Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
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CHILD of loud-throated War! the mountain Stream
Roars in thy hearing; but thy hour of rest
Is come, and thou art silent in thy age;
Save when the wind sweeps by and sounds are caught
Ambiguous, neither wholly thine nor theirs.
Oh! there is life that breathes not; Powers there are
That touch each other to the quick in modes
Which the gross world no sense hath to perceive,
No soul to dream of. What art Thou, from care
Cast off-abandoned by thy rugged Sire,
Nor by soft Peace adopted; though, in place
And in dimension, such that thou might'st seem
But a mere footstool to yon sovereign Lord,
Huge Cruachan, (a thing that meaner hills
Might crush, nor know that it had suffered harm
Yet he, not loth, in favour of thy claims
To reverence, suspends his own; submitting
All that the God of Nature hath conferred,
All that he holds in common with the stars,
To the memorial majesty of Time
Impersonated in thy calm decay!
Take, then, thy seat, Vicegerent unreproved!
Now, while a farewell gleam of evening light
Is fondly lingering on thy shattered front,
Do thou, in turn, be paramount; and rule
Over the pomp and beauty of a scene
Whose mountains, torrents, lake, and woods, unite
To pay thee homage; and with these are joined,
In willing admiration and respect,
Two Hearts, which in thy presence might be called
...
The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satin and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And I am happy now.
And my lord he loves me well;
But, when first he breathed his vow,
I felt my bosom swell-
For the words rang as a knell,
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A symphony of brilliant red
October weaves with crimson thread.
Those early weeks of blushing trees
And yellow-orange leaves can ease
A wistful man to reminisce
About his years of youthful bliss.
But once October's leaves are shed,
November can be seen ahead.
It brings along the shorter days,
...
No map was drawn for where I went.
No compass spun, no guide was sent.
I walked through valleys, dark and deep,
And planted lies I'd have to reap.
...
I trace the light that lingers in your eyes,
And find no language built to hold its gleam.
Your laugh slips past the borders of the wise,
Like music drifting through a sweet dream.
...
Age is indeed catching up like a long winter,
My habits are becoming intoxicating and troubling for others.
Whenever I get a piece of paper, I start scribbling,
Often without any meaning.
...
A sadness akin to the night descends
Upon a distant harbor.
Where row upon row of priceless pride
Stand with head bowed low, devoid of worth.
...
When the Blue Meets the Gold
The blue above the Dnipro burns,
The wheat fields blaze beneath the sun;
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Men is professor Pen en Arnold Heertje al snel vergeten. In de hypocriete IK-culturen heeft tech als verslavende religie een inbreuk gedaan op bekende relatief betrouwbare modellen van economie en samenleving in het zgn Beschaafde Westen! Professor Pen leerde me dat de afstand tussen vraag en aanbod kan bewegen maar dat er geen absolute werkeloosheid bestaat (er is dus altijd een balk in de grafiek zonder werk anders klopt er iets niet) in de zin dat die maar blijft groeien! Alles heeft dynamiek in de menselijke handelingen, Oikonomos, het huishoudboekje lieten we over aan adviseurs en politici die wie toch al steeds minder vertrouwden, onze eigen luiheid is er debet aan dat we veilig wanend, wegkijken en ons aan de mem van de BigTech en Mercantielen hebben laten binden uit angst voor melkgebrek! Pen leerde ons met simpele X en Y-as overwegingen dat absolute werkgelegenheid eveneens niet Bestaat! Er is in de dynamiek altijd wel gebuffer en gestoot en men kan _trend_ speculeren over wat er gaat komen, maar als er totale werkgelegenheid is dan is er dus arbeider schaarste en dan kan iedereen een loon vragen zo niet dubbel of drievoudig om de leemten op te vullen van het tekort dat onze gulzige verwende consumentjes immer meer verwachtend als iets heel normaals, wat het natuurlijk helemaal niet is noch was! Zodra iedere volkse of arbeiderspersoon gaat en mag speculeren gaat het helemaal mis! Men heeft zich overgeleverd aan de grillen en aan een piramidestelsel en het recht der onbeschoftste volhardende gelijk willen hebbende discours. Men is doorgeslagen zonder dialectisch geweten, liefst zonder te zweten zich rijk gaan rekenen en dus gaan rekening rijden en de mercantielen en Tech AI aanbieders grazen en oogsten door uw domheid gretig voort want u die melkend aan de koe haar memmen tartte is zelf al lang tot slaafse melkkoe geworden!
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Beneath our feet, a hidden sea,
Where water waits, wild and free.
Fills empty spaces in the ground,
In soil and rock, it can be found.
...
Maybe fate is busy calling me, my ears are closed off
Or maybe l see it when l lay down and knock off
I used to wander about some, if not all
Back then, when l hadn't lost control
...
How sweet the power of a blind illusion,
Turned lovely nights into a crimson gold;
Young minds will crumble in a sad confusion,
Yet love remains a story still untold.
...
Life is like a day's rising sun
where the soul shines bright with every earthly turn
infancy's the beginning like the soft, soothing dawn
...
I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
...
If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
...
Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
...
Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
...
The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
...
The Peace Warrior of Mzansi — among heroes, a colossus!
Sun of the Nation, a rare gift of Providence.
Once entangled in the web of a racist succubus,
Unruffled, he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
...
Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
...
Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
...
you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
...
On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
...
"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
...
Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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