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Labyrinth of Sighs
Labyrinth of Sighs 

Wondering through a labyrinth of sighs 
More platitudes with attitudes that never question why 
A litany of afterthoughts about where we go...

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Categories: civilisations, life,
Form: Rhyme



Africa!!!
She is the mother place of all humanity.
From her womb was birthed the first man.
The first self aware and inventive beast,
Standing erect, carrying tools of...

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Categories: civilisations, people, placesmen,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Villanelle: Nations Barely Survive the Turbulence of International Events
Villanelle : Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events

Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events
Yet end up like interpersonal relations with other nations
Nations...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilisations, history, nature, relationship,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member White Man Came, Took Everything
They sailed from ports
From Europe's past
To Ancient Civilisations
How long would they last
 
Genoa, Santander
To name just two
Galleons, traders
Who helped who
 
Distant lands 
So far from...

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Categories: civilisations, adventure, faith, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
A Martyr
A Martyr





No heading to a quiet peaceful one world,
Civilisations in name of development,
Producing the deadliest,
aiming towards end of human race....

You kill me, I kill you,
I...

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Categories: civilisations, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme



Kinta Valley
THE KINTA VALLEY
OR : Dreams of the Sleeping Man
        (Anthropomorphic name of a mountain profile viewed from The...

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Categories: civilisations, environment, places,
Form: Epic
Manipulation
Manipulation



Doctrines, Orders, at times, Education
Aim to accomplish manipulation!!
Message permanently caged in store;
Is a hand working puppet from the core!!
You either learn to change your mind
Or...

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Categories: civilisations, blue,
Form: Couplet
Extinction
Everything that is created one day becomes extinct with His manifestation.
For billions and millions of years forests, rivers, valleys, mountains and civilisations,
Completed a cycle, suffered...

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Categories: civilisations, environment, god,
Form: Rhyme
The Homeless Artist
Penny pincher,
Sleeps on the edge of time,
Dreams of ancient civilisations,
How old is he,
How old is he,
He thought someone in the modern world loved him the...

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Categories: civilisations, allegoryold, old,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Secret of Pickle
A simple pickle is the essence of life’s journey,
The recipe of a very experienced granny,
Who has put for the test of our taste bud,
emotions we...

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Categories: civilisations, analogy, anger, anxiety, blue,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ne Soyons Pas Rancunier - Translation of Oodgeroo's Let Us Not Be Bitter By T Wignesan
Ne soyons pas rancunier – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Let us not be bitter” by T. Wignesan

(Note : The fiery fearless rebel of Where we...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilisations, change, forgiveness, future, heart,
Form: Free verse
Spare the Noose - Let One Live
Spare the noose - let one live!

Just moments and life's gone,
for the lives one hack
and for it never to come back!
Isn't justice flawed with 'glee'...

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© Ram Ram  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilisations, allusion, change, death, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Force of Nature
This is as easy as I can say......

This is all I can give away........

This is how it goes bad in many ways!


In the near future...

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Categories: civilisations, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Incorrigible Gods
The Incorrigible Gods 

Thunder Rain Storm Earthquake Tsunami
We the Gods are angry with mankind!
Noah, build an arc and save the species!

Oh Gods why destroy if...

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Categories: civilisations, anger, bible, creation, god,
Form: Free verse
The Imperishable Pearl
The driver, shopkeeper, sweeper remains the same
What changes is the colour, costume, language
Somewhere respect, somewhere neglect
Somewhere love, somewhere hatred

Somewhere master, somewhere servant
Somewhere hostility, somewhere attraction
Somewhere...

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© Gargi Saha  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilisations, introspection
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs