship design. Cost considerations were relatively low on the agenda and Harland and Wolff was authorised to spend what it needed on the ships, plus a five percent profit margin.[6] In the case of the Olympic-class ships, a cost of £3 million for the first two ships was agreed plus \"extras to contract\" and the usual five percent fee.[7] Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing the Olympic-class vessels. It was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews, the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews' deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager.[8] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design.[a] On 29 July 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives. Ismay approved the design and signed three \"letters of agreement\" two days later authorising the start of construction.[11] At this point the first ship - which was later to become Olympic - had no name, but was referred to simply as \"Number 400\", as it was Harland and Wolff's four hundredth hull. Titanic was based on a revised version of the same design and was given the number 401.[12] Dimensions and layout Side plan of RMS TitanicTitanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m).[13] She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m), she displaced 52,310 tons.[3] All three of the Olympic-class ships had ten decks (excluding the top of the officers' quarters), eight of which were for passenger use. From top to bottom, the decks were: Cutaway diagram of Titanic's midship sectionThe Boat Deck, on which the lifeboats were positioned. It was from here in the early hours of 15 April 1912 that Titanic's lifeboats were lowered into the North Atlantic. The bridge and wheelhouse were at the forward end, in front of the captain's and officers' quarters. The bridge stood 8 feet (2.4 m) above the deck, extending out to either side so that the ship could be controlled while docking. The wheelhouse stood directly behind and above the bridge. The entrance to the First Class Grand Staircase and gymnasium were located midships along with the raised roof of the First Class lounge, while at the rear of the deck were the roof of the First Class smoke room and the relatively modest Second Class entrance. The wood-covered deck was divided into four segregated promenades; for officers, First Class passengers, engineers and Second Class passengers respectively. Lifeboats lined the side of the deck except in the First Class area, where there was a gap so that the view would not be spoiled.[14][15] A Deck, also called the Promenade Deck, extended along the entire 546 feet (166 m) length of the superstructure. It was reserved exclusively for First Class passengers and contained First Class cabins, the First Class lounge, smoke room, reading and writing rooms and Palm Court.[14] B Deck, the Bridge Deck, was the top weight-bearing deck and the uppermost level of the hull. More First Class passenger accommodation was located here with six palatial staterooms (cabins) featuring their own private promenades. On Titanic, the A La Carte Restaurant and the Café Parisien provided luxury dining facilities to First Class passengers. Both were run by subcontracted chefs and their staff; all were lost in the disaster. The Second Class smoking room and entrance hall were both located on this deck. The raised forecastle of the ship was forward of the Bridge Deck, accommodating Number 1 hatch (the main hatch through to the cargo holds), various pieces of machinery and the anchor housings. It was kept off-limits to passengers; the famous \"flying\" scene at the ship's bow from the 1997 film Titanic would not have been possible in real life. Aft of the Bridge Deck was the raised Poop Deck, 106 feet (32 m) long, used as a promenade by Third Class passengers. It was where many of Titanic's passengers and crew made their last stand as the ship sank. The forecastle and Poop Deck were separated from the Bridge Deck by well decks.[16][17] C Deck, the Shelter Deck, was the highest deck to run uninterrupted from stem to stern. It included the two well decks; the aft one served as part of the Third Class promenade. Crew cabins were located under the forecastle and Third Class public rooms were situated under the Poop Deck. In between were the majority of First Class cabins and the Second Class library.[16][18] D Deck, the Saloon Deck, was dominated by three large public rooms - the First Class Reception Room, the First Class Dining Saloon and the Second Class Dining Saloon. An open space was provided for Third Class passengers. First, Second and Third Class passengers had cabins on this deck, with berths for firemen located in the bow. It was the highest level reached by the ships' watertight bulkheads (though only by eight of the fifteen bulkheads).[16][19] E Deck, the Upper Deck, was predominantly used for passenger accommodation for all classes plus berths for cooks, seamen, stewards and trimmers. Along its length ran a long passageway nicknamed Scotland Road by the crew, in reference to a famous street in Liverpool.[16][20] F Deck, the Middle Deck, was the last complete deck and mainly accommodated Third Class passengers. There were also some Second Class cabins and crew accommodation. The Third Class dining saloon was located here, as were the swimming pool and Turkish bath.[16][20] G Deck, the Lower Deck, was the lowest complete deck that carried passengers, and had the lowest portholes, just above the waterline. The squash court was located here along with the travelling post office where mail clerks sorted letters and parcels so that they would be ready for delivery when the ship docked. Food was also stored here. The deck was interrupted at several points by orlop (partial) decks over the boiler, engine and turbine rooms.[16][21] The Orlop Decks and the Tank Top were at the lowest level of the ship, below the waterline. The orlop decks were used as cargo spaces, while the Tank Top - the inner bottom of the ship's hull - provided the platform on which the ship's boilers, engines, turbines and electrical generators sat. This part of the ship was dominated by the engine and boiler rooms, areas that passengers would never normally see. They were connected with higher levels of the ship by flights of stairs; twin spiral stairways near the bow gave access up to D Deck.[16][21] FeaturesEngines, boilers and generators View of the rear port side of Olympic, showing the rudder and the central and port wing propellers.[22] Note the man at the bottom of the image.Titanic was equipped with three engines - two reciprocating four-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engines and one centrally placed low-pressure Parsons turbine - each driving a propeller. The two reciprocating engines had a combined output of 30,000hp and a further 16,000hp was contributed by the turbine.[13] The White Star Line had previously used the same combination of engines on an earlier liner, the SS Laurentic, where it had been a great success.[23] It provided a good combination of performance and speed; reciprocating engines by themselves were not powerful enough to propel an Olympic-class liner at the desired speeds, while turbines were sufficiently powerful but caused uncomfortable vibrations, a problem that affected the all-turbine Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauretania.[24] By combining reciprocating engines with a turbine, fuel usage could be reduced and motive power increased, while using the same amount of steam.[25] The two reciprocating engines were giants, each 63 feet (19 m) long and weighing 720 tons. Their bedplates alone weighed a further 195 tons.[24] They were powered by steam produced in 29 boilers, 24 of which were double-ended and 5 single-ended, which contained a total of 159 furnaces.[26] The boilers were 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m) in diameter and 20 feet (6.1 m) long, each weighing 91.5 tons and capable of holding 48.5 tons of water.[27] They were heated by burning coal, 6,611 tons of which could be carried in Titanic's bunkers with a further 1,092 tons in Hold 3. The furnaces required over 600 tons of coal a day to be shovelled into them by hand, requiring the services of 176 firemen working around the clock.[28] 100 tons of ash a day had to be disposed of by ejecting it into the sea.[29] The work was relentless, dirty and dangerous, and although firemen were paid relatively generously[28] there was a high suicide rate among those who worked in that capacity.[30] Exhaust steam leaving the reciprocating engines was fed into the turbine, which was situated aft. From there it passed into a condenser so that the steam could be condensed back into water and reused.[31] The engines were attached directly to long shafts which drove the propellers. There were three, one for each engine; the outer (or wing) propellers were the largest, each carrying three blades of manganese-bronze alloy with a total diameter of 23.5 feet (7.2 m).[27] The central propeller was somewhat smaller at 17 feet (5.2 m) in diameter,[32] and could be stopped but not reversed. Titanic's electrical plant was capable of producing more power than a typical city power station of the time.[33] Immediately aft of the turbine engine were four 400kW steam-driven electric generators, used to provide electrical power to the ship, plus two 30 kW auxiliary generators for emergency use.[34] Their location at the rear of the ship meant that they remained operational until the last few minutes before the ship sank.[35] Technical facilitiesTitanic's rudder was large enough - at 78 feet 8 inches (23.98 m) high and 15 feet 3 inches (4.65 m) long, weighing over 100 tons - that it required steering engines to move it. Two steam-powered steering engines were installed though only one was used at any one time, with the other one kept in reserve. They were connected to the short tiller through stiff springs, to isolate the steering engines from any shocks in heavy seas or during fast changes of direction.[36] As a last resort, the tiller could be moved by ropes connected to two steam capstans.[37] The capstans were also used to raise and lower the ship's five anchors (one port, one starboard, one in the centreline and two kedging anchors).[37] The ship was equipped with her own waterworks, capable of heating and pumping water to all parts of the vessel via a complex network of pipes and valves. The main water supply was taken aboard while Titanic was in port but in an emergency it could also distil fresh water from the sea, though this was not a straightforward process as the distillation plant was quickly clogged by salt deposits. A network of insulated ducts conveyed warm air, driven by electric fans, around the ship, and First Class cabins were fitted with additional electric heaters.[33] Titanic was equipped with two 1.5 kW spark-gap wireless telegraphs located in the radio room on the Bridge Deck. One set was used for transmitting messages and the other, located in a soundproofed booth, for receiving them. The signals were transmitted through two parallel wires strung between the ship's masts, 50 feet (15 m) above the funnels to avoid the corrosive smoke.[33] The system was one of the most powerful in the world, with a range of up to 1,000 miles.[38] It was owned and operated by the Marconi Company rather than the White Star Line, and was intended primarily for passengers rather than ship operations. The function of the two wireless operators - both Marconi employees - was to operate a 24-hour service sending and receiving wireless telegrams for passengers. They did, however, also pass on professional ship messages such as weather reports and ice warnings.[39] Passenger facilitiesThe passenger facilities aboard Titanic aimed to meet the highest standards of luxury. The ship could accommodate 739 First Class passengers, 674 in Second Class and 1,026 in Third Class. Her crew numbered about 900 people; in all, she could carry about 3,339 people. Her interior design was a departure from that of other passenger liners, which had typically been decorated in the rather heavy style of a manor house or an English country house. Titanic was laid out in a much lighter style similar to that of contemporary high-class hotels - the Ritz Hotel was a reference point - with First Class cabins finished in the Empire style.[40] A variety of other decorative styles, ranging from the Renaissance to Victorian style, were used to decorate cabins and public rooms in First and Second Class areas of the ship. The aim was to convey an impression that the passengers were in a floating hotel rather than a ship; as one passenger recalled, on entering the ship's interior a passenger would \"at once lose the feeling that we are on board ship, and seem instead to be entering the hall of some great house on shore.\"[41] Passengers could use an on-board telephone system, a lending library and a large barber shop.[42] The First Class section had a swimming pool, a gymnasium, squash court, Turkish bath, electric bath and a Verandah Cafe.[41] First Class common rooms were adorned with ornate wood panelling, expensive furniture and other decorations while the Third Class general room had pine panelling and sturdy teak furniture.[43] The Café Parisien was located on a sunlit veranda fitted with trellis decorations and offered the best French haute cuisine for the First Class passengers.[44] Titanic's First Class passenger facilities[45] Titanic's gymnasium on the Boat Deck, which was equipped with the latest exercise machines. Titanic's famous Grand Staircase, which provided access between the Boat Deck and D Deck. The A La Carte restaurant on B Deck, run as a concession by Italian-born chef Gaspare Gatti.Third Class passengers were not treated as luxuriously as those in First Class, but even so they were better off than their counterparts on many other ships of the time. They were accommodated in cabins sleeping between two and ten people, with a further 164 open berths provided for single young men on G Deck.[46] They were, however, much more limited than First or Second Class passengers in their washing and bathing facilities. There were only two bathrooms, one each for men and women, for the entire Third Class complement. They had to wash their own clothes in washrooms equipped with iron tubs, whereas those travelling in First and Second Class could use the ship's laundry.[47] There were also restrictions on which parts of the ship they could enter; all three classes were segregated from each other, and although in theory passengers from the higher classes could visit the lower-class areas of the ship, in practice respect for social conventions meant that they did not do so.[48] The class distinctions were reflected in the ship's fittings; the Third Class toilets were made of iron, those in Second Class of porcelain and those in First Class were marble.[49] Leisure facilities were provided for all three classes to pass the time. As well as making use of the indoor amenities such as the library, smoking-rooms and gymnasium, it was also customary for passengers to socialise on the open deck, promenading or relaxing in hired deck chairs or wooden benches. A passenger list was published before the sailing to inform the public which members of the great and good were on board, and it was not uncommon for ambitious mothers to use the list to identify rich bachelors to whom they could introduce their marriageable daughters during the voyage.[48] One of Titanic's most distinctive features was her First Class staircase, known as the Grand Staircase or Grand Stairway. This descended through seven decks of the ship, from the Boat Deck to E deck in the elegant style depicted in photographs and movies, and then as a more functional and less elegant staircase from there down to F deck.[50] It was capped with a dome of wrought iron and glass that admitted natural light. Each landing off the staircase gave access to ornate entrance halls lit by gold-plated light fixtures.[51] At the uppermost landing was a large carved wooden panel containing a clock, with figures of \"Honour and Glory Crowning Time\" flanking the clock face.[50] The Grand Staircase was destroyed in Titanic's sinking and is now just a void in the ship which modern explorers have used to access the lower decks.[52] During the filming of James Cameron's Titanic in 1997, his replica of the Grand Staircase was ripped from its foundations by the force of the inrushing water on the set. It has been suggested that during the real event, the entire Grand Staircase was ejected upwards through the dome.[53] Mail and cargoAlthough Titanic was primarily a passenger liner, she also carried a substantial amount of cargo. Her designation as a Royal Mail Ship (RMS) indicated that she carried mail under contract with the Royal Mail (and also for the United States Post Office Department). 26,800 cubic feet (760 m3) of space in her holds was allocated for the storage of letters, parcels and specie (bullion, coins and other valuables). The Sea Post Office on G Deck was manned by five postal clerks, three Americans and two Britons, who worked thirteen hours a day, seven days a week sorting up to 60,000 items daily.[54] The ship's passengers brought with them a huge amount of baggage; another 19,455 cubic feet (550.9 m3) was taken up by first- and second-class baggage. In addition, there was a considerable quantity of regular cargo, ranging from furniture to foodstuffs and even motor cars.[54] Despite later myths, the cargo on Titanic's maiden voyage was fairly mundane; there was no gold, exotic minerals or diamonds, and one of the more famous items lost in the shipwreck, a jewelled copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, was valued at only £405 (£29,717 today) - hardly the stuff of legends.[55] Titanic was equipped with eight electric cranes, four electric winches and three steam winches to lift cargo and baggage in and out of the hold. It is estimated that the ship used some 415 tons of coal whilst in Southampton, simply generating steam to operate the cargo winches, heat and light.[56] LifeboatsMain article: Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic A collapsible lifeboat, notice canvas sideTitanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats: 14 standard wooden Harland and Wolff lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people each and four Englehardt \"collapsible\" lifeboats (identified as A to D) with a capacity of 47 people each. In addition, she had two emergency cutters with a capacity of 40 people each.[57][b] Olympic herself did not even carry the four collapsibles A-D in the 1911-12 season. All of the lifeboats were stowed securely on the boat deck and, except for collapsible lifeboats A and B, connected to davits by ropes. Those on the starboard side were odd-numbered 1-15 from bow to stern, while those on the port side were even-numbered 2-16 from bow to stern. The two cutters were kept swung out, hanging from the davits, ready for immediate use, while collapsible lifeboats C and D were stowed on the boat deck (connected to davits) immediately inboard of boats 1 and 2 respectively. A and B were stored on the roof of the officers' quarters, on either side of number 1 funnel. There were no davits to lower them and their weight would make them challenging to launch.[58] Each boat carried (among other things) food, water, blankets, and a spare lifebelt. Lifeline ropes on the boats' sides enabled them to save additional people from the water if necessary. Titanic had 16 sets of davits, each able to handle 4 lifeboats. This gave Titanic the ability to carry up to 64 wooden lifeboats[59] which would have been enough for 4,000 people - considerably more than her actual capacity. However, the White Star Line decided that only 16 wooden lifeboats and four collapsibles would be carried, which could accommodate 1,178 people, only one-third of Titanic's total capacity. At the time, the Board of Trade's regulations required British vessels over 10,000 tons to carry 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 990 occupants.[57] Therefore, the White Star Line actually provided more lifeboat accommodation than was legally required.[60][c] At the time, lifeboats were intended to ferry survivors from a sinking ship to a rescuing ship - not keep afloat the whole population or power them to shore. Had the SS Californian responded to the Titanic's distress calls, the lifeboats would have been adequate to ferry the passengers to safety as planned.[62] Building and preparing the shipConstruction, launch and fitting-out Titanic prior to her launch.The sheer size of Titanic and her sister ships posed a major engineering challenge for Harland and Wolff; no shipbuilder had ever before attempted to construct vessels of this size. The ships were constructed on Queen's Island, now known as the Titanic Quarter, in Belfast Harbour. Harland and Wolff had to demolish three existing slipways and build two new slipways, the biggest ever constructed up to that time, to accommodate the giant ships.