merry christmas
...Merry Christmas, my poet friends
Nicaraguans or Spanish
May God love you tomorrow,
That cats purr in front of the tree,
American or Iranian, Portuguese
That Santa drops off gifts
In your shoes ...
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Categories:
allez, christmas, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Haiti, Haiti: the Decisive Battle of Vertieres
...Haiti, Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Martyrs
Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Great Slaves
Haiti, Haiti, the Land of Ancient Braves
For many, the betrayed Land that matters.
Haiti, Haiti, the volcanic lan...
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Categories:
allez, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Muguet De Mai 2
...Ce sont de grosse perles tombées à l'envi du paradis,
Grain à grain, plus luisantes que tout superbe satin.
Leur fraîcheur et délicatesse proviennent du séraphin,
Qui dit: jamais ses qualités ne d...
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Categories:
allez, flower, may, senses,
Form: Rhyme
Translation of the Complete Version of Scarborough Fair By T Wignesan
... La Fête foraine de Scarborough (La Version complète)
For the medieval English poet and Simon and Garfunkel
- In admiration -
Allez-vous à Scarborough fête foraine ?
(Sur la côte d...
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Categories:
allez, farewell, girlfriend, lost love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Translation of the Canticle: Scarborough Fair By T Wignesan
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La Fête foraine de Scarborough
For the anonymous medieval poet
and Simon & Garfunkel - in admiration
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Allez-vous à Scarborough fête foraine ?
Pe...
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Categories:
allez, lost love, love, remember,
Form: Quatrain
Jolie Chatte
...JOLIE CHATTE,
LE MEOW !
LE MEOW !
JOLIE CHATTE,
LE MEOW,
LE MEOW !
IMPERTINENTE ALLEZ !
COE SUR SASSY !
COE SUR SASSY,
JOLIE !IGNORE
LE MEOW !...
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Categories:
allez, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, creation,
Form: Ballade
En Garde Pret Allez
...I hold my sword in my hand.
Wield it with skill and precision.
Watching my opponents.
Knowing when to advance,
Lunge.
Slight Attaque au fer to start.
Parry.
Waiting for that opening.
Passe.
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Categories:
allez, word play, write, writing,
Form: Free verse
C'Est Bientot L'Aube - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's the Dawn Is At Hand By T Wignesan
...C'est bientôt l’aube – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Dawn is at Hand” by T. Wignesan
(Note : In this poem - the title poem of her second collection - Oodgeroo has come full circle, l...
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Categories:
allez, best friend, celebration, devotion,
Form: Quatrain
Allez Hop
...Alley Oop and a girl name Ooolah
danced the wigglin’ wooly-boolah
Doc Wonmug was called
Oscar Boom just stalled
Told Doc, “Ooolah’ll get by with a doula”
‘Cause Doc was a time travelin’ nut
W...
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Categories:
allez, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Malapropisms and Mondegreens
...One light, I was out panting the clown red when I met a Sadie from Francis who I found to be quiet subtractive. It was apparel she thought I was distracted two because she ted, “Voulez-vous coucher a...
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Categories:
allez, funny,
Form: Prose
Le Bucket List
...Ah, Paris, is still calling me, as a romantic lover that has been the
background of my dreams. Though life passes by like a falling star
the hopeful trip still ...
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Categories:
allez, dream, travel, old, old,
Form: Shape
Un Petit Peu
...We are friendly sort of people, greeting and asking how you are,
One great nation, two languages, the distance between coasts far,
Travel to Quebec or to some areas in provinces east and west...
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Categories:
allez, food, funny, people,
Form: Rhyme