Long Ase Poems

There was a noble sadness hiding in her eyes.
She wears a smile, though elements of insecurities
Trembled in its corners...
Dignity and suffering, combating
for the control of her expression.
Hiding the battle scars of her life; 
Intending to...

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MOVIES IN OUR MINDS
July 22, 2015 

Let us don't do much together-We are old-
Lets lay around speaking our past lives into (Mind Movies).
Lets share pictures from our past and tell our stories to each other;
Only...

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?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...

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In believing you have misconstrued what this was and what was meant for you and the part you've played in the time you've stayed..

   The hunter became the huntress the prey seized the...

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I don't  believe this­ how could it be?
The love of my life ­just walked out on me
Now is when the hear­tbreak comes to call
Unbelievably In an i­nstant I just lost it­ All

Unsure whether to scr­eam...

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OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen 029
EKO @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOSS
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015
A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her mother...

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11:45pm

i was at Andrew's, 
she says

oh, i see, i say

you remember Andrew?
she says

i don't, sorry,
what about Andrew?
i say

i told you
i had a crush on this guy 
7 years back in the PhD
remember?
she says

i don't mind,...

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OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen 029
EKO AKETE @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015

A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her...

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Mama held me close to her bosom
wouldn't let me go astray
she shook the cradle of civilization
and to her wayward offspring 
she paid attention.
 
She added a tinge of color to the cheeks of some
and tinted...

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I am grateful
I just bought groceries, enough meat to last 3-4 days. Veggies. And I'll go get something sweet. I have lost everything I love, just about 
But gained some new things. 
I have the...

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Immanent, at the heart of blood of the One who made     
Me, I am part of the great I am, the flesh and bone of His  
Magnificent creation.  As...

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My Granddaughter wrote this a few years ago she is now 16 and since lost her mother when she was 15 at the time and 14 when she wrote this. I think we all will...

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He Purushottama,
Jyeshtha bandhoo Sunkawar hyanche
Purushottam naav thyaanche
Marathi thyaanchee layee bhaaree
Aamhas deyi madat sarvatopari
Prem ase karayache jase bandhoo aamche
Aata dadanvadan vyavasayat naav gaajate 
Vastigruhatil sarvaat jababdar vidhyarthee asa naavlaukik tyancha
Asayche prasann aani dilasa dyayache sarvanna
Tyanche naav...

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The Scottis Generale, 
Nicholas McJockstrap
Waes undefaited fu a decaid
Due to the nikkirless trap

But on thys partikul day…

Thei stud on the highelands 
Withe thir kyltes flyring highe
Ase thir baggpypis pleyed
“Thes wyll gyve yu a stye in...

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"I shall be like a tree planted by the river"  Psalm 1:3 Holy Bible

Adapting to a choice position for a tree,
Bountiful results are expected eventually.
Cultivated as the tree grows.
Depicting its need for water that...

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Someone who lives a life full with sin
You should never love them or claim them to be kin

They may daily claim to be a spiritual poet
But doing drugs daily hoping no one will know it
Hiding...

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Spread love at all times—but not in an obnoxious way.
Peddle light, be it a candle—a mirror of its depiction.
Reach into the darkness and lead a soul to the light.
Elixir of life is labor, and the...

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Blessings to each who need blessing; 
Let the will of our Creator.
and the will of those suffering become as one. 
Any man not standing with the righteous people of this earth then, 
they are not...

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Iintsomi 

1.	Awé awé
2.	Woken by a distinct raucous of fellow farmers
3.	Pilot holes whistling Atlantic squalls and the mourn for last supper.
4.	I’m sardined into a bakkie. 
5.	Eks Langa Mathews. Coloured 
6.	Too white to be coloured, too coloured...

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Poets Are Wonderful People
They are the cry of the unheard.
Wonderful persons are poets
the apple of many eye's ...
lOVE surrounds you.

You are protected by much 
positive energy 
emitted through prayer. 
you can only partake  

If...

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Fall is the most beautiful time of the year for me, with its blushing  
Apples and fruitful trees dressed in zesty rubious healthy leaves with       
Luminous fruit hanging...

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Heart tells me to
Ease when I am
Anxious and 
Relaxes me
Tactically through soothing rhythms

Triggers hormones 
Relatively with the assistance of brain
Understands my plight
Tempts me to dance and
Hushes my emotions..!!
  
     ...

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Just as a boy grows into teenager 
he is bound to one day grow into man 
I think it's when he is just five years old 
He becomes a demolition fan 

At that juncture it's...

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Just as a boy grows into teenager 
he is bound to one day grow into man 
I think it's when he is just five years old 
He becomes a demolition fan 

At that juncture it's...

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Speak to me, please, only of glad tidings;
Plant in my heart seeds of happy endings.
Receive me with open arms enfolding
Every piece of me take notwithstanding
All my flaws and our misunderstandings.

Desire not that I may lose...

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