Long Dearness Poems

please tell me ...

what happened?
what dire damage have i wrought?
what did i do to ruin it, that friendship, rare?
you once knew me better than most ...

my darkness didn't frighten you, didn't rattle,
you sighted those demons...

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This pledge that l,Ntando, make today serves
as my guideline that I shall follow
happily, ungrudgingly and tirelessly
for the sake of our love life.
Indeed l am well aware of the fact that
the beauty of this pledge does...

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Written: December 24, 2023, For Anoucheka Gangabissoon Contest
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Forgiveness is felicity fetching a hefty feud.
It warms our hearts and improves our mood.
To live calmly on Earth,...

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THE POET

By:Ali KHasbak

The poet lies
when he says "I am happy"
He might be happy with
the illusion in his realm of
fantasy
That is contradicted the
truth of mornings
As well as the bitterness
of the daylights and the
dearness of lonely
might
He is...

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if only i could ... see
the wind as it soars flawlessly,
echoing off the forgotten faces 
smiles and frowns,
people long past and beyond.

if only i could  ... feel 
the unbridled serenity
of times of peace, not...

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 On the floor, off the mat

We all sat, slept & ate

Flooring of mud but broom laid

Cream of cow dung applied.

Life was simple though not smooth

Bit of course with pins and needles

All of it took...

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My baby girl called,
to see how I was,
her usual routine,
just because.
I immediately knew,
something was wrong,
her voice was different,
absent that merry little song.
She wanted to know,
why do some dads change,
why can't they stay daddies,
and always be...

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There was a time, before Hollywood 
fully embraced commercialism – then love 
was yet a part of Paramount; before ratings took complete 
charge of the Industry's heart – changing sincerity and dearness 
to rank commodity...

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Creatures

winds and wildlife
giving the evolution time
creatures big and small
are appalled
but are so tall
to evolve and resolve
the call
the lakes and mountains
raise little fountains
spitting out the unknown
thrown to the highest place
the ice lenders
and the pretenders
depend on the...

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Let us pray
with soulful lips
from our hearts
to the Spirit Divine;
Let us pray, and let
peaceful solace us
refine: a thirsty mind
quenched only when 
remorsefully sipped Christ's 
sacrament of sacred wine – 
and the bread dipped in,
for the...

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Though green his not to sex without love
The feeling of cheers still as hot
After the brawl a trademark left - his evil laughed

Princesses are quite shy at first
But how could they neglect his touch of...

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Dearness cloud ~ Tear grained servant to the sky..
Solitude is thy wound.. Condemned to weep....
A tower's leap above flesh.. Too be near ~
The good and stillness ye voice hast fallen..

Mid a dawn's serenade of all...

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Every time inside a wind goes on
Feeling your nearness
Kneeling for your dearness
In my nerves it flows on

If you ever think who could it be?
Just look into my eyes dear 
And you could just see

If you...

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If I were to love (just saying,
for I am old now
and much of the heat dissipated)
but--if, just saying--
that Classic love
of body and soul,
it would be 
with someone like you:
Not the eyes of stars
nor breasts like...

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Never be bewildered 
That my instincts submerged
In the malevolence and
Dearness of the world 
Could have been reinvigorated
By you, saved and renewed
Just like a resurging lep 
When the latter opts out 
I am created of giant...

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I hold you in the moment
dearly, firmly pressed to my
heart – though dearness seems
an acquired taste for many, 
expressed purely only by God – 
So, I hold you in the moment, no
thought of personal predilections;
having...

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