Hope Language Poems

I tell you my secrets through the hums
Of buzzing, stringed bees
The rumblings of my thumb
I pretend to play it all with ease

My memories seem to...

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the untimely measures gathered beneath solid 
structure as hands fold the numeral gestures 
gravely carved throughout the roman empire 
while the daintiness of quiet muse's...

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How long can Mankind's world perform
Without a common language norm?
This world that many tongues divide
To satisfy some primal pride
But cannot, in a global sense,
Dispel mistrust...

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In unlettered eyes too language there is, 
World would read, hope-mixed mirage too there is.

In breath of death breathlessness too there is,
Wish to live by...

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DREAMING LAND
By
Kyile Jacquin Carter

Salt rice pot dog cat logs
Hope scotch rum, apples wheat drum
Bees sticky sweet, flowers smell nice allergies
Eggs beans protein, hens lay chickens
Toast...

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My heart may break, wreathed in somber silence.
Yet I care, I search for valleys of peace,
where rare black orchids bloom through violence,
for fallen leaves too...

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“Nous nous sommes assises” (“We Sat Down”)
by Renee Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Darling, we were like two exiles
bearing our desolate souls within us.

Dawn broke...

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** of Our GOODBYES **

All the poems and stories telling of
    Goodbyes 
In whatever genre or style, make me cry.
From hearts broken,...

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I see girls send each other cards and cake,
Condolences or hugs, the sweetest rhymes,
Given as free as breath, to share or take,
True friendship’s memories of...

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Oh, my beloved toaster,
How you start my day with delight.
Your warm embrace, a comforting boast,
A breakfast staple in every right.

With your sleek design and metallic...

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"Countries, like languages, become different when ideas don't meet
  Languages we speak, countries we keep, are words so deep standing on our feet"

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What is Woke
Unbridled intention or activism shrouded by an enveloping cloak?
Doing Good
Embracing causes from some unwritten book.
Driving Equity
Is there some clarity or just another term...

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The love language of my deeply beloved love and companion, 
whom I miss when were apart,
me waiting like a dog at the window;
my partner, my...

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Happy Birthday, Gerald Buisman. *
Thank you for your part in the story of my life. You were fundamental to some good memories.

I hope you enjoy...

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Noumenon

         silence is the mother of wisdom
         close and...

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