Womb With a View
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I see the terror in their eyes…
of those who seek to paralyze
their lives screaming persistent cries
of sorrow and grief that belies
the turmoil and angst of disguise.
I see hunger, ...
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Categories:
devoir, god, hope, humanity, power,
Form: Rhyme
Tempest in a Teapot
...The tempest in a teapot,
sits there as it may,
though it bothers none,
that is bothersome,
though bother surely begot.
The tempest in a teapot,
sits there and bestilled,
control t...
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Categories:
devoir, allusion, analogy, appreciation, parody,
Form: Grook
Jesus is Born
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See the bright star
shining afar
high devoir
Jesus is born
A bright new morn
Life adorn
omnipotent
life innocent
infinite...
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Categories:
devoir, birth, celebration, innocence, jesus,
Form: Tristich
Reply To Carl Brouard
...It is not mandatory
However, I feel that it is my duty
To respond to Carl Brouard
‘Knowing how to drink is not an art
Drinking is not a duty’
But a necessity which is obligatory
As it is crucia...
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Categories:
devoir, chocolate, drink, inspiration, literature,
Form: Rhyme
Fr - Comment Te Dire Adieu
...peu à peu comme une rose
quand vient l’automne
je t’ai vu faner
devant moi tout lentement
je n’aurais pas cru
voir éclore entre nous un amour si serein
garni d’un parfum plus divin
tu m’a...
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Categories:
devoir, death, grief, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Trop Tard
...Dans une langue qui ne m'appartient pas
j'essaie d'y mettre la lune entière
son sourire à plein dents et sa lumière douce
les mots me semblent creux et pourtant
en chacun d'eux, une étoile filant...
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Categories:
devoir, i miss you, imagery,
Form: Free verse
The Final Brace of the Poetries I Meant As One To Post, But By This Could Not
...It is generally thought of to be one of the myriad,
Guiding, governing, binding principles and precepts of all
Mature civilized countries that what horrors that they unleashed in
Vilest, bloodies...
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Categories:
devoir, adventure, allegory, anniversary, arabic,
Form: I do not know?
Beyond the Papery, Lined Realms of the Manifold Pages of My Triadic Notebooks
...A silly superstition enwraps and grips me,
It holds me and will not loosen its vile, crushing deathgrip:
It is a numerical one, this foolish superstition to which I have my subscription,
For thi...
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Categories:
devoir, age, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
Consequences
...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 veux plus de cel...
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Categories:
devoir, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Un Appel - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's An Appeal By T Wignesan
...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 pour contraindre ceux qui résistent,
Guidez...
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Categories:
devoir, hope, inspirational, rights, voice,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Dawn Wail For the Dead By T Wignesan
...La plainte au lever du jour pour les Morts – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Dawn Wail for the Dead” by T. Wignesan
(Note: The style of the original smacks of hurried note-taking, say, by ...
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Categories:
devoir, cry, memory, pride, remember,
Form: Free verse
My Garden
...My Garden
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
My garden I want it best.
Rain makes it unforgettable.
Your memory there should last forever.
My garden should be a nice guy
Like the bosom of a lovely lass
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Categories:
devoir, change, creation, daffodils, missing,
Form: ABC
Je T'Aime
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Je t’aime
Je t’ai écris dans ma memoire
puis je t’ai redigé dans mes pensés
avec la plus fine des ancres de mon coeur!
Et comme un devoir à faire
J’ai finis par te garder sur les images d...
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Categories:
devoir, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, romance,
Form: Free verse
Droit Et Devoir
...Human
rights overwhelm
responsibilities-
once sacrosanct,duty now lies
sleeping....
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Categories:
devoir, life, people, philosophy,
Form: Epigram