International Poems | Examples of International Poetry

The morning is walking in its own pride And courage is leaning by my side The sun is rising up from the east and fire is burning in the belly of the beast Morning is shining all over the place And the evening sun is melting their faces Strange things are happening in town And the multitude is moving around With bags...

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Peaches and pies, apples mixed with steamed rice Come and have dinner with me tonight; my stomach is growling, and my appetite is rising There is nothing on the table to eat except passion fruits That fell from the tree and sour mango cream But tonight I have something special for you And it will make your dream come...

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Let sail this doom and gloom Drinking gasoline with a blue lighter In the morning head up the gangplank The hours till I lay down is a lifetime I’ve become a child drunk on hydrocarbons How will I lay my aching head at night? Isn’t it how I’ll wake up young again? I’m a sailor heading to international waters Fuel in my belly...

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I am the voice of your conscience You would bury my memory Erase me from your history books But I refuse to go away, I refuse to die ...

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The years passes quickly and my heart kept holding on to something profound and an age old practice refused to leave the town; my heart cannot say goodbye for upon it your destiny lies. Morning cracks the notorious code and spill the beans all over the road and since then the dreams stall in the...

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I sat where the ferns stood guard— solemn sentries on wood pedestals— my back pressed against her bookcase, cradled in the soft hush of the window seat as snow rehearsed its silence just beyond the glass. Like a priestess reading spells I turned the musty pages of her herbal catalog— wild ginger, mandrake, devil’s claw, some deadly and some to heal— and I whispered their names...

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In the debate between dubbing and subbing I side with subs to savor the original mellifluous French, Tamil, Korean, Italian... Reading the subtitles assists the deaf and hard of hearing although voiceovers benefit the blind and vision impaired. Historically dubbing was employed by fascist governments to advance the nationalist agenda. In our own time the tendency to consider...

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If you can't fix your own brokenness, everything around you will start to fall apart— no matter how hard you try holding it together. ...

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I have travelled upon the earth and get lost in work I have painted the covers of the universe and mingle With animals in the dirt and have witness the bridges carried away in the sea and rough waves come chasing after me but I hoist myself upon big ships before the thunder rolls...

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Varnished Tech Titans Tattered totems tarnished Viral tribal bible spiral Tainted talismans taunted Cash cows flaunted Gerontocracy trumps democracy Theocracy stumps hypocrisy Autocracy dumps diplomacy Haunted schism prism Vaunted Fat Cats Enigma?…just Dogma & Stigma Tit for Tats Martian Martial law Doff your hats To techno-*wats And petro-*rats Deplore or Encore? Poor Planet in flux All about the bucks Ersatz Fat Cats Well More is More!...

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My Inn by NoelsArt Humans are a hotel. Each day a new check in, Happy, Sad, Good, or Bad Welcome to My Inn! Smiling, “May I help you?” “Here’s the key to Room 2.” “Enjoy the breakfast buffet and enjoy the coffee too.” Smiling at my frown Laughing at my sorrow, “Okay, spend the night” “But, begone by tomorrow.” Be grateful to new check ins, they’ve all been...

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Hearts of spring come and tell me where you have been, your faces are moist and pale, and life is tough over there, come and share this moment with me and regain your energy.Nature has been cruel to you and it has tested you through and through, but wisdom has save your life and the...

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Will you be my Chaperone and accompany to the town Will you take me to the city of lights so that I can behold the moon at midnight in its frame for I will never see it again, everything happen so quickly and the lights are tuned on in the city and everyone is looking happy;...

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Poem ‘Oblivion’ Drastic times calls forth bold demands, Not quiet hearts or passive hands. For change to rise, the roofs and roots must shake, To build a new, immoral and unethical ways must break. Sometimes it takes the patience to fall, To raise up justice, loud and tall. Opposition paves the path, it’s true, For something better, bold, and new. Wrongdoing for too long...

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Where were you when I was three, where were you when I was crying out for thee, I lived in the bosom of the sea but no one came and look for me, I learn to fend for myself and when the times get tough, I had to take care of myself and make...

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