Long Clamoured Poems

DLCW Dont Let China Win 

For the badminton pundits in this country, there are a great many of them...
In their eyes, the greatest badminton player is Lee Chong Wei , a true Malaysian...
If you are...

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{For Nelson and Winnie Mandela}
 You, me said I to my honey bitter
 When like the windy aether,
 Blows us hither and thither
 Bursting bubbles on elevating air,
 I shall sleep dreaming with one eye...

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When I was a little girl
My grandfather had a tin
With a sailor smoking a cigarette on the lid
It was what he kept his medals in

He called them Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
And I asked him what...

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From inside myself I feel in humility
That wondrous sense of awe within my mind,
A special transcendence into tranquillity.

My memories rise to the surface to remind,
I’ve lost reality in the silence.
Travel through recollections of the past...

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They stood there by the shadows
Two vagabonds should you call, 
One was a man of honour
The other a mongrel small; 

The winter sun was setting
Twilight had crawled overall, 
The north wind clamoured and howled
Dark clouds...

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The Lover's love bred many memories
 It's fragrance filled the air around
 As its tree blossomed  secret sounds
That created chemistry and mysteries

Like children in games quarrels would arise
Forgetting their mild griefs  it bore...

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Sitting on a park bench
and taking in the sights,
she's always got an eye out
for the children, running
back and forth 'til they are wired,
while pestering their parents -
"Come on, Momma, we're not tired."

They cluster all around...

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Sitting on a park bench
and taking in the sights,
she's always got an eye out
for the children, running
back and forth till they are wired,
then pestering their parents -
"Come on, Mom, we're not tired!"

They cluster all around...

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Sitting on a park bench 
and taking in the view,
she always had an eye out 
for us children, right on cue.
With her muffler and a blanket
to keep away the cold,
she smiled to see us frolicking,
to...

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remember the last time we met,
you and i,
mere fledglings, naive and innocent,
with big dreams, conquerors of the world were we,
ambitions flying high, separate worlds but a common goal
slowly we ventured forth and drifted apart
pursuing false...

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Sitting on a park bench
and taking in the view,
she's always got an eye out
for the children, me and you,
pestering our parents
with a grumble or a pout. 

We cluster all around her,
we call her 'Auntie Pearl,'
to...

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Sitting on a park bench
and taking in the view,
she's always got an eye out
for the children, me and you,
when we're pestering our parents
with a grumble or a pout. 

We cluster all around her,
we call her...

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When the masters came breathing superiority
We became curious servants
They ruled us, they exploited us, they planted us
We cried, we laughed
They humiliated us, they enlightened us
We moan, we learn
And when they left because we clamoured
We celebrated...

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Fee-On-Her Joy

The peril of the real epitome of African goddess,
Her gift packed neatness pouted love in her,
That has been brewed from Luo love pot,
Her lips lithe in the coat of spicy charm,
As she slough, the...

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Light skin, fair skin
All clamoured for by 
Creams to the rescue
Fading creams, toning creams
All bleaching creams

Women and men, old and young
all clamouring for light skin.
Looks enhancers 
creams a dozen to a penny

Melanin, so disdainful
Ebony black...

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Once was a folk singer back in the sixties
It was surely my time to shine
Along with the great Peter Paul and Mary
They seemed like good friends of mine

A group of six, The Canadiana Folksingers
Appeared on...

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A smile on his face
His very pale face
As his body was moved 
And placed in the coffin

A life not so well lived
A drunkard, thief and murderer
Not one bit of tear on faces
As this poor soul...

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A girl gleams in her ink dreams
sittin against barn wall sqeakin like a soul freakin,
voices from an unpopulated country
dancin and rockin on her soul's farmland stage,
lyrics and long hair wavin one day in "big city...

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Old Jackster's been bad, so what is new
Been naughty since way back when
Really not ashamed to admit it though
Kinda proud how I did it back then

Girls all clamoured for more, more, more
Was only too happy...

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God called us by name
Emotion to sooth
Shall never exclude
Ready to advance
Enchantement we shall dance
God held out his hand
Rayed our path along the sand
Beside no one else
Took a look within myself
Hands within our dirt
God saw our...

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