Across the seas, where dreams take wing,
My heart sails softly to you, Li Jing.
From Bengal’s shore to Hong Kong’s hue,
I found my pleasure , my light — in you.
Your name, Li Jing, what a gentle song,
In every note everywhere , I feel I belong.
The stars above seem all aware,
They blink your name across the air.
When I see you by the seashore walk,
Or on a horse in grace you talk,
My heart turns wild, my eyes grow deep,
Emotions wake always, I cannot sleep.
Your voice — a breeze of tender art,
That whispers peace within my heart.
Your eyes — two lanterns warm and kind,
That chase the shadows from my mind.
Each dawn I write your name anew,
In poems dipped in morning dew.
O Li Jing, dear Tina, my heart’s refrain,
Your smile outshines the monsoon rain.
From Bangladesh to your bright shore,
This bond shall bloom forevermore.
For in my soul, one truth shall ring —
I love you deeply, dear Tina, Li Jing.
Midnight 23 October 25
ding-a-ling bump bee bow wow boo
thing-a-jing jump me how cow coo
wring-a-fing grump free frow how who
string-a-ming rump she pow wow foo
Jata Jata jing jing jing
live a life of dance and song
poetic stanzas for all to sing
sailing to realms you truly belong
in misty caverns of colored time
I forgive the past
confide in my present
leaving futures unknown
good tidings to me
all blessings to you--of
crystal skies ever blue
Spiritual boundaries
cosmic getaways
somehow somewhere
sometime some way
all souls dream
of celestial play
a lover's lullaby yearning for itself
like soft rain learning from each drop
We kneel in silent aisles of tranquility
tending to Ghosts we once knew
Free falling on lost experience nocturnes
listing peacefully on wanderlust waves of
sand and stone flesh and bone
together or alone
giving back all that we own.
J-oyful
I-dea's
N-ote
G-ladly
E-mploys
S-weet
T-opic
R-ightfully
A-pplying
D-ivine
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Jing Estrada (January 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
This poem is the story of the Da Ji a Chinese maiden who was believed to be posessed by a fairy fox unwillingly in a time of despair, or to be a fox herself either way
She later become the consort to emperor Zhou of the Shang and was put to death for being a treasonous witch and for enchanting the king.
DaJi the posessed
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Heart of chaos in my breast
Burn all evils and repress all ill
Under the jade eyes of heaven and the seven star princesses
Let this heart of chaos be changed and blessed
Heart of chaos heard my cry
Stole my body
Loved ones died
So i beg of thee
Help me be free
Jade emperor
And star princesses
Bless this heart and repress all ill
Under the eyes of heaven
I take this pill deadly poison
to end this suffering
while I still possess my will
The stores are heaving, hear the tills jing-a-ling
Dilatory Charlie hasn’t purchased a thing
He’s on a mission, buying last minute gift
Better get something good or it’ll cause a rift
But it Christmas time, I hear Charlie whine
Shelves are all empty – didn’t get there on time
Can’t get wifey a present, no gift for the tree
It doesn’t bode well for this family!
Charlie goes to the garage to get her some flowers
The bouquet’s half dead it’s been outside for hours
He heads to the pub where he’ll sup lots of beer
and then stumble home full of dread and fear
Cos its Christmas time, I hear Charlie whine
Shelves are all empty – didn’t get there on time
Dead flowers as a present, no gift for the tree
It doesn’t bode well for this family!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS SOUPERS!
