Kwan Poems


Obaa pa

...?BEA PA: 
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
Chorus:
 ?bea pa de tumi kasa, 
Na ?da ne ho adi s? nhwiren a ?y? nkonyaayi. 
N’aho?f? w? ne nne mu, 
?da no adi s? n’ano y? nnuhuam a ?y? d?.
Nokwa...
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Categories: kwan, love,
Form: Lyric

Recycle Your Style

...Excuse the writing I wear on my shoes and 
the patches i wear on my clothes.
The long shirts I wear that hang to my waist 
with my animated hair from the shows.
The rips showing my brown skin,
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Categories: kwan, beauty, clothes, pride,
Form: Light Verse


Notes Regarding the Living Heart

...A single seed can turn into a forest.
A single heart can transform a nation.
To be brave is jai ka.
To be generous is jai kwan.
To test the body, climb a mountain.
To test the soul, meet another...
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Categories: kwan, growing up, philosophy,
Form: Free verse

Shiny Minded Stone

..."What's your story?"
she questions,
"you seem interesting."

wildflower eyes
                                                                                  ~SIDE-NOTE:  
I reply, "NOW."           ...
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Categories: kwan, anniversary, art, business, confusion,
Form: Kwansaba

Devil's Dandelion

...Calling to the world from within my four walls
Is not my cup of tea
Maybe beer.

The humming birds die due to cellphone frequencies
I have decided to quit talking
Scavenging on littered words
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Categories: kwan, introspection
Form: Free verse


Mantra

..."We must treat with love those whom God has placed in our path"
                          --Linda Hunt, as Billy Kwan
"And, so it begins..."
    says Linda Hunt, an actress
playing a man who is a...
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Categories: kwan, inspirational, people,
Form: Free verse
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