Long Chauffeurs Poems

Unquotable quotes: Witch-Doctors and Tribal Headmen – XXV (Part Two)

Which Asian “King” would crown himself “Emperor” during an elaborate theatrical ceremony while facing and exhorting the ruins of his Illustrious Ancestor’s capital?
Which commoner army captain...

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Advertising triolet poem with narrative:


 Toyota Revo
(triolet)

A four-wheel drive,even purchased as second-hand
Still runs smoothly and safe, never trundles around
With its superlative engine, mileage is grand
A four-wheel drive, even purchased as second- hand.
Best gasoline saver, once...

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I remember my mom having a collection of hats she stored under her bed.
For any occasion that could arise…she had a hat to set atop her head.

Moms of today are different…often they go out with...

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When I was young my mom, like most women, donned a hat when she went out.
Dad said it added to her beauty…of this I had no doubt.

My mom had a collection of hats she stored...

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There’s a house out across the creek, 
just an old rundown two-room shack.
Each time I drive out past it now, 
those memories come flooding back.

It’s the house that held my childhood, 
where all fifteen of...

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I stand at the bank of the river 

where my father used to come,

Twilight brings him here,

He stands and watches,

Lost in the ambience,

Embraced by a presence,

He didn’t bother if I stared at him,

Or if I...

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Time walks with us like a shadow. Change overcast us.
             -Thompson Emate


The memories walk with us 
like a haunting yesterday,
All the things that...

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Her single bouquet
of white roses
slowly expire,
in a cheap crystal vase,
atop a dust-laden
bookshelf.
Petals crying
a lover’s lament
are overheard by
out-patients of Eros
and other
nameless receivers.

She scrapes
her flushed face
against the claws
of a stuccoed wall.
Hidden cutlery
shares space
with buried photographs.
Scores of broken...

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In this boat that we dwell, 
It can be a walk through hell, 
Yesterday haunting today, 
Today pervaded by sombre rays, 
Tomorrow being spun by the unseen. 

The world is a rocking boat, 
Sometimes the...

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It chauffeurs the car,
It paddles the canoe,
It pilots the plane,
It steers the ship.

Sometimes it’s a restless wanderer,
Sometimes it’s a calm flowing stream,
Sometimes it’s a raging sea,
Sometimes it’s a howling wind.

Nothing is more estimable,
Nothing is deeply...

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Unexplained encounters,
Undulating terrain,
I'm standing in the rain,
Hemmed by downers.

I find myself in a direction,
A way I know nothing about,
A route that's beyond discretion,  
It's an everyday bout.

Where are the answers that I seek?
To unravel...

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we were mis - understood for fools.       

in fact we had to drop outa high school.  

no breakfasts, No lunches,

 just brunches.   


They made us weak...

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“The past is an abandoned house that still bears the treasures for today.”
	       - Quote_ by Poet

We go through its door,
We go into its house,
A reflection of where we...

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I'm slipping into a world I don’t know,
I'm going in a way that doesn’t show,
I try to weave hope into the maze,
I look for a pathway through the haze.

I open the door to my abode,
A...

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In a shroud of nothingness,
Destination ahead meanders to emptiness,
Missing pieces are cocooned deep in the night,
I have withdrawn from hope’s light.

Melancholy permeates my chamber,
Nightfall chauffeurs me to gloomy slumber,
Depression stealthy makes its abode,
I'm swathed with...

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Insufficiency holds sway,
Dawn chauffeurs meagre segments,
In this ambience, the children play,
Anticipating their paltry fragments.

Homes wear a sombre look,
Nothing delightful to cook,
The furniture is worn out and spent,
Dilapidated and bent.

Vacation is too much of a luxury,
Hands...

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The scent of reading, 
It pervades our chambers,
The dew of knowledge,
It moisturises our being.

The scent of reading,
It diffuses into a hidden part,
Concealed in our subconscious mind,
Stealthily it comes to the fore when needed.

The scent of...

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Close to the track's end,
Jumping over the last hurdle,
Hope stands beside us to stitch and mend,
Thoughts of unfulfilled desires saddle.

Walking through the end's door,  
 A few miles to go across the border,
A tick,...

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Spring heralds a new beginning 
She fosters a rebirth,
Gloom is replaced with mirth,
Newness is obvious as the morning.

Many await her entrance,
There’s a lavish display of colours,
Beauty pervades in its symmetry and contours,
Awakening is seen from...

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I woke up new and sound,
This freshness I have found,
Resonates from deep within.
And reflects in my rising and sitting.

I'll revel in this bliss,
Not a moment I'll miss,
Walk in the light of my fresh starters,
For nothing...

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Wounded whisper,
Bleeding heart,
Crouching soul,
Forlorn hope.

She’s in troubled waters,
She sails across tempestuous seas, 
Dawn chauffeurs the unknown,
She journeys through precarious days.

Her cries fall on unconcerned ears,
They don’t see her travails,
They're inconsiderate of her plight,
The elements underscore...

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Celebration of a new year,
Thankful for life that chauffeurs my being,
Not forgetting a door is opened to the unseen,
Not forgetting it's my onus to decide 
where the needle goes.

My resolutions come to the fore, 
My...

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Humans are like magnets,
There are links between us,
Through our minds, we are connected,
Our minds trestle the bridge between us.

The mind is where the dream starts,
The mind is where the vision is birthed,
It opens the door...

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Many exit when covered, while others nake’
Some wish to leave, while others hesitate
When the latter comes, the former hides the face
The journey for brave, courage it necessitate’

The journey for combatants, the journey for all
The journey...

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Losing Purpose,
Falling apart like a wilted rose,
Saddled with more than he can contain,
Dawn brings more than he can maintain,
It's an everyday tussle,
Visa-vis each day's hassle,
Half a glass is not his preference, 
The sun's rising spell...

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