Caro Poems

Hot girl summer

...Our hot girl summer rolls on - like lava downhill or male models doing - anything.
We’re in Athens, Georgia, yes, it’s hotter elsewhere - but you can die in the sun - is this really a competition?
...

Postcards

...My love left me a letter,
"Dear one, I hate to make you frown,
But there seems to be a part
That's missing from my heart.
I need to find it
Before I can settle down."

Then she sent me a postc...

Good Night, Caro

...Go forth to the Sea, Sis 
In fulfillment of thy request
To flow with divers, seagulls, your Sea dreams
Envy shall sailors see, Sis,
You and this dancing sea, Sis, 
Your poems, now in war of man ...

Woman In Chains

...Woman in Chains 

Inner child blinks back tears through the cheval glass
At a bruised reflection staring back, 
Battered by the hand of perfection,
Wearing chains in glimmering pearls deception,...

The Boy Who Cried German

...*The Boy Who cried German*

  Although Ikeh was as nervous as ever he still gathered a little guts to address those sluts. He always did walk around in a jumpsuit like that suitor who visits Bisi e...

Custa Muito Caro

...Custa Muito caro

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Africa On Then

...In the days of agony,
The axe was stronger than the gun,
At that era, men worked with the axe than any other tool,
Days when liturgy was the way of life,
Edge was the name of the drum,
When it s...

Quer Ter Sucesso Lembre

...Quer ter sucesso lembre

O êxito
Na vida ou nos negócios
o sucesso, 
só há um caminho: 
o desprezo das coisas que não dependem de nós.

AH! êxito. 
Para alcançar 
custa muito caro
e temos ...

Deixe De Fazer

...Deixe de fazer,
Não faça,
Empreendedor,
Empreendedora;
se queres 
ter sucesso ...

Não coloque 
O perfume mais caro
Nem o brilho 
Exótico nas sombras.

Para 
ter sucesso ...
Põe flores ...

Reconnect

...Once upon a time,  
We wanted the same world Caro, 
But now you found another world, 
This quick and early, 
I tell you what, I’m sorry,
I’m sorry, I didn't get to hold your hands before your la...

Confession

...Criticism slips so easily
From unempathetic tongue
That we even blame ourselves.

Still are we not to appraise ourselves
And others, all the time...
Praying for Grace's wisdom?

Shame and bla...

Haiku Number 59

...through pine tree shadows
winds monarch's path to home tree -
needles blown by wings

Brian Johnston
July 28, 2016

Inspired by Caro Cecile on Face Book's Japanese Poetry Garden Path

Poet's...

Ivan Kotlyarevskiy: Translations

...Translation from Ivan Kotlyarevsky

Why is the water so much roily?-
Hasn’t it been shook up by the wave?
Why am I sad and not jolly,
Hasn’t my mother chastised me to save?


Yet, my mother d...

Oh My Dear Mama

...Oh my dear Mama 
I am in love with her 
I want to go to Port Rossa 
To buy a wedding ring 
Yes, yes, I want to go there 
And if my love were in vain 
I'd go to Ponte Vecchio 
And fall to my de...

If You Dream

...IF YOU DREAM
[words written as spelt by emotions]
If you should ever dream
yourself in a realm
you do not know
Where flowers spread
beauty on mirrored streets
And bright stars ride
On a rainb...

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