[7] Their construction was facilitated by an enormous gantry built by Sir William Arrol & Co., a Scottish firm responsible for the building of the Forth Bridge and London's Tower Bridge. The Arrol Gantry stood 228 feet (69 m) high, was 270 feet (82 m) wide and 840 feet (260 m) long, and weighed more than 6,000 tons. It accommodated a number of mobile cranes. A separate floating crane, capable of lifting 200 tons, was brought in from Germany.[63] The construction of Titanic and Olympic took place virtually in parallel, with Olympic's hull laid down first on 16 December 1908 and Titanic's on 31 March 1909.[12] Both ships took about 26 months to build and followed much the same construction process. They were designed essentially as an enormous floating box girder, with the keel acting as a backbone and the frames of the hull forming the ribs. At the base of the ships, a double bottom 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) deep supported 300 frames, each between 24 inches (61 cm) and 36 inches (91 cm) apart and measuring up to about 66 feet (20 m) long. They terminated at the bridge deck (B Deck) and were covered with steel plates which formed the outer skin of the ships.[64] The 2,000 hull plates were single pieces of rolled steel, mostly up to 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and 30 feet (9.1 m) long and weighing between 2.5 and 3 tons.[65] Their thickness varied from 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) to 1 inch (2.5 cm).[66] The plates were laid in a clinkered (overlapping) fashion from the keel to the bilge. Above that point they were laid in the \"in and out\" fashion, where strake plating was applied in bands (the \"in strakes\") with the gaps covered by the \"out strakes\", overlapping on the edges. Steel welding was still in its infancy so the structure had to be held together with over three million iron and steel rivets which by themselves weighed over 1,200 tons. They were fitted using hydraulic machines or were hammered in by hand.[67] General view of Titanic in the fitting-out berth following her launch; the final stages of construction and outfitting were carried out here. Here the final coat of paint has begun to be applied starting at the sternThe interiors of the Olympic-class ships were subdivided into sixteen primary compartments divided by fifteen bulkheads which extended well above the waterline. Eleven vertically closing watertight doors could seal off the compartments in the event of an emergency.[66] The ships' exposed decking was made of pine and teak, while interior ceilings were covered in painted granulated cork to combat condensation.[68] The superstructure consisted of two decks, the Promenade Deck and Boat Deck, which were about 500 feet (150 m) long. They accommodated the officers' quarters, gymnasium, public rooms and first-class cabins, plus the bridge and wheelhouse. The ships' lifeboats were carried on the Boat Deck, the uppermost deck.[14] Standing above the decks were four funnels, though only three were functional - the last one was a dummy, installed for aesthetic purposes - and two masts, each 155 feet (47 m) high, which supported derricks for loading cargo. A wireless aerial was slung between the masts.[69] The work of constructing the ships was difficult and dangerous. For the 15,000 men who worked at Harland and Wolff at the time,[70] safety precautions were rudimentary at best; a lot of the work was dangerous and was carried out without any safety equipment like hard hats or hand guards on machinery. As a result, deaths and injuries were to be expected. During Titanic's construction, 246 injuries were recorded, 28 of them \"severe\", such as arms severed by machines or legs crushed under falling pieces of steel. Six people died on the ship herself while she was being constructed and fitted out and another two died in the shipyard workshops and sheds.[71] Just before the launch a worker was killed when a piece of wood fell on him.[72] Titanic was launched at 12:15 pm on 31 May 1911 in the presence of Lord Pirrie, J. Pierpoint Morgan and J. Bruce Ismay and 100,000 onlookers.[73] 22 tons of soap and tallow were spread on the slipway to lubricate the ship's passage into the River Lagan.[72] In keeping with the White Star Line's traditional policy, the ship was not formally named or christened with champagne.[73] The ship was towed to a fitting-out berth where, over the course of the next year, her engines, funnels and superstructure were installed and her interior was fitted out.[74] Although Titanic was virtually identical to her earlier sister ship Olympic, a few changes were made to differentiate the two ships. The most noticeable of these was that Titanic (and her later sister Britannic) had a steel screen with sliding windows installed along the forward half of the A Deck promenade. This was installed as a last minute change at the personal request of Bruce Ismay, and was intended to provide additional shelter to first class passengers.[75] These changes made Titanic marginally heavier than her sister, and thus she could claim to be the largest ship afloat. The work took longer than expected due to design changes ordered by Ismay and a temporary pause in work occasioned by the need to repair Olympic, which had been in a collision in September 1911. Had Titanic been finished earlier, she might well have missed her rendezvous with an iceberg.[72] Sea trials Titanic leaving Belfast for her sea trials on 2 April 1912Titanic's sea trials began at 6 am on Monday, 2 April 1912, just two days after her fitting out was finished and eight days before she was due to leave Southampton on her maiden voyage.[76] The trials were delayed for a day due to bad weather, but by Monday morning it was clear and fair.[77] Aboard were 78 stokers, greasers and firemen, and 41 members of crew. No domestic staff appear to have been aboard. Representatives of various companies travelled on Titanic's sea trials, Thomas Andrews and Edward Wilding of Harland and Wolff and Harold A. Sanderson of IMM. Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie were too ill to attend. Jack Phillips and Harold Bride served as radio operators, and performed fine-tuning of the Marconi equipment. Francis Carruthers, a surveyor from the Board of Trade, was also present to see that everything worked, and that the ship was fit to carry passengers.[78] The sea trials consisted of a number of tests of her handling characteristics, carried out first in Belfast Lough and then in the open waters of the Irish Sea. Over the course of about twelve hours, Titanic was driven at different speeds, her turning ability was tested and a \"crash stop\" was performed in which the engines were reversed full ahead to full astern, bringing her to a stop in 850 yd (777 m) or 3 minutes and 15 seconds.[79] The ship covered a distance of about 80 nautical miles (92 mi; 150 km), averaging 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) and reaching a maximum speed of just under 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h).[80] On returning to Belfast at about 7 pm, the surveyor signed an \"Agreement and Account of Voyages and Crew\", valid for twelve months, which declared the ship seaworthy. An hour later, Titanic left Belfast again - as it turned out, for the last time - to head to Southampton, a voyage of about 570 nautical miles (660 mi; 1,060 km). After a journey lasting about 28 hours she arrived about midnight on 4 April and was towed to the port's Berth 44, ready for the arrival of her passengers and the remainder of her crew.[81] Maiden voyage Titanic at Southampton docks, prior to departureTitanic was only to sail as a complete ship for two weeks before she sank; although she was registered at Liverpool, she never made it to her home port.[82] Titanic's maiden voyage was intended to be the first of many cross-Atlantic journeys between Southampton in England, Cherbourg in France, Queenstown in Ireland and New York in the United States, returning via Plymouth in England on the eastbound leg. The White Star Line intended to operate three ships on that route: Titanic, Olympic and the smaller RMS Oceanic. Each would sail once every three weeks from Southampton and New York, usually leaving at noon each Wednesday from Southampton and each Saturday from New York, thus enabling the White Star Line to offer weekly sailings in each direction. Special trains were scheduled from London and Paris to convey passengers to Southampton and Cherbourg respectively.[83] The deep-water dock at Southampton, then known as the \"White Star Dock\" had been specially constructed to accommodate the new Olympic-class liners, and had opened in 1911.[84] CrewMain article: Crew of the RMS Titanic Titanic had around 885 crew members on board for her maiden voyage.[85] Like other vessels of her time, she did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before she sailed from Southampton.[86] The process of signing up recruits had begun on 23 March and some had been sent to Belfast, where they served as a skeleton crew during Titanic's sea trials and passage to England at the start of April.[87] Edward Smith, captain of Titanic, in 1911Captain Edward John Smith, the most senior of the White Star Line's captains, was transferred from Olympic to take command of Titanic.[88] Henry Tingle Wilde also came across from Olympic to take the post of Chief Mate. Titanic's previously designated Chief Mate and First Officer, William McMaster Murdoch and Charles Lightoller, were bumped down to the ranks of First and Second Officer respectively. The original Second Officer, David Blair, was dropped altogether.[89][d] Titanic's crew were divided into three principal departments: Deck, with 66 crew; Engine, with 325; and Victualling, with 494.[90] The vast majority of the crew were thus not seamen, but were either engineers, firemen or stokers, responsible for looking after the engines, or stewards and galley staff, responsible for the passengers.[91] Of these, over 97% were male; just 23 of the crew were female, mainly stewardesses.