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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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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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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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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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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I.
Let's contend no more, Love,
Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
---Only sleep!
II.
What so wild as words are?
I and thou
In debate, as birds are,
Hawk on bough!
III.
See the creature stalking
While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking,
Cheek on cheek!
IV.
What so false as truth is,
False to thee?
Where the serpent's tooth is
Shun the tree---
V.
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not of silver nor of coral,
but of weatherbeaten laurel.
Here, he introduced a sea
uniform like tapestry;
here, a fig-tree; there, a face;
there, a dragon circling space --
designating here, a bower;
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They say the eyes are the doors to the soul
See their emotion, their kindness or anger
I gaze into his blue eyes
I see kindness, joy, and passion
I wish I could see love
Maybe it's there but I am blind
or maybe I see love for her.
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This is the day, that the Lord has made,
We should rejoice and be glad in it,
Oh happy day, looking at my diary,
The calendar, with all I hope to achieve.
...
Yesterday was great so you say,
And longing for a better day,
And why not do it today,
If you longing for a brighter future.
...
We met when we were still young,
Our paths crossed and to new beginnings,
Blindly towards where the vehicle would go,
Carry us together to a better place for me,
...
He was a peculiar man, that found lies an unnecessary burden on the back of his memory
His small house had no space for hatred and he had thrown it out long ago
Unable to see colors or shapes he treated all the same, God included
Simple needs he harvested in his garden, creeping weed's desire for more never sprouted in his mind
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On behalf of those who may have forgotten the power of gentle words…
We now find ourselves behind glowing screens, where our eyes rarely connect
only reflections of judgment flicker through glass, moving faster than understanding, yet slower than empathy.
A face like a rare moon drifting through daylight is lifted amidst storms of laughter, as if beauty were a flaw, as if being different were a typo in the language of creation.
...
A new day dawns over a youthful horizon, and the earth beams like a child rediscovering its own voice. The Land of the Rising River stirs awake newly named in the tongues of many nations standing tall like a flame that has learned to withstand the wind. Flags flutter and dance like birds returning home after a long absence, each hue carrying a heartbeat that once lingered in the shadows. Even the sky seems to draw nearer, as if it has finally grasped the essence of joy. The land takes its time to reveal its beauty, holding a quiet dignity in the gentle rivers that continue to share ancient tales, in the expansive shores that catch the light as if it were something delicate and sacred. Every grain of earth remembers its struggles, yet still chooses softly, stubbornly to embrace hope. Here, freedom isn't just a distant concept; it's a face washed in relief, a breath that arrives at last without fear, a smile that spans generations like a bridge finally completed. And beneath the celebration, a gentle truth remains: happiness must learn to bear responsibility, abundance must learn to nurture, and no land is truly whole until every hand can rest from reaching. Drums resonate across the open spaces like memories transforming into song, woven with kinship, survival, and the warmth of belonging. Gratitude flows like a breeze through tall grass carried by those who have rediscovered how to live after hardship. And so the land stands not complete, not flawless but vibrantly alive, smiling through its journey of becoming.
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Why does this land let go of its brightest minds those who think clearly, who live with honesty and purpose only to watch them leave like travelers carrying dreams that never had a chance? Yet it clings to emptiness, raises loud voices that say so little, and gives importance to those who only speak when nudged by others. How does a place forget its finest, while paying so much attention to what truly adds no value?
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There is a kind of madness
in the heart of a man,
not the kind that destroys,
but the kind that feels too deeply to escape itself.
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If tomorrow comes without me,
Tell my friends…
O messenger of Gagomah,
...
In your bid to find closure
Did you really get closer -
When you opened up your heart
And upset the apple cart..
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Love is wonderful
More than all the lovely words
Nothing less than true
Love is more than beautiful
...
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
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of 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.
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"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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