25/12/19
J-ust
I-solate
N-ight
G-ray
R-ight
E-re
Y-our
E-ager
S-oul
Topic: Birthday of Jing T. Reyes (January 07)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-oy
I-s
N-ow
G-iving
B-irthday
A-nother
D-elight
I-n
O-bliterating
L-ife's
A-gony
Topic: Birthday of Jing Badiola (May 5)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-oy
I-s
N-ow
G-iven
Topic: Birthday of Jing Avecilla (April 21)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Villanelle : If everybody did everything right
If everybody did everything right
No ripple on surface will world betray
Wait out the sun till bright light burn outright
Yang will marry Yin and Me-Too yin blight
No lawyers can then lead us all astray
If everybody did everything right
Workful day will succeed pleasure-filled night
E'en Lone Star will cease to reflect lone ray
Wait out the sun till bright light burn outright
Won't nations die from want of will to fight
And polls abstentions drive leaders away
If everybody did everything right
Won't ephemeral men increase in might
Who needs the Jün-tzu* the Yogi anyway
Wait out the sun till bright light burn outright
Who would underwrite life by LONE playwright
To amuse some conglomerate Milky-Way
If everybody did everything right
Wait out the sun till bright light burn outright
" The Superior Man of the Yi-Jing
© T. Wignesan - Paris, 2018
Christmas day an magic flames
wondering th' lord games
Watching th' clock tik talk
waiting for him to knock
Raised th' alarm to twelve
an placed it on a shelf
Jingle jing little tink
wake up and link
12 ! woow good heavens
Flying cookies an glitter
never ending an bitter
Colorful butterflies
an fairies in different size
Tinkling th' magic curls
fluttering my eye pearls
Moments like these
i treasure an please
an kiss goodbye
th' magic breeze
14/12/2016
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 63
The mystery of Birth holds no great secret
Poïetics the creative process neither
Can Death twin sister of Birth nothing beget
Who has returned to re-possess carcass to let
If ever one there was what does he remember
The mystery of Birth holds no great secret
Which Pharoah still sails to lands unknown in debt
Which Zhong Guo Emperor led clay armies conquer
Can Death twin sister of Birth nothing beget
Yi Jing puts most of it down to whims of climate
The old lay their weary bones down by winter
The mystery of Birth holds no great secret
To kill no one first needs bury the hatchet
No Marquis de Sade roughride Justine either
Can Death twin sister of Birth nothing beget
Does Death disintegrate essence ultimate
Cult of the Unknown Fear of the Nether
The mystery of Birth holds no great secret
Can Death twin sister of Birth nothing beget
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2016
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 60
Interplay of positive-negative current
How Nature alternates through light and darkness
Three hundred and eighty-four times made recurrent
All symbols of family diverse in content
Father Mother Three Brothers Three Sisters in harness
Interplay of positive-negative current
Lunar year split into two neither non-violent
Both sparking each other from out of loneliness
Three hundred and eighty-four times made recurrent
In sixty-four general images latent
Interpersonal relations contorted mess
Interplay of positive-negative current
Myriad chess-board movements create more content
From dark swirling wild quark masses sparking brightness
Three hundred and eighty-four times made recurrent
Yi Jing charts infinite conflicts’ criss-cross current
Shows the right path out of shut dangerous darkness
Interplay of positive-negative current
Three hundred and eighty-four times made recurrent
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 56
To what extent can there be room for free will
If what governs is the Principle Yang-Yin
Since the future can largely be told at will
Since the Yi Jing permits karma to fulfil
Good works compensate pitfalls one stumbles in
To what extent can there be room for free will
For the Principle to work there must be Evil
In living things with will embedded in the gene
Since the future can largely be told at will
At what stage can karma begin the peril
Quadrupeds sans will or when bipeds sin
To what extent can there be room for free will
Does karmic balance-sheet deduct influence ill
Parents environs victims of upbringing
Since the future can largely be told at will
None can be guilty as the mythic Devil
The game’s over what pardon when neither win
To what extent can there be room for free will
Since the future can largely be told at will
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Villanelle: Is there ever a moment when reason reigns
Is there ever a moment when reason reigns
“Never! Ever!” – cry the forsaken by Life
“Friends depart, Enemies approach,” Yi Jing ordains
Hold not to friends and think you can sever chains
Even to raise children you must beg the wife
Is there ever a moment when reason reigns
Friends are also humans the other self disdains
Like as not the same humans bind you in strife
“Friends depart, Enemies approach,” Yi Jing ordains
Stand alone and your World will collapse in ruins
But what a lovely fight you got out of Life!
Is there ever a moment when reason reigns
You can spurn the mean the blackguard: “Filthy swine’s!”
Turn back on hypocrites retreat into self
“Friends deoart, Enemies approach,” Yi Jing ordains
The same humans who to you cause all the pains
To some others serve as saviours in strife
Is there ever a moment when reason reigns:
“Friends depart, Enemies approach,” Yi Jing ordains!
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
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