W S Rendra translation of 'Hai Ma' or 'Hi Mom'
...My English translation of "Hai Ma" by W. S. Rendra, a son to his mother and soulmate.
HAI MA ("HI MOM")
by W. S. Rendra
translation by Michael R. Burch
for Zeelhan Zahraa
Mom,
It's not de...
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Categories:
disheartens, death, heart, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Changed Life - Changed Past
...Shopping in the city, Christmas presents she had been collecting.
The young woman was feeling quite tired as she was expecting.
She was slight with a baby bump, and all remarked, very pretty.
Chri...
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Categories:
disheartens, care,
Form: Quatrain
We Must L I V E It
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Mark 11:23 King James Version
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart,...
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Categories:
disheartens, blessing, christian, hope, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Prisoner
...She is a prisoner of her own conviction
A self-imposed life sentence
Found guilty of scorn and self-doubt.
Often, she stands gazing intently into her mirror
Scrutinizing the entire reflection ...
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Categories:
disheartens, beauty, conflict, desire, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Whisper of Light
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There is a soft, gentle light
Which inspires my heart and life
To reach beyond my doubts
Toward the dreams that I have
Deep within my soul, always alive
Dancing to the fires that resid...
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Categories:
disheartens, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Creative Spark
...Bright flame to
Fading ember
Reservoir of
Creative joy
Now depleted
Brings the
Dim
Dismaying
Emptiness of
Effete creativity
Disheartens
Disenchants
The migrant
Soul of Striving
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Categories:
disheartens, angst, anxiety, creation, emotions,
Form: Free verse
It Was Nice Meeting You All
...There’s a turning point in life which
only happen once in a lifetime.
But I have to do it – for myself.
I need to fly, I need to recreate,
I need to search new horizons,
Till I’ll find happiness...
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Categories:
disheartens, age, appreciation, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Lost
...I
At the marketplace
by sunrise
when the serenity of the dawn is ravished by unknown
voices…
When the Sun passes through the merry-go-round
beyond the horizon
when the turbulent wind is sile...
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Categories:
disheartens, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
A Grand Slam
...An applaud in negative
In writing or voluble,
Appreciate one must
To further spring up,
A poetic grand slam !
Sarcastic comments
Take digs at you,
Aggressive remarks
The missiles,
To drop you dead !...
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Categories:
disheartens, conflict, courage, introspection,
Form: Free verse