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Compose a 10 line poem bringing out your own optimism while facing the New Year / century.

Poem on New Year

Yet another year has passed,


With some sorrows and some laughs;


Let’s welcome this new beginning with open arms,


Taking a vow of creating happiness but not harms!


New hopes, new desires and new aspirations,


More creations than just reactions;


A brighter, better, and a hopeful new year,


Of no regrets of past and no future jeer,


Finding Love, bliss, peace and many more,


Live a year that you’ve never had before!!


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