Long Beholders Poems

Dusk-gliding swallow, 
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers! 
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch

A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch

That dying cricket,...

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Differences – you say !

I – me Lass – brave Helios, rides his golden chariot, 
drawn by fiery Steeds, into the vastness of this universe.

These mighty Titans, dispatched – brilliant, glowing -
ruled, controlled the blueness...

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We have come to you
Like the sun to the cloud does
Anything you can afford
Please,do,spare us.
We've been under this bridge
even the ants gossips us
Because we share the same meal.
We have come to you
President soldier,Pastor Navy
Money,nuts,fruit-
we'll appreciate!
We...

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Lilith Waits   



Lilith waits as she surveys, all her brutal yesterdays

She cruelly paved with stepping-stones of broken hearts and human bones.

Her lips turned up at their red corners, she grins at all the...

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GRIMM’S FAIRY TALE RETOLD

In a beautiful huge green forest,
Lived 3 honest people, Hansel and Gretal
And their father,
And two wicked women, the witch,
And a wife who was also a step-mother.
The honest three were approached by the...

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The Boatman’s Song                                ...

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I’m just having a good laugh while I still can dude before life takes its heavy grip

Until the community of clowns in disguise tie my tongue to their altar of reason

You think of a genius...

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Fear not for i hold you in my heart
I was not bought but was made
In the perfection of the image of the maker
My heart smiles to you all for your good wishes
You sang melodiously to...

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They've put a gun in his hand,
Telling him to fight for his land.
Killing people on demand,
And the pain he has to withstand. 

He's only a fourteen,
He’s already haunted by the sights that he's seen,
The destruction...

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Feeling the cold winds on the feet is bearable
There's always a blanket to shield the hail

But what about the cold hearts that once emitted warmth?
Whose presence was like sunshine ripping through the grey clouds

Safe to...

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With the help from both The Askance and Ei-rian the Befallen
They lifted my tormented curse of the Heaori’s enchantment
And reborn once again, came renewed strength to serve once more The Goddess of Word
Yet the ancient...

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the illness clung like poison ivy to the foundations of her resolve

poisoning hornets injected her wings and she was stung into arrest

Maria did not know what was worse the cancer or the failed cure

the proud...

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I remember…

It was an awful oppressing day,
The clouds were dim and the air was frosty…
I couldn't stop myself, I ran to my room and died. 
Tears were streaming down my face as Niagara falls in...

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I.

There's a phantom closing in with the tempest
There's an all seeing eye in the wind that knows best
There's a voice crying in the wilderness without rest
Repent! Repent! The kingdom of Truth is at hand
The knights...

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Uniwest
Perceived as crown from heavens, mini kingdom of isolated tribes. Its beauty is painted in the wall of beholders eyes. The story of ancient Biblical thoughts. Kingdom of named after stones. Mahikeng camp of jacks...

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Always a smile ambassador of light beams
forever inside joy escapes in silent tongues 
a gentle whisper blows kisses from these soft lips 
in each others company love is perfect

Sovereign ruling commands within the beholders eyes...

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When  thousand stars shall glow,
You'll be there among their brightness.
You are the moon savored in joy.
There are stories about us unwritten,
You live by the center of my heart
Because our emotions run together.
.
.
Writers are never...

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I’m no longer that 
Who like to talk 
It’s not my business
With the affairs of the wind 
Who look like breeze 
In it absence
Fill the hearts of the soil
With lies - & succeeds.

What business of...

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The urge to real-ease empties and dulls
Lights in a ram-parted brain flicker on and off
Water flows down a familiar trail down the face
As the shades of gray under the eyes darken
Those sad, tired bags…ridiculed by...

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A ship once sailed in the wide open sea
A ship once called "All Aboard" to the ones who dared to take risks
Some heard that call and ran towards it
Slowly, they stepped onto its body...
Whilst fear...

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when correct spelling eludes you write a different word
stay true to the anarchy poetry form make it up as you go
a haiku is just a Japanese limerick and a tad bit shorter
conceived on delicate sake...

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Portrait: It Is She Who Triumphed
Arabic Poem By: Saad Al-Hajji*
Translated into English By:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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At first, she was hiding 
And holding her breath, 
In the calm of a night just bathed 
In the rain showers;
Suddenly,...

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she pushed the button …

seventh floor I want to jump

but the door would not open


the countdown began

all exits unavailable

maintenance in progress

a symbol of her pain


basement and parking deck

but she did not own a vehicle

transport restricted

stay...

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Vasava
An untold story 						Part 02/Many

Description of the Vasava's Amazing Beauty


Her eyes brows were blessed by the Goddess of beauty and love
And they use to come in motion, during her dancing sessions
Throwing arrows of passions, on...

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A paper has thousands of words written on it
Some in bold, while some in brackets

What's written in bold captures the attention of the beholders
While what's written in brackets holds secrets that nobody knows 

It is...

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