Best Ceci Poems

I confided with The Jeweler
I want a masterpiece
A wonder to the modern world
Where joy will never cease

He said he’d start with umber
A rich, golden shade...

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 Translation of Eric Mottram’s Poem 33 in Interrogation Rooms by T. Wignesan

33.  on a vu un homme courir/ de la scène de crime...

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On Turning Sixteen

At sixteen seconds you cried
And so did I 

At sixteen minutes 
I held you and you held me
by the heart

At sixteen hours 
We...

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La discrimination raciale – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Colour Bar” by T. Wignesan

Quand d’ignobles d’hommes me méprisent parce que je suis 
   ...

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(Aieee! We Gon’ Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher …Enjoy et Laisez les bons temps rouler)


Haricot was tall and quite lean
In English they would call...

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Youngest of all she went unnoticed.
 So beautifully cultured but shy a motive.

  So talented, so loved;
   And above her the beaut...

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Un appel – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s « An Appeal » by T. Wignesan

Les hommes d’Etat qui ourdissent les lois de la nation
Munis du pouvoir...

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Translation of Eric Mottram’s KRIM: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO SEPTEMBER 1989 - I by T. Wignesan

( This poem is from the collection, ESTUARIES: Poems 1989-91. Twickenham:...

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je n'ai pas choisi mon nom
ma couleur ou ma religion 
je n'ai pas choisi le liban
ni d'etre arriver dans ce temps
cependant mes amis 
je vais...

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La capitale est Dakar. deux millions de gens habitent en Dakar. Dakar est su pour musuems.
Il est su aussi pour faire les courses. 

St. Louis...

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Je suis toujours la meme personne
Pour t'avouer cela m'etonne
Etre gentil c'est du passe
Je vais devoir changer

Se soucier du monde
Etre present pour eux chaque seconde
je ne...

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This is not a pipe
I can see that
No bite, or burn, marks
It’s just a piece of art
Nothing you can get a grip on

A pipe is...

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sorry to say but you know the way

que les choses viennent voler à vous

like glass shattering upon hitting a tree

tout en volant très rapidement afin...

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JE VAIS APRÈS TOI French Verse-
I’m Coming After You-

Par tes yeux je vois la teinte de ton cœur ;
Votre esprit s'élève au-dessus de tout ce...

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Tell you this again,
When you see
A shooting star,
Someone loves you,

Someone tells you
“Eat chocolates”
Offer jewelry,
Think of me, then,

Pineapple flavors,
Mango flavors,
On a distant island
There is happiness,

Tell you...

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