[92] The rest represented a great variety of professions - bakers, chefs, butchers, fishmongers, dishwashers, stewards, gymnasium instructors, laundrymen, waiters, bed-makers, cleaners and even a printer,[92] who produced a daily newspaper for passengers called the Atlantic Daily Bulletin with the latest news received by the ship's wireless operators.[39][e] Most of the crew signed on in Southampton on 6 April;[12] in all, 699 of the crew came from there, and 40 percent were natives of the town.[92] A few specialist staff were self-employed or were subcontractors. These included the five postal clerks, who worked for the Royal Mail and the United States Post Office Department, the staff of the First Class A La Carte Restaurant and the Café Parisien, the radio operators (who were employed by Marconi) and the eight musicians, who were employed by an agency and travelled as second-class passengers.[94] Crew pay varied greatly, from Captain Smith's £105 a month (equivalent to £7,704 today) to the £3 10s (£257 today) that stewardesses earned. The lower-paid victualling staff could, however, supplement their wages substantially through tips from passengers.[93] PassengersMain article: Passengers of the RMS Titanic John Jacob Astor IV in 1909. He was the wealthiest person aboard Titanic.Titanic's passengers numbered around 1,317 people: 324 in First Class, 284 in Second Class and 709 in Third Class. 869 (66%) were male and 447 (34%) female. There were 107 children aboard, the largest number of which were in Third Class.[95] The ship was considerably under capacity on her maiden voyage, as she could accommodate 2,566 passengers - 1,034 First Class, 510 Second Class and 1,022 Third Class.[96] Usually, a high prestige vessel like Titanic could expect to be fully booked on its maiden voyage. However, a national coal strike in the U.K. had caused considerable disruption to shipping schedules in the spring of 1912, causing many crossings to be cancelled. Many would-be passengers chose to postpone their travel plans until the strike was over. The strike had finished a few days before Titanic sailed; however, that was too late to have much of an effect. Titanic was able to sail on the scheduled date only because coal was transferred from other vessels which were tied up at Southampton, such as City of New York and Oceanic as well as coal Olympic had brought back from a previous voyage to New York and which had been stored at the White Star Dock.[75] Some of the most prominent people of the day booked a passage aboard Titanic, travelling in First Class. Among them were the American millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and his wife Madeleine Force Astor, industrialist Benjamin Guggenheim, Macy's owner Isidor Straus and his wife Ida, Denver millionairess Margaret \"Molly\" Brown,[f] Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and his wife, couturière Lucy (Lady Duff-Gordon), cricketer and businessman John Borland Thayer with his wife Marian together with their son Jack, the Countess of Rothes, author and socialite Helen Churchill Candee, journalist and social reformer William Thomas Stead, author Jacques Futrelle with his wife May, and silent film actress Dorothy Gibson, among others.[97] Titanic's owner J. P. Morgan was scheduled to travel on the maiden voyage, but cancelled at the last minute.[98] Also aboard the ship were the White Star Line's managing director J. Bruce Ismay and Titanic's designer Thomas Andrews, who was on board to observe any problems and assess the general performance of the new ship.[99] The exact number of people aboard is not known as not all of those who had booked tickets made it to the ship; about fifty people cancelled for various reasons,[100] and not all of those who boarded stayed aboard for the entire journey.[101] Fares aboard Titanic varied enormously in cost. Third Class fares from London, Southampton or Queenstown cost £7 5s (equivalent to £532 today) while the cheapest First Class fares cost £23 (£1,688 today).[83] The most expensive First Class suites were to have cost up to £870 in high season (£63,837 today).[96] Departure and westbound journeyOn Wednesday 10 April 1912 the Titanic's maiden voyage began. Following the embarkation of the crew the passengers began arriving from 9.30 am when the London and South Western Railway's boat train from London Waterloo station reached Southampton Terminus railway station on the quayside, right alongside Titanic's berth.[102] The large number of Third Class passengers meant that they were the first to board, with First and Second Class passengers following up to within an hour of departure. Stewards showed them to their cabins and First Class passengers were personally greeted by Captain Smith on boarding.[103] Third Class passengers were inspected for ailments and physical impairments that might lead to them being refused entry to the United States - not a prospect that the White Star Line wished to see, as it would have to carry them back across the Atlantic.[100] 922 passengers were recorded as having embarked Titanic at Southampton. Further passengers were picked up at Cherbourg and Queenstown.[75] The maiden voyage began on time at noon. An accident was narrowly averted only a few minutes later as Titanic passed the moored liners SS City of New York and Oceanic. Her huge displacement caused both of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water, then dropped into a trough. New York's mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped, swinging her around stern-first towards Titanic. A nearby tugboat, Vulcan, came to the rescue by taking New York under tow and Captain Smith ordered Titanic's engines to be put \"full astern\".[104] The two ships avoided a collision by a matter of about 4 feet (1.2 m). The incident delayed Titanic's departure for about an hour while the drifting New York was brought under control.[105] Titanic underway after the near-collision with SS City of New York. On the left can be seen Oceanic and New York.After making it safely through the complex tides and channels of Southampton Water and the Solent, Titanic headed out into the English Channel. She headed for the French port of Cherbourg, a journey of 77 nautical miles (89 mi; 143 km).[106] The weather was windy, very fine but cold and overcast.[107] Because Cherbourg lacked docking facilities for a ship the size of Titanic, tenders had to be used to transfer passengers from shore to ship. The White Star Line operated two at Cherbourg, the SS Traffic and the SS Nomadic. Both had been designed specifically as tenders for the Olympic-class liners and were launched shortly after Titanic.[108] (Nomadic is today the only White Star Line ship still afloat.) Four hours after Titanic left Southampton, she arrived at Cherbourg and was met by the tenders. 274 more passengers boarded Titanic and 24 left aboard the tenders to be conveyed to shore. The process was completed within only 90 minutes and at 8 pm Titanic weighed anchor and left for Queenstown[109] with the weather continuing cold and windy.[107] At 11.30 am on Thursday 11 April, Titanic arrived at Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland. It was a partly cloudy but relatively warm day with a brisk wind.[107] Again, the dock facilities were not suitable for a ship of her size, and tenders were used to bring passengers aboard. 113 Third Class and seven Second Class passengers came aboard, while seven passengers left. Among the departures was Father Francis Browne, a Jesuit trainee, who was a keen photographer and took many photographs aboard Titanic, including the last-ever known photograph of the ship. A decidedly unofficial departure was that of a crew member, stoker John Coffey, a native of Queenstown who sneaked off the ship by hiding under mail bags being transported to shore.[110] Titanic weighed anchor for the last time at 1.30 pm and departed on her westward journey across the Atlantic.[110] The route of Titanic's maiden voyage, with the coordinates of her sinking.After leaving Queenstown Titanic followed the Irish coast as far as Fastnet Rock,[111] a distance of some 55 nautical miles (63 mi; 102 km). From there she travelled 1,620 nautical miles (1,860 mi; 3,000 km) along a Great Circle route across the North Atlantic to reach a spot in the ocean known as \"the corner\" south-east of Newfoundland, where westbound steamers carried out a change of course. Titanic sailed only a few hours past the corner on a rhumb line leg of 1,023 nautical miles (1,177 mi; 1,895 km) to Nantucket Shoals Light when she made her fatal rendezvous with an iceberg.[112] The final leg of the journey would have been 193 nautical miles (222 mi; 357 km) to Ambrose Light and finally to New York Harbor.[113] The first three days of the voyage from Queenstown passed without incident. From 11 April to local apparent noon the next day, Titanic covered 484 nautical miles (557 mi; 896 km); the following day, 519 nautical miles (597 mi; 961 km); and by noon on the final day of her voyage, 546 nautical miles (628 mi; 1,011 km). From then until the time of her sinking she travelled another 258 nautical miles (297 mi; 478 km), averaging about 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h).[114] The weather cleared as she left Ireland under cloudy skies with a headwind. Temperatures remained fairly mild through Saturday 13 April, but the following day Titanic crossed a cold weather front with strong winds and waves of up to 8 feet (2.4 m). These died down as the day progressed until, by the evening of Sunday 14 April, it became clear, calm and very cold.[115] Titanic received a series of warnings from other ships of drifting ice in the area of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[116] Nonetheless the ship continued to steam at full speed, which was standard practice at the time.[117] It was generally believed that ice posed little danger to large vessels and Captain Smith himself had declared that he could not \"imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.\"[118] SinkingMain article: Sinking of the RMS Titanic \"Untergang der Titanic\" by Willy Stöwer, 1912 (Contrary to this depiction, the sinking occurred in the middle of a moonless night.)At 11.40 pm (ship's time), lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg immediately ahead of Titanic and alerted the bridge.