My Village - Monsoon Flood
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The skies now dark with swollen grief,
Rain lashes roofs beyond belief.
The monsoon comes not soft, but roaring seas,
It spares no home and trees, nor man, nor child.
Before my eyes - truth t...
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Categories:
jiu, anxiety, depression, emotions, environment,
Form: Narrative
Uncharted Love
...In the halls of learning, where whispers grow,
Two hearts met, began to glow.
A glance, a smile, a moment shared—
A silent bond, unspoken, yet declared.
Through bustling streets and crowded hal...
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Categories:
jiu, courage, emotions, feelings, first
Form: Narrative
When Fields Becomes Cities
...Once there stood a golden field,
Swaying crops, a farmer's yield.
Morning songs of birds took flight,
Beneath the sky so vast and bright.
The village paths, of dust and stone,
Where children l...
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Categories:
jiu, nature, nostalgia, social, urban,
Form: Quatrain
Entangled in the Digital Web: The Modern Trap
...In a realm once pure, where stories were shared,
A new world arrived, yet no one was prepared.
Young hands that once worked with skill and grace
Now swipe on screens, lost in the race.
They dre...
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Categories:
jiu, family, inspirational, money, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Shijing Or Shi Jing Translations
...The Shijing or Shi Jing or Shih-Ching (“Book of Songs” or “Book of Odes”) is the oldest Chinese poetry collection, with the poems included believed to date from around 1200 BC to 600 BC. According to...
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Categories:
jiu, bridal shower, engagement, family,
Form: Rhyme
Thoughts Not So Quick
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Thoughts not so quick, as mindful eye
Nipping them in the bud
Desires decry before heart’s sigh
Lest fears stain soul in blood
Double-check, doublethink
Before ego can blink
Lov...
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Categories:
jiu, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Chinese Translations Shijing
...These are modern English translations of Chinese poems of The Shijing or Shi Jing ("Book of Songs" or "Book of Odes")
Shijing Ode #4: “JIU MU”
ancient Chinese rhyming poem (c. 1200-600 BC)
loose...
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Categories:
jiu, desire, family, girl, home,
Form: Rhyme
Poetic Justice
...Poetic Justice
a league of just us.
Believe in this,
for you can entrust us.
Different colored capes,
mask's to hide identities.
Unable to reveal ourselves,
to protect us and our cities.
Supe...
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Categories:
jiu, hero, hope, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter To Brajendra Kr Brahma
...nwi gedema khonthaigiri---
ang jebla nwngkow gwswkhanw
ang khonthai lirnw najayw
nwi gedema saoraigiri---
ang jebla maba lirnw layw
nwngkownw gwswkhangw
nwi gedema bijirgiri---
ang jebla m...
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Categories:
jiu, for him,
Form: Ode
Jiu Jitsu Legs
...the art of softness
a way of yielding
my face wears a
cunning samurai smile
after we make love
and I press tight
with my thighs
around your waist
my ankles locked
I lie under your chest
wi...
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Categories:
jiu, passion
Form: Free verse
Ufc
...Where modern Gladiators go to collide
Like solders in prison these warriors ride
Mono el mono this is how they believe
No smoking mirrors or tricks up their sleeve
Guillotine, arm bars and re...
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Categories:
jiu, dedicationtime,
Form: Couplet