Long Deigns Poems

(Somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the almost inevitable seductions of the infamous and maundering philanderer, Melancholia.).



Dear Euphoria,

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I was forever losing things, and my laughing friends called me a klutz,
Like darker skies misplace buttery sun, when a severe storm develops.

I had once lost the keys to my house, and waited locked out...

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"Courting the Sublime Significance of Nothingness"



The blue lines ripple like waves
to the right side of the page
vacantly calm 

from the shallow depths 
of the ponderous pond
the words, fast black fins, break the wake surfacing

mute reviews...

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Poem By Thomas Lam Hsi


THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD...THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY...WHO ALONE CAN
SAVE FROM Satan...who plays 'all' roles...the devil...the 'Lord Jesus'...
the 'Father'...the 'Holy Spirit'...all 'Other Gods'...and 'alien gods'...HE...THE
LORD JESUS...

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(Dedication: For Ann, my darling.)

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A blessing within that spreads a fond glow;
Now just as before the journey we walk;
New wonders unseen in feelings that show;
Appeal firms galore in kindness that talks.
Love is the reason for...

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Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Poem By Thomas Lam Hsi


THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD...THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY...WHO ALONE CAN
SAVE FROM Satan...who plays 'all' roles...the devil...the 'Lord Jesus'...
the 'Father'...the 'Holy Spirit'...all 'Other Gods'...and 'alien gods'...HE...THE
LORD JESUS...

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Pearl



The pearl is precedence
A quiet resting creature who but deigns to live and die
When life inserts hard measure
Surrounds with gentle folds
And turns its pain to treasure

But lesson more than learning
That time alone will show
Already tells...

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Autumn, a time for reflections on reflections,
and they are rife, linked to pearly grey sky,
lake, puddle, mud strewn path or no,
while  each steep cliff face boldly juts, 
sheer defiance without  concession or a...

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Moon goddess in nocturnal flight,
     When Luna’s rise at midnight breaks
     One’s deepest breath of awe she takes.

Her wings are formed by silky light.
   ...

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MAUDE

Her red plump lips doth tease releasing mood,
And glasses squeeze the shark-like eyes of Maude.
My tippy-toes reach her tall tattooed knees.
Maude’s eyes slide down Her beak-like nose.

She shakes aluminum-like paper pad,
“Why poet,” she sneers, “are...

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Inside a bar in my town
I drown brown sorrows, swilling beer after beer
Feeling tall in my gaunt gown as I play the clown
Wishing I could wipe away her memory into a low gear 

Which in...

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Pressures of Life
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
That having no perfection but being confident makes you appear bolder.
Reality is far better when my eyes are closed
I see burning arrows coming at...

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I did not know that one could feel death cold in summer sweat,
as images of you flash lightning fast, the wind remains still and vigils
past the midnight hour, no relief comes from the short rain...

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There's a beautiful, pink flower in my garden.
A beautiful, pink rose that blooms every year.
Its petals are as pink as the color of strawberry ice cream.
As soft as a baby bird's feather.
It smells of sweet...

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Late-September tingles on wispy nights,
 blowing a mild drizzle from crisp, eastern winds
and lays on the hammock of gilded foliage, 
to  decorate a new season's  mantle:  

Its  fire and earth mesh...

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She hugs Him tight on this frigid night,
 Vedi Dolorosa Mater.( Latin meaning: I saw the most sorrowful mother.)
Some shepherds shout as the sky about
becomes angels to honor His Father.
  CHORUS:
Sweet,sweet are his cheeks...

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Like Dali's eternal clock,
the red, lace tablecloth
deigns to have its own
as it drips off
the edge of a small, round,
wrought iron table--              ...

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How lovely lies this gentle season's face,
upon the fields and plains that fore were cold.
Renewing life for trees and kind with grace,
her sway turns winter scenes to days of gold.

Now she stirs amid mountain peaks...

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She lands in April, like the eglantine,
and daisies flourish where she deigns to tread.
When apple-blossom blazes overhead,
I know the scented summer will be mine.
As jasmine and clematis intertwine,
and wine’s inclined to vie with sunset’s red,
my...

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Amid rumbling of its unrighteous song
An inkling of that something is wrong
Terrifies  me,as my eyes prolong
For I have a deeper insight
Towards dawn,towards light

When the darkness of the night reigns
Dwindling light of hope it deigns
Asleep...

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Surrendered by the ebbing tides

Shards of those who passed this way,

The yielding mud deigns to confide,

Its secret things now on display.



Sifting mud, seeking connections

To touch a memory strewn asunder,

A pipe, a toy, brings forth reflections

In...

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Let us at Risk-Taking Dave
Lengthily rave 
For choosing to live in a cave
Also, The Choice of a Gorilla
That could demolish a stout slave
And wrestling Victory not release to a Godzilla …

To Risk-Courting Dave
Now in Echoing...

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When the rains burst forth
from heaven's lofty heights, 
Apollo deigns to repress his golden light.

Beneath, waves unfurl with whitecaps
crashing on my island's sand; 
I feel the strength of Mother Nature's land.

Render me no umbrella for...

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