[119] First Officer William Murdoch ordered the ship to be steered around the obstacle and the engines to be put in reverse,[120] but it was too late; the starboard side of Titanic struck the iceberg, creating a series of holes below the waterline. Five of the ship's watertight compartments were breached. It soon became clear that the ship was doomed, as she could not survive more than four compartments being flooded. Titanic began sinking bow-first, with water spilling from compartment to compartment as her angle in the water became steeper.[121] Those aboard Titanic were ill-prepared for such an emergency. The ship's lifeboats had only enough space to carry about half of those on board; if the ship had carried her full complement of about 3,339 passengers and crew, only about a third could have been accommodated in the lifeboats.[122] The crew had not been trained adequately in carrying out an evacuation. The officers did not know how many they could safely put aboard the lifeboats and launched many of them barely half-full.[123] Third-class passengers were largely left to fend for themselves, causing many of them to become trapped below decks as the ship filled with water.[124] The \"women and children first\" protocol was generally followed for the loading of the lifeboats[124] and most of the male passengers and crew were left aboard. Two hours and forty minutes after Titanic struck the iceberg, her rate of sinking suddenly increased as her forward deck dipped underwater and the sea poured in through open hatches and grates.[125] As her unsupported stern rose out of the water, exposing the propellers, the ship split apart between the third and fourth funnels due to the immense strain on the keel.[126] The stern remained afloat for a few minutes longer, rising to a nearly vertical angle with hundreds of people still clinging to it.[127] At 2.20 am, it sank, breaking loose from the bow section. The remaining passengers and crew were plunged into lethally cold water with a temperature of only 28 °F (â?'2 °C). Almost all of those in the water died of hypothermia, cardiac arrest, or drowning within minutes.[128] Only 13 of them were helped into the lifeboats though these had room for almost 500 more occupants.[129] Distress signals were sent by wireless, rockets and lamp, but none of the ships that responded were near enough to reach her before she sank.[130] A nearby ship, the Californian, which was the last to have been in contact with her before the collision, saw her flares but failed to assist.[131] Around 4 am, RMS Carpathia arrived on the scene in response to Titanic's earlier distress calls.[132] 710 people survived the disaster and were conveyed by Carpathia to New York, Titanic's original destination, while 1,517 people lost their lives.[85] Aftermath of sinkingArrival of Carpathia in New York According to an eyewitness report, there \"were many pathetic scenes\" when Titanic's survivors disembarked at New YorkCarpathia took three days to reach New York after leaving the scene of the disaster. Her journey was slowed by pack ice, fog, thunderstorms and rough seas.[133] She was, however, able to pass news to the outside world by wireless about what had happened. The initial reports were confused, leading the American press to report erroneously on 15 April that Titanic was being towed to port by the SS Virginian.[134] Later that day, confirmation came through that Titanic had been lost and that most of her passengers and crew had died.[135] The news attracted crowds of people to the White Star Line's offices in London, New York, Montreal,[136] Southampton,[137] Liverpool and Belfast.[citation needed] It hit hardest in Southampton, whose people suffered the greatest losses from the sinking.[138] 4 out of 5 crew members came from this town.[139] The Salvation Army newspaper, The War Cry, reported that \"none but a heart of stone would be unmoved in the presence of such anguish. Night and day that crowd of pale, anxious faces had been waiting patiently for the news that did not come. Nearly every one in the crowd had lost a relative.\"[140] It was not until 17 April that the first incomplete lists of survivors came through, delayed by poor communications.[141] Carpathia docked at 9.30 pm on 18 April at New York's Pier 54 and was greeted by some 40,000 people waiting at the quayside in heavy rain.[142] Immediate relief in the form of clothing and transportation to shelters was provided by the Women's Relief Committee, the Travelers Aid Society of New York, and the Council of Jewish Women, among other organisations.[143] Many of Titanic's surviving passengers did not linger in New York but headed onwards immediately to relatives' homes. Some of the wealthier survivors chartered private trains to take them home, and the Pennsylvania Railroad laid on a special train free of charge to take survivors to Philadelphia. Titanic's 214 surviving crew members were taken to the Red Star Line's steamer SS Lapland, where they were accommodated in passenger cabins.[144] Carpathia was hurriedly restocked with food and provisions before resuming her journey to Fiume, Austria-Hungary. Her crew were given a bonus of a month's wages by Cunard as a reward for their actions, and some of Titanic's passengers joined together to give them an additional bonus of nearly £900 (£66,038 today), divided among the crew members.[145] The ship's arrival in New York led to a frenzy of press interest, with newspapers competing to be the first to report the survivors' stories. Some reporters bribed their way aboard the pilot boat New York, which guided Carpathia into harbour, and one even managed to get onto Carpathia before she docked.[146] Crowds gathered outside newspaper offices to see the latest reports being posted in the windows or on billboards.[147] It took another four days for a complete list of casualties to be compiled and released, adding to the agony of relatives waiting for news of those who had been aboard Titanic. On 23 April, the Daily Mail reported: \"Late in the afternoon hope died out. The waiting crowds thinned, and silent men and women sought their homes. In the humbler homes of Southampton there is scarcely a family who has not lost a relative or friend. Children returning from school appreciated something of tragedy, and woeful little faces were turned to the darkened, fatherless homes.\"[148] Many charities were set up to help the victims and their families, many of whom lost their sole breadwinner, or, in the case of many Third Class survivors, everything they owned. On 29 April opera stars Enrico Caruso and Mary Garden and members of the Metropolitan Opera raised $12,000 in benefits for victims of the disaster by giving special concerts in which versions of \"Autumn\" and \"Nearer My God To Thee\" were part of the program.[149] In Britain, relief funds were organised for the families of Titanic's lost crew members, raising nearly £450,000 (£33,018,954 today). One such fund was still in operation as late as the 1960s.[150] Investigations into the disasterMain articles: United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic and British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic \"The Margin of Safety Is Too Narrow!\", a 1912 cartoon by Kyle Fergus, showing the public demanding answers from the shipping companiesEven before the survivors arrived in New York, investigations were being planned to discover what had happened, and what could be done to prevent a recurrence. The United States Senate initiated an inquiry into the disaster on 19 April, a day after Carpathia arrived in New York.[151] The chairman of the inquiry, Senator William Alden Smith, wanted to gather accounts from passengers and crew while the events were still fresh in their minds. Smith also needed to subpoena all surviving British passengers and crew while they were still on American soil, which prevented them from returning to the UK before the American inquiry was completed on 25 May.[152] The British press condemned Smith as an opportunist, insensitively forcing an inquiry as a means of gaining political prestige and seizing \"his moment to stand on the world stage\". Smith, however, already had a reputation as a campaigner for safety on U.S. railroads, and wanted to investigate any possible malpractices by railroad tycoon J. P. Morgan, Titanic's ultimate owner.[153] Lord Mersey was appointed to head the British Board of Trade's inquiry into the disaster, which took place between 2 May and 3 July. Each inquiry took testimony from both passengers and crew of Titanic, crew members of Leyland Line's Californian, Captain Arthur Rostron of Carpathia and other experts.[154] The two inquiries reached broadly similar conclusions; the regulations on the number of lifeboats that ships had to carry were out of date and inadequate,[155] Captain Smith had failed to take proper heed of ice warnings,[156] the lifeboats had not been properly filled or crewed, and the collision was the direct result of steaming into a dangerous area at too high a speed.[155] The recommendations included major changes in maritime regulations to implement new safety measures, such as ensuring that more lifeboats were provided, that lifeboat drills were properly carried out and that wireless equipment on passenger ships was manned around the clock.[157] An International Ice Patrol was set up to monitor the presence of icebergs in the North Atlantic, and maritime safety regulations were harmonised internationally through the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea; both measures are still in force today.[158] Role of the SS Californian SS Californian, which had tried to warn Titanic of the danger from pack-iceOne of the most controversial issues examined by the inquiries was the role played by the SS""
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    ""53"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 53,
        ""comment.id"": 53,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""rahat qureshi"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-01-06"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Yaa , every1 are unique n the love stories are always special in every way . just love urself n ur love , everything will be cake walk n life will be more meaningful n beautiful""
    },
    ""54"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 54,
        ""comment.id"": 54,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Akan Udofia"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-12-09"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Nice poem.""
