Long Contes Poems

There are things, Gaëlle, that are pretty good
Say hello to her mom every day,
Say hello to the nice weather vane,
Listen to the trains in the countryside,

There are things Gaëlle, that are so nice
Photograph the Statue...

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Où allons nous? Translation of Oodgeroo  Noonuccal’s “Where are we going” by T. Wignesan

Ils sont venus dans une petite ville
Une bande à moitié nue soumise silencieuse
Tout ce qui restait de leur tribu.
Ils sont venus...

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so you say
your turning
twenty-one years old
today

Hootie Hoo!
happy birthday

and you want
some advice
on the game
of life
so you don't
get played

okay! baby
you know
you just came
to the wrong
place?

so this is the
first thang
i would say

been over
touch your
knees

because
your about
to take
a real spanking

life...

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There is an old tall tale told by the elders in the Village.
It says that the skulls come up from the dead.
That their bones deteriorate and the skulls are only valued.
When the moon is full...

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“Fragments of the first experience ever remain in air” ~ By poet  


Sits above uncle wearing his preacher's hat;
Sits her Mom below with a vacant praise;
She for whom he sighs stands beside,
Digging the floor...

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Pausing For A Breath

Nature works wonders,
The whiff of fragrant air,
The murmuring waves,
The thickets resting on the banks,
The flowers smiling in the cozy sunny rays,
Makes young hearts dance to their tunes.

We wait by the glistening waves,
Wondering...

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(09/05/2012)

My birthday skin of 80 year old soul
It wrinkles here and there but I’m pretty
Who would’ve thought I used to be a fool
Had chased abstract things, had left me dizzy
My first hubby said I was...

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I think I have a grem/in, lurking in my words 
I'd left a win/ow open and thought it was the birds
But then I heard a thud and a cry for he/p
Saw the little blighter, the...

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Like a lost firefly my mind strays 
Concealed like a ripe walnut
My heart is shelled by enclosure 

Waiting to be cracked open... 
To be served on platinum trays 
For whom ever needs some exposure

 
My...

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May 20th, 2014

Here I am after a long time away.  What can I say?
My only excuse is that  the demands of life simply got in my way.
I must say I feel  guilty...

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Sunshine enters my room each morning, even on the cloudiest of days,
As Spencer rises from a nighttime of dreaming 
  brightening my world in the most wondrous of ways.

He stands beside me with his...

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I walk into the park on Christmas night.
A wonderland of winter greets my eye.
In shadows with a bluish tinge, the white
of snow looks magical, and it’s piled high.
I’m glad I wore my boots! I look...

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It fills my soul with such delight
to think up verses that inspire.
Words overflow, and I can’t stop,
for writing is my heart’s desire.

For those who thirst for poetry,
I hope to satisfy their need -
to warm their...

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Does he know - he lives forever -  in my dreams?
And that every vision I create - is through his eyes of green.
Does he know - I still walk with him - along the...

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