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K169 and K170 of Canto Xvii of the Thiruk-Kural With Translations and Commentary
K169 and K170 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary
[If one could put together all that has been said, written and published on the Thiruk-Kural and on its progenitor Thiru-Valluvar, it could...
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Categories:
fence in, bible, evil, hate, jealousy, people, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
I Taught I Taw a Puddycat
Expiry date
14.
I taught...
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Categories:
fence in, death, imagination, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Bully For You
I dwelt on a forest green, productive farm, in fruitfulness of golden autumn,
Where ragged scarecrows waved gladly, beneath turquoise skies, and plum.
Ours was the latest generation of farmers, like hued skies of late afternoon,
In their...
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Categories:
fence in, bullying, courage, fantasy, farm, imagery, life, nature,
Form:
Couplet
In Playground of Imagination
Each day I wake as if I hold a sable brush in my hand
ready to paint upon a canvas what cannot be planned.
Or a pen to write about fantasies and adventures I find
in playground of...
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Categories:
fence in, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Stranger and the Fence
I held onto the top and looked over the fence
with a mighty jump and lift. The fence was so high
I struggled to see what was beyond.
It had taken all my strength to get near the...
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Categories:
fence in, allegory, hope, imagination, life, lost love, heart,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Memoir of An African-American Man, Mother
Mother
—Statue of Ebony Black—
A woman who cried for freedom,
not for herself but on behalf...
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Categories:
fence in, abuse, africa, evil, slavery, , cute,
Form:
Epic
Keeping Up Appearances
They painted an aesthetic portrait
of contentment and prosperity
...
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Categories:
fence in, conflict, dark, irony, marriage, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
A Frightful Buffet
Miss Muffet was a girl of thirteen, filled with youth's beauty and charm;
And a love of vibrant life zealous, like eager, vivid thunder of blue alarm.
She was a fine student, pert and popular; like the...
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Categories:
fence in, beautiful, celebration, fantasy, fear, growing up, nature,
Form:
Couplet
My Father's Words
Our two youngest grandchildren visited yesterday…Aden is 18 and Ava turns 16 in September…we opened a time capsule made 12 years ago and took time to remember.
I sat there for a moment thinking about time...
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Categories:
fence in, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am Not the Famous One a Tribute To Short Story Writer Ray Carver
I am not the famous one. But my pain was equal to his.
He became Chekhov. I became Alfie.
The meanness of the streets that spawned us made him a literary oak, while I became the hollow...
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Categories:
fence in, allegory, angst, celebrity, inspiration, tribute, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Peace Worth Speak
PEACE WORTH SPEAKS
My brother-friend tried me
So much that i have to push the wall close to the fence
There my enemy saw me and the way i push
He smiled recklessly in mourning
Inside his mind his words...
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Categories:
fence in, war, me, world, peace, me, peace,
Form:
Epic
Ten Minutes That Didn'T Shake the World
TEN MINUTES THAT DIDN’T SHAKE THE WORLD
They seemed to talk only in metaphor or simile
And in what they call stream-of-consciousness -
These two young women in the café overheard yesterday -
About something...
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Categories:
fence in, funnymetaphor,
Form:
Quatrain
Bossanova
Dedicated to Henry Miller
She floats to me towards, like a Jazz...
Defiantly jumps in my green back yard.
She’s waltzing through the fence in Sunday morning.
I’m having cup of coffee with a joy.
My cigarette is...
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Categories:
fence in, philosophy, me, august, me, muse,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Remember
with you, i remember the moments.
i remember what you were wearing?the first time i saw your underwear?inching up your back as you bent over?your passenger seat. i remember your bed,?comforter bunched up like bath cloths?lathering...
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Categories:
fence in, anxiety, betrayal, cute love, for him, for
Form:
Free verse
Ham Versus Hog
Let me tell you a story
From a time gone by
The tale of a greedy butcher
And a pig that could fly
In the little village of Piddle Brook
There lived a butcher named Mr.Ham
He was bearded, bulky, and...
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Categories:
fence in, animal, fantasy, flying, food, children, kids, funny,
Form:
Ballad
White Line Fever
White picket fence in the rear view
Coordinates in the GPS
He honks as he leaves the driveway
For a three day trip to the west
They call it the white line fever
And it's addictive as crack cocaine
The need...
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Categories:
fence in, devotion,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Imagine This
You wake up to commotion, throw on some clothes.
Outside you see some bloody bodies piled on the street.
People are screaming, running in all directions
away from oncoming military trucks and tanks.
Your heart is pounding; your mind...
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Categories:
fence in, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Pass Trade Already
Pass Trade Already
Do not waste more time!
It is fire and spit,
thin water and urine.
All lies from city folk.
The swamp smells,
it is dying.
No new water,
just the old cesspool inlets,
all the...
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Categories:
fence in, abortion, allah, america, heartbroken, jesus, political, religious,
Form:
Narrative
Beauty's Bequest
Beauty’s Bequest
By Odin Roark
Some say
We all have one
An enigmatic wild stallion within
Seeking sounds and symbols
To become a tundra of words
Its...
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Categories:
fence in, beauty, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Till We Meet Again
TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Have you seen the sun smile recently?
I have seen him smiled in the season of my
Song in the year of the great harvest of yams.
Everyday is a gift, every moment is...
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Categories:
fence in, africa, art,
Form:
Elegy
Coccinellidae
Okay, I must admit - no names have been changed to protect anything or anyone! PLEASE do not turn this political and no letters from any woman who might be offended or grievances from union...
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Categories:
fence in, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
White Pickett Fence
Not all of us get the white picket fence in our youth.
But I wouldn't trade what you had to tell you the truth.
Your up bringing may not have been like that in a storybook.
But you...
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Categories:
fence in, childhood, devotion, memory, mom, mother, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Of Watermelons On the Vine and Rock Salt In the Pants
This story I am about to unfold,
is a favorite about my Grandfather.
In which he starts out acting very bold,
yet ends, running up a painful lather.
Down the dirt road, where he lived, when young,
was a farmer...
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Categories:
fence in, childhood, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Border Crossings
We’ve got a border to secure
To keep bad folks out I’m sure
But a fence it must endure repeated breechings
And every him and her
In Congress with a cure
Says our plans are immature and keep on screeching
A...
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Categories:
fence in, politicalday,
Form:
I do not know?
Of Watermelons On the Vine and Rock Salt In the Pants
This story I am about to unfold,
is a favorite about my Grandfather.
In which he starts out acting very bold,
yet, ends running up a painful lather.
Down the dirt road, where he lived, when young,
was a farmer...
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Categories:
fence in, funny, nostalgia
Form:
Rhyme