Long Civilisations Poems

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“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” Confucius

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Ne soyons pas rancunier – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Let us not be bitter” by T. Wignesan

(Note : The fiery fearless rebel of Where we going (1964) and The Dawn is at Hand (1966) –...

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THE KINTA VALLEY
OR : Dreams of the Sleeping Man
        (Anthropomorphic name of a mountain profile viewed from The Valley)

The sleeping man dreams on in calm detachment
While in valley...

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I awoke this morning
To a brand new day
The sun was shining
Neighbourhood children played
 
Then i heard on the news
That made my hair stand on end
The Reapers elves
To our world they descend
 
Dressed in black
These creatures...

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Labyrinth of Sighs 

Wondering through a labyrinth of sighs 
More platitudes with attitudes that never question why 
A litany of afterthoughts about where we go when we die 
An emboldened range of rude retorts refuting...

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Spare the noose - let one live!

Just moments and life's gone,
for the lives one hack
and for it never to come back!
Isn't justice flawed with 'glee' to adorn?

The noose has a strong say
and so do the...

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With all the hype on 2012
Are we heading towards our hell
The calendars predict, a drastic change
They coincide, now aint that strange

Should we believe that this is the end
With signs all around, that we can’t mend
Or...

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He’s a modern Harold Steptoe
With his reclamation machine 
Very few planets on the Galaxy
On which he’s not already been.
He’s got every known Wormhole
Marked on his Galaxy Survey Map
And he proceeds always with caution
In case the...

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Villanelle : Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events

Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events
Yet end up like interpersonal relations with other nations
Nations rise and fall yet some hardly ever merit compliments

What great...

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This is as easy as I can say......

This is all I can give away........

This is how it goes bad in many ways!


In the near future there will be

Someone new found in a field

You will not...

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She is the mother place of all humanity.
From her womb was birthed the first man.
The first self aware and inventive beast,
Standing erect, carrying tools of his own invention.

Science tells us that in the beginning....
All men...

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We are in a dome of 
perpetual instability.
Relative to our density. 
With an unimaginable
brain capacity feeding on 
ideal types made by
mentally unstable 
thinkers which can never
be met cos de human 
quest for power,
wisdom advancement is...

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If not now when, thought the universe before going bang 
    Just then, from a point of oblivion, everything sprang 
   Eons later, pregnant mothers start feeling labour pangs 
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A simple pickle is the essence of life’s journey,
The recipe of a very experienced granny,
Who has put for the test of our taste bud,
emotions we all taste from cradle to mud!

Have you ever tried a...

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A Martyr





No heading to a quiet peaceful one world,
Civilisations in name of development,
Producing the deadliest,
aiming towards end of human race....

You kill me, I kill you,
I defeat and conquer,
Souls tranquil rest in grace,
While no living ponder....

When...

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I have in my life some sad stories no one would love to hear, moments when my mind grapples with dilemma, fear shouting for me to give Him an ear. Courage seated there shaking his...

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Stranded on the highway
my heart beat slightly faster
I had a destination to reach
Suddenly, everything seemed uncertain
What would become of me, where would my feet go,
now that I had been pushed off the yellow auto that...

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Stars out there up in the sky. Did we ever meet in times gone by? Not in the physical but spiritually. So many mysteries infinitely. There are many answers to questions you could give me....

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Grasshoppers on the maple tree,
sitting and singing all day long,
tee tee, trit a tee, trit a tee,
is always their favourite song!

half the plant leaves have been digested,
like fire has swept entire lea,
no grains left, crops...

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I am Time. I am the hours, the minutes, the seconds
The numbers that you humans choose to define me as
I am the force behind the rain, behind the sun sinking and rising
The force behind night...

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The Incorrigible Gods 

Thunder Rain Storm Earthquake Tsunami
We the Gods are angry with mankind!
Noah, build an arc and save the species!

Oh Gods why destroy if to be built again?
We want to see your will power...

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Manipulation



Doctrines, Orders, at times, Education
Aim to accomplish manipulation!!
Message permanently caged in store;
Is a hand working puppet from the core!!
You either learn to change your mind
Or learn to change your humankind!!
Civilisations that we blindly receive
Humanities will...

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They sailed from ports
From Europe's past
To Ancient Civilisations
How long would they last
 
Genoa, Santander
To name just two
Galleons, traders
Who helped who
 
Distant lands 
So far from their home
Indigenous tribes
Whose kings they'd dethrone
 
Aztec and Inca
Civilisations iconic
Along...

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Are you afraid of the dark?
Why? Because..
The feeling of blindness
The quietness; or being alone in the dark.

There are enjoyable moments in dark
Hidden beauties of dark
You can see the night sky, stars and the moon
It presents...

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Everything that is created one day becomes extinct with His manifestation.
For billions and millions of years forests, rivers, valleys, mountains and civilisations,
Completed a cycle, suffered a long periodic destruction and depredation.
Animals and birds became extinct...

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