Long Een Poems

Dear Erick,
i remember like its yesterday when we first met.
Second Sunday of the cold July
few days to my parents anniversary.
you said,"Hi am Erick and I would love to know you!"
We exchanged numbers
we shared photos of...

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'Imagine'. Life's wurth without, 'imagination',
could we iver contemplate creation?
A gif' to have in oor ain mind's een,
without it, nuthin' wundrous wid be iver seen.

Rabbie."O wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as...

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ART

A esthete, I am for I love, love and appreciate works of art and
B eautiful things including alluring women and good looking men.
C reativity of the artists on display, being appreciated and critiqued.
D ance, movements...

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SPRING OF SUBSTANCE


Adorable word  drawing a rainbow of substance-- SPRING
Benumb snow-white cloak that drapes the earth,
charmed by strips of  golden spotlight above blue skies
delicate cloak now being peeled to show
emeralds of nature: daring...

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Be sure you’re in before  midnight 
On the Eve of Halloween
Or you  could get more than  a fright
From the awful things you’ve seen.

The Trick or Treating finished,
The children safe in bed 
Or...

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Try this on for size, we'll all exchange jobs,
Having new tasks just might teach us respect?
	What of a career
	 as an engineer?
             ...

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At first I wasn't sure what I was listening to, if anything at all 
 but as I moved a little closer, sure enough she was singing 
 The Christmas branches hummed and the tinsel...

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N TROTSE AFRIKANER BOER

Ek staan vanaand en kyk na my land 
Suid Afrika.

Waar is ons land dan? Waar gaan 
ons le vanaand? 

Ek sien weer die voortreker wa. Ek 
sien weer my oupa se oupa...

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one day while walking my way, death came to say, Secret was brought to me by the visions of the night. that spirit that passed before me, his image was before my eyes, So I...

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Three Keys Where Is The Lock

T imeless beauty forged adventure awesome mystery
H olistic puzzles engraved on two sides of the moon
R ainbows showered water and sun-scape elevated
E xcavating exclamation embracing inspiration and he
E ntertained essential...

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Ek was gevra om ietsie oor Pa te sê
Maar waar begin ek nou
Wanneer daar eintlik net een ding is wat ek nou wil doen
Om steeds my arms om Pa te vou

Maar nou is Pa weg
Na...

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(York Assizes, 20th August 1612)
Judge Sir James Altham, Speyks,

Tha wi power t’ eeal
wi power t’ cumfort
logic an’ knowledge
ney i’ t’ nivver t’ be,
nobbut God grants ‘is 
holy wesdom t’ select few.
T’ thee wi nooa gumption
livin’...

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After God had set the worlds to spin
Below the splendid canopy of stars
Cyan skies to let each breath begin
Dangled o'er an orb of earthen spars

Each river, lake and rill so set with care
Feeding all the...

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Forever In Your Eyes Contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton

Fever began the moment you touched my spirit
Our own destiny remains so sacred I can hear it
Rendezvous brought by tender vows so easily spoken
Eternal gratitude is embraced and completely...

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Malicious Intent >

Reclusive con Artists, who appear to take no rest
ProwLing through codes
Crushing anyone who'd dare contest

This is perfection, I suppose
The consistently coherent cooperation betWeen mAn and machine
An artificial understanding - an accomplice unknown

They relY...

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Slender sapling sprouts slow from sub-soil seed
Trembles gently in the wake of the bracing breeze
Anastomosing branches flutter like verdant wings
Nascent leaves look up to the rising sun of promise
Drenching them with luster of new life...

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          QuEe  NQ uEeN 
            Q  U  E  E  N
...

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When yins ye lou are taken awa ,
forever gang intae eternity,
ne,er will ye see them agin,
as eternity is far frae hame.
aye maybes yell see them float by,
in a clear day o sky,
ye can talk tae...

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Chugging away in the distant is mountain rail,

On and on its way to the town at the foothills,

Mind is set to get it tomorrow without fail,

I am returning home sweet, my heart with joy thrills!

Night...

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Verdwyn 

Gespruit en toe vergete met gewete van papier
Besluit te neem om als te los wat hierso agter bly
Eers drie; toe een; toe twee; toe vier
Die som van toekomsblik vir jou - maar eerder meer...

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Lieg 

Herhaaldelik en gereeld soos net in 7de laan
Was geheimnisse en liegstories die haat wat uit jou gaan.
Ek natuurlik, onderskei, kon binne in my voel
Oortuigend jou nie glo nie, soos water van my rug afspoel.

Vermydelik...

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Sing tae me the auld sangs that ah learnt when a bairn,
Sitting at ma mithers knee hearin the lilting tunes,
Carrying me far awa in ma mind 
Wurds  o the land whaur ah live
An love...

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Jy by die see 

In my drome sien ek ‘n duidelike beeld
Van jou en hoe jy wandel langs die see
en die aandwind huil alweer verveeld
net voor die eerste ster sy glimlag gee

Donker kaalvoet spore sink...

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Craving to be back where I belong
Only place my heart breaks into song
Memories come flooding through my mind
Imitating days I left behind.
Nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Guess that's why you're always home to me.

Been...

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Character 

If ever I will reach my pension of all ages
And leave the town, where I a teacher was,
My heart will – if they pay my wages,
Be stamped a lot, like in a pass.

Even the...

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