    },
    ""55"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 55,
        ""comment.id"": 55,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""LA Miles"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2016-01-19"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Love it! I'm about to turn this poem into a song!""
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12,"2018-02-27 02:24:48","I Already Miss You",Kayla,2008-05-22,4.8,64,"Looking back on everything, I still remember his smile. I wish things didn't end so soon, And turn back time for awhile. No matter how much it hurts, I still love him so. A part of me needs him so much, Can't seem to let him go. Knowing I won't be able to see him, Makes my heart cry out in pain. I can't believe we won't talk anymore, The thought makes me wanna go insane. He was my reason for waking up, For the smile you see on my face. Going a single day without him, Makes me feel so out of place. I was afraid of opening up, Now I'm afraid of the next day. Whenever I see him one last time, I'm terrified of what he may say. I know tomorrow will hurt, But the tears will fade away. Life is too short for regrets, There will be a brighter day. But when I see him one last time, I won't know what to do... When he tells me that last goodbye, I'll whisper,""I already miss you.."" ----------------------------------------------------------------- I wrote this poem because tomorrow is my last day of school. Which means the last day I'll ever see my crush until August. Things will change, feelings will change, but I'll miss him like crazy until I can see him again. Thanks for reading.. hope you enjoyed. <33 5/22/08 ~Kayla~",2008-05-22,2009-03-30,207732,"{
    ""56"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 56,
        ""comment.id"": 56,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:48"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Justin"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2011-06-13"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Great job. i can relate to it. its what im going threw right now""
    },
    ""57"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 57,
        ""comment.id"": 57,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:48"",
        ""comment.author"": ""A Dreamer"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2011-10-02"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow excellent piece. I know how you feel or felt. I must commend you on a magnificent job well done.""
    },
    ""58"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 58,
        ""comment.id"": 58,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:48"",
        ""comment.author"": ""anju rao"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-06-12"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow really amazing""
    },
    ""59"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 59,
        ""comment.id"": 59,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:48"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Moises Delgado"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-06-26"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow that was really good and I'm sure something will happen don't give up on him try to get to know him good luck :)""
    },
    ""60"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 60,
        ""comment.id"": 60,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:31:21"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Shiba263"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2013-08-17"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I can relate to this poem, this is great poem, I love it! :)""
    }
}"
13,"2018-02-27 02:24:51","Picture in a Frame","Rachel RTVW",2007-01-06,4.7,175,"Your pictures are in frames, memories on my wall, To have you here again, I would give them all. A picture cannot capture, the beauty of your skin, Or the radiating glow I'd feel, whenever you would grin. They cannot talk or sing to me, the way you used to do, I'll never love another, the way that I love you. So I look at you my soul mate, a picture in a frame, I cry my tears of sorrow, cause I feel God's to blame. He came and took the one, who made my life complete, And all that's left are pictures, and an empty seat. I also have a feeling down, deep within my heart, It's the pain of loneliness, since we've been apart. I try not to let the grief, just overcome my day, I'll blow a kiss to heaven and send it when I pray. I'll ask God to free me now, from a world so blue, To take me up to Paradise, so I can fly with you. I'm waiting for the day you come, calling out my name, Until then I'll be staring at, your picture in a frame. Copyright©2007 Rachel Barnett * I started off writing this poem about my great grandmother who passed away when I was a little girl but then it turned into me looking through the eyes of my aunt who's husband passed away. I just wanted you to know where the inspiration for this piece came*",2007-01-06,2007-04-13,341106,"{
    ""61"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 61,
        ""comment.id"": 61,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 04:28:43"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Danny"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2008-07-11"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Oh and im adding it to my favorites too :) just FYI""
    },
    ""62"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 62,
        ""comment.id"": 62,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:51"",
        ""comment.author"": ""jordan"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-08-18"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Ur poems r so beautiful""
    },
    ""63"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 63,
        ""comment.id"": 63,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:51"",
        ""comment.author"": ""im falling apart without him"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F ) at 2009-01-05"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Aww this is so cute and sad at the same time... it really reminds me of me and my ex boyfriend""
    },
    ""64"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 64,
        ""comment.id"": 64,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:51"",
        ""comment.author"": ""xX the left behind Xx"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2009-02-04"",
        ""comment.content"": ""It was sad..and emotional.. but it was an awesome poem. keep up the good work. :)""
    },
    ""65"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 65,
        ""comment.id"": 65,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:51"",
        ""comment.author"": ""john"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2012-01-21"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I like it it has great purpose and has great meaning great work""
    }
}"
14,"2018-02-27 02:24:56","Teach Me To Let Go",TinyDancer46,2005-12-18,4.7,112,"Teach me to stop caring When I think of what we were Teach me to stop crying When I see you there with her Show me how to live again When you're not here with me Show me how to fight the fact That we're not meant to be Tell me that I'll be alright And my life will be okay Without you right here by my side To hold my hand each day Let these teardrops wash away Don't let this heartbreak last... Let me let go like you did For you've forgotten me so fast",2005-12-18,2007-06-24,123461,"{
    ""68"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 68,
        ""comment.id"": 36,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:31:24"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Fyri"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-04-08"",
        ""comment.content"": ""WOW!!!!! UMM THAT WAS SO GOOOD. LOVE IT!!""
    },
    ""70"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 70,
        ""comment.id"": 37,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:56"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Genna"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2008-04-24"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Hey, this is a brilliant poem. You're a fantastic writer! Never stop""
    },
    ""66"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 66,
        ""comment.id"": 66,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:11"",
        ""comment.author"": ""c 0 n f u s e d"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2008-02-16"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Good Job :)""
    },
    ""67"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 67,
        ""comment.id"": 67,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:56"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Nema SaeeD 3"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2008-02-23"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This is really painful, and I've gone through this, it was so damn hard excellent poem =) xx""
    },
    ""69"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 69,
        ""comment.id"": 69,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:56"",
        ""comment.author"": ""neo"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2008-04-09"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Beautiful words that touched my soul""
    }
}"
15,"2018-02-27 02:24:57","A Kiss in the Rain",Matthew,2005-05-04,4.7,588,"A Kiss in the Rain We step out of the car and into the street You can hear it hit softly, like the patter of little feet It's such a magical time, like sunset on the ocean We're caught in its spell, and we move in slow motion I move in close, with my hands on her waist I take it slow, no rush, no haste The rain slowly falls and the full moon shines She slides her arms around my neck, and says your mine The rain picks up and it soaks our hair But our eyes are focused, we have no cares I whisper in her ear, I love you my dear You will always be smiling, you have no use for tears I will love you forever, is my vow to you You are my heavenly dove, may it always be true She smiles at me, with joy and bliss My lips meet hers, and in the rain we kiss The rain itself, dances all around As I kiss my sweetheart, without a sound The rain glides through the air and I hold her tight It's like the angels are crying, such a beautiful sight Her tongue touches mine and its ecstasy A kiss in the rain sets my emotions free She pulls my lower lip and it takes its toll My whole body tingles, like I've lost control As the rain falls down I just can't believe That I need her to move, to think, to breathe I take a step back and I look in her eyes She tells me she loves me and my heart just flies If you believe perfection simply isn't real Kiss your love in the rain, and I promise you'll feel Many things in this world can wash away pain But none of them compare, to kiss in the rain Copyright(C) 2005 All Rights Reserved",2005-05-04,2007-05-09,49308,"{
    ""71"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 71,
        ""comment.id"": 71,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Hina"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-05-27"",
        ""comment.content"": ""As the rain falls down I just can't believe That I need her to move, to think, to breathe: this line has the power to take one back in time to his/her first kiss. exceptionally brilliant!!""
    },
    ""72"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 72,
        ""comment.id"": 72,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Abena"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2009-10-12"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I love it. Well written and it conveys such strong emotions.""
    },
    ""73"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 73,
        ""comment.id"": 73,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Zvetty"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2010-01-11"",
        ""comment.content"": ""You drifted me back to my past ... soo true feelings soo ture !! you made me cry missing those moments ?""
