Long Cellphones Poems

Imagine,
said Yin to distraught Yang,
never able to get quite enough of himself,
never enough time to fully become his ego-potentiality

Imagine this day opens a new rhetorical event,
a new day of conversation between Ego
and those you live...

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killing her song
(for Adhimu aka Lawrence Hamm and Sheila Reid*)
by ‘bro. zayid’

“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield
“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield
“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield,
Until I die…”
--Freedom Song

this is not rocket science…
no experts...

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killing her song
(for Adhimu aka Lawrence Hamm and Sheila Reid*)
by ‘bro. zayid’

“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield
“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield
“I'm gonna stay on the battlefield,
Until I die…”
--Freedom Song

this is not rocket science…
no experts...

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Ogling over an oval clock that is eight o’clock…I can help myself actually…
Being who I really wanted to be in life – I took an obsessive oath of anonymous substantial substance…
Slang words used to shatter...

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We have very powerful tools in which to exact change

So why do we continue to allow ourselves and the ground we walk on to be misused 

Mostly plain old stubborn ignorance and selfishness, but for...

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III.
Do you know of naïve Martin
who saw a report on the news
of how a young, black man was killed,
that the police had shot the dude!
Now protestors were raising hell,
he saw a large mob on TV,
and...

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That time is gone, when sorrows of others seems like ours.. problems of others ,left us scars..........But the scenario has changed when I woke, now even death of one , for some other is a...

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I stand back and gaze across my wonderful garden, in bloom.
There it lies in the morning sun, with petals glistening from dew.

No one realizes the extent of my love for the rose.  As a...

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"What is Civility to you?"

Civility
[si-vil-i-tee]
–noun,plural-ties. 
1.courtesy; politeness. 
2.polite action or expression: an exchange of civilities. 
3.Archaic. civilization; culture; good breeding. 

So Civility is being polite;
like opening doors for others or saying God bless you when...

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heres how i see it
and heres how it is
living in this world where half of it is advanced
with indoor plumbing
television
stereos
cell phones
computers
and a huge chunk of the globe is not
part of the world still has a...

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TRUE LOVE SAILED OVER SEAS

Have I met trouble when I met your ocean eyes
for beneath that steady gaze, I reach the highest sky?
Slothful moon turned grey, so the stars: tired and pale
when I behold your...

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There’s so much noise
I can’t focus for the meantime
There’s room to rejoice
All this fuss is fading this time

Faithful that I will be confident
Faithful that I will be diligent
Disdain will soar away from our reach
Rain will...

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commercials for cellphones
commercials for lipsticks
commercials for fragrance
commercial for a gas company
commercial for a golf club
for a car
for shoes
commercial for a cellphone
commercials for painkillers
commercails for a gun
commercial for the lottery
commercials about my happiness
commercials about my life
about...

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US
NATO
ISAF
ON
SUNDAY
MAY
29 TH
KILLED
TWELVE
CHILDREN
AND TWO
WOMEN
WHILE
BOMBING 
FROM THE
AIR
IN THE 
MIDDLE OF
THE 
NIGHT
AND
THE BIG
BAD BOOGEY
TALIBAN
WAS FAR
AWAY 
FROM THESE
CIVILIAN
HOMES
NOOR
AGHA ASKED
WHY
WAS
MY 
HOUSE
BOMBED?
BECAUSE 
SHE LOST
RELATIVES
IN THE
AIR RAID
GONE
HOMICIDAL
MANIACAL
MILITARISTICALLY
MURDEROUS
AND 
THE
GENIUSES
WHO WORK
FOR THE
RICHEST 
COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD
WHO STOMP
ON THOSE
WHO HAVE 
ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING
HAD THIS TO SAY:

"Unfortunately, the compound...

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We all stopped looking to the sky.
Unable to look in our own mind's eye.
So caught in all the distraction,
We make ourselves unable to imagine.
You make your T.V. remote more important than the song you wrote.
You...

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Everything I buy to touch or taste
is made in China, made in China
leave alone my china set, even my toothpaste
is made in China, made in China.

From my pencils to my stencils
to the golden locks on...

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I am cracked, dropped, thrown, hurt and broken into pieces.
But whatcha mad at me fa?

I don’t understand. 
Look... You called him over and over, nine times in a row, I had nothing to do with...

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I have typically had the experience
of riding comfortably
on a polycultural,
including multi-generational,
populated bus.

But,
I also have memories
of stepping onto a subway
and not feeling I am welcome
by my fellow-alien riders.
And sometimes this goes OK,
and somewhere the line keeps...

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I want to be with you tonight.
I want to love you for the rest of my life.
I want to be the perfect man of your dreams.
I want to be part of your new perspectives.
I, I...

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WHAT   ANNOYS   YOU?

Downstairs neighbor, whose rabbits eat most of my marigold
And a good deal of my lettuce and spinach  too,
Even though I have often, calmy and collectedly, told
Him to try...

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The Cute Old Couple In Their Booth 

Like clockwork, every Sunday
They arrive at the doors 
Of their favorite eatery,
As countless times before
The familiar waitress smiles, 
Bids them in;
Their morning ritual about to begin.

No need for...

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S ay it like you mean it with your smart phone or by way of social media
I ntellegence of the artificial kind is becoming very attractive way too fast
G lobal Prositioning Systems are fine, but...

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Feel the pulse
Dawn ushers light;
Songbird sermon

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Noisy feet detour
Winding footpath;
Suffocates silence

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Busy overload
Mobile devices talk;
Choking silence

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Dreams evaporate
Working day attire;
Drowsy loitering

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Morning temple crowd
Chanting melody;
Incensed offerings

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Sleepy eyes gaze
Blurry focus here;
Work day conspires

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Blank faces
Crowded lift descends;
Zero contracts

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Strange interface
Sea of faces;
Out-of-place

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Subtle...

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Senryu and Poem, below:
I
Autumn, dawn, clouds, lake:
Flutter of white storm - trash?
Hundred cowbirds: commute

II - The Poem:
Maybe some 200 cowbirds-
All white with adapted, heron-like beaks -
Flutter as leaders honk instructions
Above the misty waters:
Autumn here has...

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Dusty day departs
Nightfall brings rest;
Home awaits heart

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Weary day retires
Night birds coo Good Night;
Sleep on sweet dreams

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Electric words whiz
Electrons on iPad;
Swirl of feelings

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Silent hours
Rain washing panes;
Streaks of lightning

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Fragrant kitchen
Food on the stove;
Happy meals await

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Jasmine flowers
Scented explorations;
Garden...

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