Long Aga Poems

The Fisher
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
translation by Michael R. Burch

The river swirled and rippled;
nearby an angler lay,
and watched his lure with a careless eye,
like any other day.
But as he watched in a strange half-dream,
he saw...

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Mma (Beauty)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


Kere kere ka ? na-egbu
?b?nad? n’anya onye ìsì
Onye chi ya g?zìrì
O were nke ya, mebe ngàlá

Mma ad?gh? n’ótú ?n?tsha
Maka na ihe d? ?t? bu ihe d? ?k?
? b? ezie na...

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Godwin Henry Osaigbovo (Pa Shakespeare)??
Here’s a soul that has the capacity to feel everything so deeply, cutting through the crust of words unspoken. A being that understands even the language of silence and hears when...

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Happy
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Happy or
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Happy or dep
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Happy or depres
Happy or depress
Happy or depresse
Happy or depressed
Happy or depresse
Happy or depress
Happy or depres
Happy or depre
Happy or depr
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Happy...

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Wales to me is ...

          places of unpronounceable beauty

                 ...

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The last of me is drowning deep in agony 
A packaged denied arrest paints a felony 
Isn't it crazily funny?
We live together in harmony 

Whereas urgent attention couldn't rescue the saga
From this skillful kneel aga
Whose...

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my prayer : Dear  Father who  sent His Son  to  save this world  , please ,  if  my son David is there with  you in heaven ...

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In the Kitchen

This is about a particular drawing though I wish not to disclose which one exactly I 
mean for it matters so much that it matters no longer because my friends Arthur and
Bim watch...

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It’s the Great British Bake Off
And I’ve got to week six
But I think it’s all over since
They’ve  dissed my bread mix.
They said it was rubbish 
When I baked my plum duff
And Mary said my...

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Grandfather clocks
And dark furniture.

Grandfather clocks and dark furniture.
A big wood fire with stone surround.
Wooden floors that creek when you walk.
And animal skins for rugs with big leather coaches to lounge on.
This is the picture of...

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The flotilla of ivory sculpture on catamaran of clouds, 
sailing on the singing spring air in the cerulean sky, 
turned to a menacing fleet bringing sudden scare now
in the shadow of invisible danger, changing our...

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You are so fine,
 I wish you were mine
And being a christian, I know you're not after fornication 
Your eyes, speak of deep contemplation
I believe, you value of love, fidelity, & laughter
The same things, I'm...

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Old Bill (written by by Steven Cooke)

Old Bill died today
He was a grumpy old sod said Mrs. Grey.
Fool thought me,
For you do not know what memory is
He was a decorated soldier who,
Courted beautiful women
Argued with...

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Umaga, nakikita kang naglalakad,
Ang kanan mong kamay ay may tangan pang bag.
Ang kaliwang kamay mo'y libro ang hawak
Ngunit sa daan kilalaka ng lahat.

Ika'y guro; Sagisag ng kasipagan!
Ang tangan mo lagi, kung 'di nila alam,
Ay ang...

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