    },
    ""74"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 74,
        ""comment.id"": 74,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Adreamer"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2014-12-07"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I love this piece. You captured the scene perfectly and it was wonderful beyond belief in how detailed it was. Great piece. even with the basic rhyme scheme and oddly styled stanzas (seem a bit simple for something so breathtaking)""
    },
    ""75"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 75,
        ""comment.id"": 75,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:57"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Trish"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2016-10-14"",
        ""comment.content"": ""I have read this a few times and can only say wow amazing""
    }
}"
16,"2018-02-27 02:24:58","All in 1 minute",cassanova,2006-01-18,4.8,96,"I look at the clock, it says 1:41, i know thinking of you, ill never be done, you run through my mind, and occupy all my time, wondering why you're gone, and why you're not mine, i think of you constantly, for some reason i cant stop, knowing that for always, you'll forever have my heart, my days go by so slow, cause you run through my head, i said I'd love you forever, isn't that enough said, you also haunt my dreams, if you know what i mean, i wake up often, with sweats and screams, why do i sleep by myself, I'm alone in my bed, i know I'll be thinking of you, till the day i am dead, now still all these thoughts, just run through my brain, cant stop thinking of Nicole, i think i'm going insane, i feel i wanna kill myself, people say thats not what to do, but i turn and look at the clock, and it says it's only 1:42....",2006-01-18,2007-05-13,201788,"{
    ""79"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 79,
        ""comment.id"": 48,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:58"",
        ""comment.author"": ""tainted melody"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2012-02-15"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This was great and the title really drew me in...it is true about love that so much can go through your head in so little time. great write :)""
    },
    ""76"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 76,
        ""comment.id"": 76,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:47"",
        ""comment.author"": ""cryNOmore"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-06-05"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow I really enjoyed this poem it flows so smoothly.""
    },
    ""77"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 77,
        ""comment.id"": 77,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:47"",
        ""comment.author"": ""grace"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2008-09-10"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Ahhhhh sweet poem!! 5/5! =)""
    },
    ""78"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 78,
        ""comment.id"": 78,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:58"",
        ""comment.author"": ""asian babe"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2008-12-17"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow, this is great! I know how you feel.""
    },
    ""80"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 80,
        ""comment.id"": 80,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:24:58"",
        ""comment.author"": ""jester"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2012-07-26"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Very good!""
    }
}"
17,"2018-02-27 02:25:02","I Want A Boy Who Will","Just Another Dreamer",2005-09-19,4.8,87,"I want a boy who will move the hair away from my eyes, and then kiss me. Who will hold my hand in line at the mall and make all the girls jealous. A pretty boy, but not so pretty that I feel awkward. A boy who thinks I'm b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. A boy who will sing to me at random moments. Who lets me sleep on his chest. I want a guy who will tell his mother I have beautiful eyes, a guy who will bring me orange juice when I'm sick, who writes songs about me because he doesn't know any other way to tell me how he feels. I want a boy who is more goofy than romantic, but knows the right things to say at the right times. I want a boy who will call me 3 times a day if he went away. A boy who will apologize for calling too much, and no matter how many times I tell him its okay, he'd still do it. A boy who will let me gossip to him and just smile and agree with everything I say. A boy who will throw stuffed animals at me when I acted dumb and then jump on me and kiss me a million times. I want a boy who will write me notes in class, and give me flowers every once in a while for no real reason at all. Who will bet kisses on who could beat who on at game. Who makes fun of me just to make me laugh. A boy who will surprise me with 25 cent ring and we could have contest of how far we can spit our gum. Who will take me to the park, put his hands around my waist and give me big bear hugs all the time. A boy who will kiss my neck, just to have a reason to tell me how much he loves my new perfume. I want a boy who, at night, who will dance in his pajamas with me. A boy who will take pictures in photo booths with me, someone who will never turn down a trip to the lake and who will play tag on the beach with me. Who will tell all his friends about me and smile when he does it. A boy who could sit with me on the kitchen floor and eat sandwiches. Who will make out with me in the pouring rain and will tell me when he doesn't think something looks good. I want a boy who would try to teach me how to play the guitar, even if we just end up laughing at each other. I want a boy who will run his fingers through my hair, share his lollipops with me, and get along with all of my friends. Someone who would never be afraid to say I love you in front of his friends and someone who would argue with me about silly things just to make up. I want a boy who will take me to Target to just make fun of some of the stuff there. Someone who will kiss me at midnight on New Years and who will make funny faces at me when I'm on the phone. I want a boy who will count stars with me and be friends with my family. I want a boy who will stay home with me on a Friday night just to help me make dinner and watch movies together under the same blanket. Someone who will squirt water guns at me in the house after I've got him soaked. A boy who will tell me I'm b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l but not too often. I want a boy who looks me the eye and tell me something serious, that was also funny and make me promise not to laugh. A boy who could make me laugh like no one else can. I want a boy who will hold me closer than normal when I'm sick, and would play with my hair. But mostly I want a boy who is my best friend and will always be there for me.",2005-09-19,2007-05-16,151639,"{
    ""81"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 81,
        ""comment.id"": 81,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:02"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Marcus blake"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2008-05-02"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Amazing the way you describe it is unique i waiting for some more.""
    },
    ""82"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 82,
        ""comment.id"": 82,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:02"",
        ""comment.author"": ""elena"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-05-27"",
        ""comment.content"": ""OMG that was b e a u t i f u l and i love evry word of it. did you finally meet the boy?""
    },
    ""83"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 83,
        ""comment.id"": 83,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:02"",
        ""comment.author"": ""xYakusokux"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( P ) at 2008-07-31"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Oh wow. Every girl would LOVE a boy like this. It'd be such a DREAM! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING THISS! I loved ittt! :DDDD Keep writing!~""
    },
    ""84"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 84,
        ""comment.id"": 84,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:02"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Anne Garcia"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-06-21"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Aww..... I want a boy just like that one. But it's impossible, no boy is all that. Even down to the simplest requests, to make you laugh when you promised him you wouldn't. Aww... so funny and sweet and romantic. *sigh* You made me daydream... Great write... You've got the perfect vision...""
    },
    ""85"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 85,
        ""comment.id"": 85,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:02"",
        ""comment.author"": ""BraidhairCutie"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( C ) at 2009-12-09"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Beautiful""
    }
}"
18,"2018-02-27 02:25:04","To My Unborn Child...",Matthew,2005-07-13,4.7,1458,"To My Unborn Child... I'm writing down this letter, to my unborn son Who before his first breath, my heart he's already won I love you more then anyone can devise From the tips of your toes, to the sparkle in your eyes I hold your mother's hand, and we plan out your life We can picture your white coat, and we can see your surgeon's knife We know that you'll be great, at whatever it is you do Just make sure you're happy, and we'll be happy to I love you my son, with all my heart and soul I'm so very excited, that I barely have control Your room is almost finished; it's the brightest shade of blue With gold around the edges, it's only the best for you I have some words of wisdom, which I feel I must impart Remember these words always, and keep them in your heart Dishonesty is bad; never use it to get by Always tell the truth, even when you lie Always love your woman, keep her first in your life And she will always be there, to kiss away your strife Always pull out chairs, and hold open every door Kiss her on the forehead, and leave her wanting more Enjoy this thing called life, don't live it cold and bland Close your eyes and take a leap, never do things as you planned Try not to lose your temper; it's really no big deal But my son if you must fight, do it for something real Take the time to listen, to what people have to say And don't forget to smile; it could brighten someone's day Try to live with patience, do it the best you can Stand up for those who can't, and show the world that you're a man Always be a leader, step forward never hide Put yourself out there, and they'll stand by your side These things I hope you learn, someday you'll come to find But for now they're just a dream, tucked away inside my mind My son I truly love you, though your face I've never seen Now and forever, and everyday that comes between Copyright(C) 2005 All Rights Reserved",2005-07-13,2013-01-20,126058,"{
    ""86"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 86,
        ""comment.id"": 86,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Ciara"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-11-11"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Omg i really loved that, what i loved the most was the advice i no how had it is to bring a child into this world and wonder what they are going to be like ..but well done very touching:)""
    },
    ""88"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 88,
        ""comment.id"": 88,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Aubrey"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-01-21"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Amazing. Simple as that.""
