Art Elegy Poems

In the cold abyss, 
we beseech that we 
may not wither in and 
from our purchase. 

Even though we do not 
expedite ourselves and 
flow...

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Toils and brawls hit hard herebelow 
Till poetry and its bliss are forgotten;
Till the joys of rhyme totter battered 
By thrusts of a world foul...

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O Glorious and Wise Empire of the East 
Slaughtered by cold winter’s wrath and the azure dragon 
For this world had no place to lay...

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My friend is gone!!
For a journey 
Which is at the top
A place with honey!!

My soul weep
As the sun cry
So the earth shift
Story now like a...

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Critics Beware!

Poets are vulnerable no less than anyone,
when fallen victim to outrageous critics.
As Shelley wrote,  critics' darts struck Keats,
who blindly,  cruelly, mocked 'Endymion.'

Lethal...

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I baffled why you furious mite
Sharing with me this half couch
And make my sweet dream forget
Disturbing and sucking from my pet

Claiming you and man share...

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Hanging upon that cross one last time 
A lament to thine sweet Divine.
Who conquered death but thyself did die-
Well, I now know He’s here with...

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What a long time they both had 
In oneness when things boom in light
But in a short while when things turn bad 
It left and...

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Is the thought of Science a scary premise mixed with some progress and
 a whole lot regret, like oh that science, what will they think...

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I AM AFRICA
I am a mother not a murderer
Patronage of numerous natural resources
Filled with beautiful creatures are my tropical
My heritage, adorned with glorious cultures
In the...

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When I die there will be no stone or grave
Look at my art, read a poem, be brave
Do not worry about me, I will be...

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I heard…
he was higher than the starry sky he painted
a genius’ stroke with a sable red brush
dipped in white opium dust 
of pain hidden from...

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Caffeine and powdered milk to stir this amour
Who needs sugar with love this sweet?
Unbreakable glycosedic bonds in the genes of our DNA
We love to disappear...

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This is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912. 

Second Elegy
by...

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His feisty manner,top notch brain
How I wish it was not the truth
Will always in our thoughts remain
The lord of good!
I know you tried
To cling to...

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