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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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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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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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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Awed by her splendor
stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver
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Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for
Picking. Then red ones inked up and that hunger
Sent us out with milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots
Where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots.
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Laughter, the universe's oldest, greatest medicine.
Healing young and old.
First time dates, anniversary gifts.
What a present you can give, and it's all worth while.
If you find it in yourself to find a reason to smile.
- J.B.
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When the night sets in,
shadows stretch and settle,
The air hums with quiet.
Stars blink like distant memories,
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Jezelf zijn,
als een rivier die stroomt,
soms kalm, soms wild,
maar altijd trouw aan haar loop.
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Men of old
Bloodied rivers crossed
With tearless eyes, death they faced
Limbless, marched into victories
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Bright Sunshine and cool wind wake up all to start daily routine;
School children, work going men and women and all go fresh;
What a beautiful morning to see all regular things going nice;
These happen in a beautiful way usually unless weather is bad!
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De zoektocht begint,
naar wat zich verbergt in schaduwen.
Elke stap een vraag,
elke adem een verlangen.
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Whispers of wind through tall grass,
the sun warm on curious hands.
Bare feet press the earth,
the pulse of a simpler world beneath.
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The fire dimmed without warning,
embers smothered by unseen hands.
Words, once soft, turned sharp,
cutting through the silence that grew between us.
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Your green eyes hold the forest,
deep and endless,
where sunlight dances on leaves
and secrets whisper in the shade.
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(in response to Nico Vassilakis' poem 'Friends Is Trees'*)
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Trees giving high fives is a sure sign of extendable, branching
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Wiseman said.
Wisdom Voyage
.Wise man said,
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(for an artwork by Chaled Res,170x170cm, painted in his temporary studio during his November 2024 show at Abstract Art Gallery in Riyadh. This artwork is now in a private collection.)
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The first surrounding circle is known through earthly measurements by legs and eyes and hands.
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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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