    },
    ""89"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 89,
        ""comment.id"": 89,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:37:00"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Ian"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2010-04-20"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Awesome writing. i love this. really makes me think about my mom. haha""
    },
    ""90"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 90,
        ""comment.id"": 90,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Owner of a Broken Heart"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2012-03-06"",
        ""comment.content"": ""One word. beautiful. 5/5""
    }
}"
19,"2018-02-27 02:25:04","Metamorphosis of a Breaking Heart","SiLeNtLy ScReAmInG",2008-05-25,4.9,42,"Watch this heart shatter, The broken pieces scatter, From here, clear to there, Watch my paper heart begin to tear. Watch my happy smile falter, My facial expressions slowly alter, The glimmer in my eyes fade to grey, Ignore the tears I quickly brush away. Listen to the words I speak, Hear only the answers that you seek, Turn away, turn your back, Don't look at me, my world is going black. Just stay away, don't turn around, Don't see me fall, don't watch me drown, Looking back is a waste of time, In the end you were never mine. No excuses, no more wasted words, Tell your I'm sorry's to the birds, Each one is empty, cold, and useless, Without action, without feeling, meaningless. Keep them to yourself, don't give them to me, All along I said I was blind, but now I finally see, It was the perfect lie, never actually true, Guess I shouldn't have believed, not in you. Always expected the bomb to drop, Anticipated the pain that'd make my heart stop, Always said you'd leave me first, Looks like worst did come to worst. Lost my radiant sun, my forever light, My world plunging deep into eternal night, The tears, falling from my eyes like rain, Keep your eyes averted, avoid seeing my pain. Don't tell me that you still care, not anymore, No more lies, I'm watching you break for the door, Just turn and go away, have your happily ever after, Let the wind blow me back wisps of care free laughter. Just saying it for your benefit, don't worry I'll be alright, Everyone tells me that I'm strong, that I have the will, the might, Just have to make it through, time will help me heal, But I'll tell you this too, you'll never understand the pain I feel.",2008-05-25,2008-05-25,8207,"{
    ""91"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 91,
        ""comment.id"": 91,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""lostw1th0utlove"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2008-09-27"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Listen to the words I speak, Hear only the answers that you seek, Turn away, turn your back, Don't look at me, my world is going black. Amen, I see this everyday in me and all of my friends There is no good left in this world. Except for the people that seem to write about it. Everyone who writes poems for emotions know whats wrong in the world. But then no one will let them fix it. This a truely strong poem Stanza over and over had my attention.But im gunna critique a lil bit here even tho it doesnt deserve it but with every stanza as good as it was then the last one was decent it left out the Big B()()M impact i was waiting for. still a great poem, Ima read more of yours although it doesnt seem like u write much""
    },
    ""92"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 92,
        ""comment.id"": 92,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Elizabeth"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2008-09-30"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Congradulations .... that was truely amazing. So many poets try for years to write poetry with this much feeling behind every word, something that you acheive naturally. I'm jealous of your talent ... TRUELY!!! 5/5.""
    },
    ""93"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 93,
        ""comment.id"": 93,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""xLilMissFrostyx"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-01-10"",
        ""comment.content"": ""\"Watch this heart shatter, The broken pieces scatter, From here, clear to there, Watch my paper heart begin to tear\" ^^ I don't think you need the word \"the\" in the seond line. However, I love this opening stanza, especially the paper heart line, as soon as the piece opens I can feel my emotions opening up. \"Watch my happy smile falter, My facial expressions slowly alter, The glimmer in my eyes fade to grey, Ignore the tears I quickly brush away\" ^^ I love this..the transistion in this stanza makes for a beautiful effect on the verse, and I like how you portray an act of happiness, so many people fake it, and you show that well within these lines. \"Listen to the words I speak, Hear only the answers that you seek, Turn away, turn your back, Don't look at me, my world is going black. Just stay away, don't turn around, Don't see me fall, don't watch me drown, Looking back is a waste of time, In the end you were never mine.\" ^^ I adore these two stanzas, you portray such loss and emotion here, particuarly in the line of in the end you were never mine, it always hurts to realize that and that is beautifully shown in this part. \"No excuses, no more wasted words, Tell your I'm sorry's to the birds, Each one is empty, cold, and useless, Without action, without feeling, meaningless. Keep them to yourself, don't give them to me, All along I said I was blind, but now I finally see, It was the perfect lie, never actually true, Guess I shouldn't have believed, not in you\" ^^ The melancholy here is almost overwhelming...filled with such sadness and yet simutaneously so elegantly and beautifully written, and as I read each line I can feel my heart drop with sorrow as I get further along. \"Always expected the bomb to drop, Anticipated the pain that'd make my heart stop, Always said you'd leave me first, Looks like worst did come to worst. Lost my radiant sun, my forever light, My world plunging deep into eternal night, The tears, falling from my eyes like rain, Keep your eyes averted, avoid seeing my pain\" ^^ I find this to be exceptionally hard hitting, simply because you say how people can so blatantly ignore another's pain, and lack to care about it, I'm finding that this piece just gets better and better as I go along. \"Don't tell me that you still care, not anymore, No more lies, I'm watching you break for the door, Just turn and go away, have your happily ever after, Let the wind blow me back wisps of care free laughter. Just saying it for your benefit, don't worry I'll be alright, Everyone tells me that I'm strong, that I have the will, the might, Just have to make it through, time will help me heal, But I'll tell you this too, you'll never understand the pain I feel\" ^^ ...I'm speechless...what a beautiful way to end this moving and yet bittersweet piece, something that will certainly stay with the reader for a while. \"Just have to make it through, time will help me heal, But I'll tell you this too, you'll never understand the pain I feel\" \" ^^ I really like these closing lines, I think the last line is easily my favourite line from the piece, so many people can relate to another not knowing how they feel and hiding it, pretending they are okay, myself included, and I think that's why it hit me so much. However I don't think you need the \"too\" in this line, I find it to flow better without. That being said, I really enjoyed this. [ Praised by SiLeNtLy ScReAmInG | Approved by Ex-Moderator ]""
    },
    ""94"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 94,
        ""comment.id"": 94,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:53:44"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Emma Wallis"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C D ) at 2009-09-05"",
        ""comment.content"": ""So much passion and emotion was put into this, that's why it was such an enjoyable piece. 5/5. Em x""
    },
    ""95"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 95,
        ""comment.id"": 95,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:04"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Schrodingers cat"",
        ""comment.date"": ""at 2016-06-06"",
        ""comment.content"": ""By far the best love poem I've read. It totally echoes my feelings and feel the mirror emotions of mine flowing through your poem. Sad some people dont understand and i can totally relate to this. Amazingly written and yes im literally goosebumped! Added to my favs :)""
    }
}"
20,"2018-02-27 02:25:08","He died from a brokenheart",cassanova,2005-12-28,4.8,75,"He moved to a new town, felt like he was lost, he always wore a frown, till he seen the angel across, one day he met her, it was like a sign, she was so pretty just, endless like time, together they fell, in deep love real fast, vowed to love each other, that they'd always last, then it got stronger, deeper than thought, he'd love her forever, felt life was to short, then something went wrong, and they spent less time, the boy started to wonder, is she even still mine, till one day she called, and heres what she said, ""id rather be alone, then with u instead, from that day on, inside more he died, he couldn't let go, no matter how hard he tried, two and a half years have past, in life he feels he has no part, twenty-one days later, he died from a broken heart, heres to all u lovers, who don't picture your selfs apart, make sure you cherish every moment, right from the very start....",2005-12-28,2007-08-29,163802,"{
    ""96"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 96,
        ""comment.id"": 96,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:08"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Nz0"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C D ) at 2008-05-29"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Fcking brilliant poem. very inspiring!""
    },
    ""97"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 97,
        ""comment.id"": 97,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:08"",
        ""comment.author"": ""My Paper Heart"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P ) at 2008-09-12"",
        ""comment.content"": ""AWESOME!!!! i love it!""
    },
    ""98"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 98,
        ""comment.id"": 98,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:26:08"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Arun Khan"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2008-09-19"",
        ""comment.content"": ""This was really well written, loved the theme.. must say, a piece of art... 5/5 Regards Arun.""
    },
    ""99"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 99,
        ""comment.id"": 99,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:08"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Terribly Broken"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F P C ) at 2009-01-05"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Wow! a very touching and meaningful poem. fantastically written, great job""
    },
    ""100"": {
        ""poem_x_comment.id"": 100,
        ""comment.id"": 100,
        ""comment.ts"": ""2018-02-27 02:25:08"",
        ""comment.author"": ""Su"",
        ""comment.date"": ""( F C ) at 2010-02-24"",
        ""comment.content"": ""Fuk man i'm gonna die""
    }
}"