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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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 free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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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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Coolness--
the sound of the bell
as it leaves the bell.
Translated by Robert Hass
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Our conquering swords shall marshall us the way
We use to march upon the slaughter'd foe,
Trampling their bowels with our horses' hoofs,
Brave horses bred on the white Tartarian hills.
My camp is like to Julius Caesar's host,
That never fought but had the victory;
Nor in Pharsalia was there such hot war
As these, my followers, willingly would have.
Legions of spirits, fleeting in the air,
Direct our bullets and our weapons' points,
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On this moonless night,
I waited for the full moon.
I could not board the boat;
the tide was rising
to meet the moon.
I waited for the swell to settle—
for the waters to still,
for the gap to open—
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Dressed in an immaculate robe of the empyreal,
she ride on muzzy clouds - a ubiquitous nocturnal queen, wade soft and sobre to her kraal
On streets of azure sky, stars flash, gleam and blink
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In the practical world money is a must thing.
Earning is a must thing.
Here, societal value depends very much on wealth.
So all men are in a race,
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The room in which I live in,
I am not the only one living here.
Other than me,
Hundreds of other creatures also live here.
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The power of education is a sacred flame... Leading the soul to the greatest consolation... The wisdom to realise the true meaning of life.
It breaks the walls of narrow thoughts... Silences every negative whisper, And dissolves the shadows of ignorance into light...
When the mind is enlightened, The heart awakens like the dawn, And the hidden beauty of life blossoms in every breath...
Here, on the historic campus of Oxford University, England, I sit in grateful silence;
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My impromptu joy
Turned to tears of joy.
Every opportunity cost,
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This life is a platform;
Consider carefully which train to board.
What is your destination?
Reflect on where you are headed, O soul.
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I believe
It's a great reflection on the fragile wall,
This is vital
For the dingy world,
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You thought I'd choke when you withdrew your air;
I breathed before your footsteps found me there.
You were a season passing through my years;
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Krishna Consciousness
Krishna is that consciousness
In which the entire creation resides;
Within His consciousness revolve
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Grandma, Grandpa,
We love you,
Thank you, thank you,
For all you do.
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Removing a wrapper of seduction there lay a heart of obstruction
The sugar coating on the kiss melted into bitterness
A sweet delectable taste became a sour revolting waste
Two mounds on top that looked about to pop
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Traffic victimized
wildlife; fireflies assembled to
occupy the highway.
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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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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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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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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
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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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