Long Consolations Poems

" Expectations, aspirations, consolations, relations,

Distractions, interruptions, ratification, gratifications, 

Every minute, Every moment, Every second; don't spare a femto second,

Every month, Every year, Every fear, Come on! Hop on ! dear,

Just live every inch as state...

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These are English translations of Spanish poems by Pablo Neruda. 

Religión en el Este (“Religion in the East”)
by Pablo Neruda
translation by Michael R. Burch

for Tom Merrill

I realized in Rangoon:
the gods were our enemies
as much as...

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God has got many paradoxical characteristics
For example
He is the Giver of Life
And the Giver of Death
He is the Giver of Honor and Prestige
And the Giver of Insult and Humiliation
He is the Most Merciful
And the Most...

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for no fault of mine, congenital blindness has been my lot
i never fail to wonder how i look
mum said i'm blond and beautiful
till date what blonde means still beats me
i can only imagine the meaning...

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Death Via Boredom: A Dragon's Demise

Stamping forth from his lair,
Preceded by billows of smoke
The great dragon's murderous red-eyed glare
Penetrated the gloom as he wrathfully spoke.

"Who dares disturb my thoughtful repose?"
Thundered the Worm, rocking back on...

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Self Revelations-Tribulations 

Lord I didn’t lose belief in you 
My intentions for not coming to your place or visiting your home
Was for I had consolations that had to come to understand on my own
I bare...

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I curse with all vengeance
the undeserved desperation
that fate chose me to bear;
and I've asked myself
if ever there would be a sudden death
to this so-called affliction and fear...

Will I endure this unneeded pain furthermore
and suffer uselessly...

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What I'd Like To Give Is An Ounce Of My Perfume
By R. Henderson 

What I'd like to give you, is an ounce of my perfume..
Or so to speak..
An aroma like many others is what I...

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I have spent much of my entire life it seems somehow

Cluttering shadows walls with window box residue inside these rooms....

Considering now the hands of times potter and I, but its clay ~

While gently closing these...

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All day out of sorts with self I fluttered like a leaf
Upon a monstrous limb of grief
There was nothing in psychology or even belief
I found to bring my soul relief
All day with smoke filled eyes...

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Laying in my cozy bed,
I oft wonder 
why?

why am I here when others not?
those that make a simple mistake
and perish, yet I am here

a friend telling me 
“you have more lives than cats”
not a consolation...

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The conception of computer science leads us to believe, 
That the possible digital world inside we should leave;
When augmented with medicine and live, artificial arms, 
The human-robot may raise many loud alarms.

A world of vast...

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                            Beautiful Scars


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In the realm where dreams collide, is she
the smirk star that appears, glides, then walks?
I grasped you; the otherworldly was in
the vicinity, gazing in awe at the scene of beauty.
As far as I notice where...

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He sets the stage where he stands 
He holds the mic in His hand.

He clears His throat and prepares to perform the best piece He ever wrote.

He lights up the room with his opening statement...

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Between love 



I come with birdsong 

 how  a breeze come with the wind 

A quiet heart 

To have understanding 

From everything that goes 

From all that is done 

What is light 

What is...

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Unforgiven remorse....
for what I foolishly did to myself,
refusing to ask, by challenging fear,
what the future withheld from me;
thinking that dreams couldn't end!
I flowed with the currents 
of a raging river,never reaching the calm sea, 
carrying...

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June 3 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 13-15

Key Verse – Job 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO LISTENS TO...

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An island of memory forms in the 
                           ...

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Memories Of Crossing Fires And True Romance


Upon the deep waters of life long endured
 are joys and pains of we that did dance
Testament that we did indeed live is assured
 are memories of crossing fires...

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Youth must be compared to spring: adventerous,
carefree,memorable and innocent;
ah,but many have surrendered it 
to irresistible desires...
only to regret it
in later years!

Endless yesterday,I search for youth again...
always to immerse myself
in the lost flavor of my innocence
that...

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In the fetal position, in leaks of rust and rot, in the wet self-dug grave, a pushy dead man is passing time. An evasiveness of words, a haziness of consolations, a thorough count of merits...

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I’m living dead, I’m a bad nation
As bad as you like to percieve
The easiest for condemnation
En masse, so maybe I’m not me
Because I’m always undistinguished
I am a crowd you ignore
All personalities relinquished 
It doesn’t matter...

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As Memories Fade

Excitement waits 
A week on an island vacation
Shopping boutiques and antique stores
Visiting Art galleries
Dinning and enjoy the entertainment 
With no cell phones
Slowly escaping
Away from the everyday life 
To lull 
On the sandy beach
Slowly...

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The sun descended and his heart grew cold.
There were no sympathy cards to unfold.

Vacancy held a former lover's face.
A funeral's closure never took place.

Rapidly released from my hopeless clutch
were his voice of promise and tender...

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