Poems
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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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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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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Man. SWEETEST Saviour, if my soul
Were but worth the having,
Quickly should I then control
Any thought of waving.
But when all my care and pains
Cannot give the name of gains
To Thy wretch so full of stains,
What delight or hope remains?
Saviour. What, child, is the balance thine,
Thine the poise and measure?
If I say, 'Thou shalt be Mine,'
Finger not My treasure.
What the gains in having thee
Do amount to, only He
Who for man was sold can see;
That transferr'd th' accounts to Me.
Man. But as I can see no merit
Leading to this favour,
So the way to fit me for it
Is beyond my savour.
As the reason, then, is Thine,
So the way is none of mine;
I disclaim the whole design;
Sin disclaims and I resign.
Saviour. That is all: if that I could
Get without repining;
And My clay, My creature, would
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On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A Fisherman mends a glimmering net.
Happy porpoises jump in the sea,
By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it it should always be.
On the day the world ends
Women walk through fields under their umbrellas
A drunkard grows sleepy at the edge of a lawn,
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We loved in the quiet, between the lines,
Where stolen glances learned to breathe.
Your hand knew mine but never stayed—
A promise made of 'almost' and 'if only.'
The world stood firm with iron rules,
Drawing borders through our names.
We were right, but not allowed,
Two hearts sentenced by timing and fate.
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A whisper in the fjords so deep,
A shadow falls where secrets sleep.
An echo of a distant shore,
Touches Norway, to its core.
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When life throws stones, and skies turn gray,
And troubles come along the way,
It might feel hard, like giving in,
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Love starts with a spark, grows deeper
Love isn't just infatuation, it's connection
Love makes you feel better, become better
Love is expressing, showing real affection.
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My love, my wife, my dearest friend,
My love for you will never end.
It's not in things that shine so bright,
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On Kailash peak of silver snow, (8)
He sits in silent flame, (6)
The icy winds around him blow, (8)
Yet none can shake his frame. (6)
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Long ago, in Roman lands,
A time for gods, with fertile hands.
Lupercalia, a feast so old,
Stories of springtime, brave and bold.
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Seventy five, a good long stay,
Or eighty, if strong in every way.
Not fading, not broken, just life's gentle pace,
A natural rhythm, with time and with grace.
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Divide the I—personality's husk—
peel layer by layer, humane in rite:
elimination's alchemy forges the self.
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Unfasten me—this architecture of bone and breath—
unlayer the long apprenticeship of light and wound.
Let the known self fall away like silk from a scar.
I am the ritual and the blade,
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Like the fragrance of the roses that line the aisle
And the sunlight scents that drift 'round the room for a while
And like the notes of the hymns that greet the bride
As she drifts like moonlight on water to her groom's side
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Was there ever any good or just the rose colored glasses of childhood
The fiery romance of a fairytale, quenched by cold waters when first love did fail
Wishes cast on a shining star now seem lost in time's distance so far
The thrill of Santa night before, evaporated dreams in a grown up's closet to store
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Peeping out from behind the clouds
My moon, which the darkness shrouds
Memories of when we used to walk
For many hours, make love and talk
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I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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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,
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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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
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Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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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.
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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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