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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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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Sleep, sleep, my beloved,
without worry, without fear,
although my soul does not sleep,
although I do not rest.
Sleep, sleep, and in the night
may your whispers be softer
than a leaf of grass,
or the silken fleece of lambs.
May my flesh slumber in you,
my worry, my trembling.
In you, may my eyes close
and my heart sleep.
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Here I am in the garden laughing
an old woman with heavy breasts
and a nicely mapped face
how did this happen
well that's who I wanted to be
at last a woman
in the old style sitting
stout thighs apart under
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When I was seven, I was told
I had a strong imagination.
I saw things that weren't there—
things that didn't belong.
But not often.
When I was eight, I was told
I had a strong imagination.
I heard what others couldn't,
things I shouldn't have heard.
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after Gil Scott-Heron
Living in the void, living in the gaps.
Dying in the void, dying in the gaps.
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How to get violence out of your head
with three easy breathing techniques,
how to lower your heart rate
by practising these gun-safety habits.
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Time marches on, through dusk and dawn.
Time marches on, through silence and song.
Time marches on, unmoved by pleasure and pain.
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I normally write what's inside my brain.
On 31st January 2023. I was told I had autism and a mild learning disability. Excuse me. I have what now? You have autism with a mild learning disability. I'm nearly 34 & no one has picked up that I have autism. Right! That's funny. You're funny. Apparently they're serious.2023 was the first for many things. I needed 3 operations.1 to the mirena coil. Damn cervix. But hey the plus they found atypical endometrial hyperplasia (precancerous cells in the womb.) Other two. I had an infected kidney stone stuck in my uterus and it lead me with an AKI (acute kidney injury) & sepsis. Cool I'm good now. No precancerous cells or should I say no cancer. My kidneys are still pretty fucked from time to time. But hey. I wish half these of things happen to me. I wish I didn't know. But if I didn't would I still be here or would I know any different? Long story, short. I wouldn't be me if it hadn't happened.
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Summer sun
fairground whirl.
Afternoon edge,
the cusp of a smile.
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In life, I've come to realize it's not really about where I'm from — not the town, not the city, not even the culture.
It's about what I'm from.
And what I'm from… is a different kind of story. A different kind of beginning.
It's not a place on the map — it's a place in the soul.
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On the streets, hear our American voices rise and declare
While we gather, steadfast, free and brave.
With signs held high, we chant and sing,
'No throne, no crown, no tyrant king! '
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Khulna, my city of heart and soul,
A golden ring in dream's control,
By rivers winding, calm and wide,
Memories bloom on every side.
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My Friend,
Musical string,
Plays melodious tune,
Full of life and ready to help,
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The Promised land no more
reeks of milk and honey
but of melted iron and of money
amok and havoc in turmoil
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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 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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