W S Rendra translation of 'Hai Ma' or 'Hi Mom'
...My English translation of "Hai Ma" by W. S. Rendra, a son to his mother and soulmate.
HAI MA ("HI MOM")
by W. S. Rendra
translation by Michael R. Burch
for Zeelhan Zahraa
Mom,
It's not de...
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Categories:
acrobatics, death, heart, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Ministry Of Mirth
...When the sad worldly din,
starts to close in-
I notice a dearth of humor,
the lightness of laughter
I seek after,
from the ministry of mirth.
Last Thursday my daughter told me
that week's fo...
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Categories:
acrobatics, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Clown
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The spotlight flashes with a funny flair
on the sagged dress of a meek man on stage.
A miniature crimson cold sun shines stuck
on his puckered porcelain face of forced smile.
An ...
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Categories:
acrobatics, sad,
Form: Free verse
Tears of a Clown
...S t r e n g t h ~
a somersaulting sigil
you wear in stillness,
when the gold of ascending dawn
kisses the skin of sleeping sand,
when the skylark softly
serenades serenity for the unseen,
...
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Categories:
acrobatics, 7th grade, deep, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
acrobatics
...Perhaps I am used to being
posed, arranged, framed
in a certain way.
What if I told you
every move
every flicker of an eyelid
every shift in weight
is carefully orchestrate...
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Categories:
acrobatics, introspection,
Form: Free verse
IN ANOTHER REALITY
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The bird can bet
on a flight career with the plane
only by affinity...
The fish can teach the ship
how to pass through the detour
without loss of quality...
Just as a c...
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Categories:
acrobatics, allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: List
The Frog And The Chameleon
...From out of the lacustrine,dense tract, green
Lining the silent mossy forlorn lake keen ,
Came out leaping and hopping,a fat frog ;
He landed and stopped on a reedy clog ,
As he saw the Chameleo...
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Categories:
acrobatics, nature,
Form: Narrative
Simple Sailor Sam
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"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar”...Lord Byron
I love to be upon the sea
When’er the tides are high
For rough sea...
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Categories:
acrobatics, appreciation, character, sea,
Form: Ballade
Magnum Opus
...In case you haven't noticed I'm a poet verbal usage explosive,
Wrote it to show I'm potent while showing I'm still unfolding,
With words I manage verbs the action within observed,
Then swerves I'm...
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Categories:
acrobatics, art, beautiful, cool, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Treasures of the Deep
...pink basket, diving for eggs
this plastic okay
as long as they are all recovered
and don’t lay
like a wreck in the sea
pink basket, frog kick,
acrobatics and bubbles
amidst the handpicked
E...
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Categories:
acrobatics, easter, sea,
Form: Free verse
Chips To Play
...Like many poets before, I have tried all which-way
not to measure love – not to price love~
Like a post office puts sentiment to a ruler
meters jewelry purchased, already with the
weight of gri...
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Categories:
acrobatics, emotions, feelings, humorous, introspection,
Form: Free verse
It's a Wonderful World
...I don't have my camera,
so I intend to just paint
a picture of the most glorious scene,
which is appearing in front of my eyes.
My canvas - a dog-eared notebook and pen.
Twilight’s b...
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Categories:
acrobatics, bird, flying, sunset,
Form: Verse
Acronym Acrobatics
..."acronym acrobatics"
i can
write
LMAO
but i
can't
write
laugh
my
a**
off...
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Categories:
acrobatics, color,
Form: Free verse
The Joker
...The spotlight flashes funny flair
on the showy sagged dress,
miniature crimson cold sun stuck
on the puckered porcelain face.
An animated caricature captured
in comical frail human fig...
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Categories:
acrobatics, funny, life, sad,
Form: Free verse
Spiritual Weather To Let Go
...I
The rain came without rainbows
She walked between the raindrops
The sun, even in Fall, warms all over
No crimson & gold leaves over tops
Of local mountains, but fruit all Year!
Be there cloud...
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Categories:
acrobatics, africa, bird, butterfly, courage,
Form: Free verse
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