Long Fortuna Poems

For the third time Pandora stands before the box
Inlaid with jewels ivory and gold
In her hand is the key – she closely examines
Intrigued by its intricate patterns - so ancient- so old

Her Creator’s mandate she...

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but this is certainly not intended
to be an instrument of terror
except maybe for the habitual
who are out for my blood
and from whom I am occasionally rescued
speaking of which
it looks like time for my fairy godmother's...

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Canto I: The Words of Laozi  

The Divinely Illustrious Sage  
Prays for every soul to heed:
That neither woe nor weal
Heaven has foreordained,
But wrought by men alone,
The fruits of virtue and vice
Pursue the begetter...

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We are all improbable in our own way, 
and who can augur the future?  
I never could have laid out my course in advance, 
though in looking back it all makes sense, 
even if...

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Briana it's so hard to think, you were so young. 
Grown up, a young lady now, where has the time gone?
Your Success, allowed you to fly around the world.
So beautiful and smart, an Executive girl.
Climbing...

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He is caught between one life and another
while my pain lengthens like a shadow of the moon
We are like leaves, played with by the wind

O lengthening dark vision
reaching across our lives
It came, at last, without...

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Hidden though unsought
Ran from myself
Still got caught.
Mind, Body, Soul wrought.
Vengeance no longer mine
And yet I insist to ungently reside
Within the "desperate to love or to be" walls of my own heart.

Most continue to disrespect my...

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Nunca antes le daras cavida
Entre manos el oro se hace sal y agua
Mientras una luna de bendiciones
Amanece el ser de maldicion
Quemando los poros de nuestras virtudes
Sera el final en llamas?
Que sera de nuestra proxima generacion...

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two sides to every coin
sometimes, 
the head speaks
while the tail roars
twisted by the pain
tales of their fame
an infamous villain
sent to the stockade

Tales told, and evils sold
A penchant for vengeance 
Minded by spite, and grounded in...

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Orchard tree,   spotted
outside our bedroom window -
round    and green   ornaments,
thrown to the ground, delicious,
in my apple-knocker* pie. lifted
off Autumnal floor, sliced with lemon, cinnamon,
and a beginner’s grin.
never gave...

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Worthless lottery ticket!
I blew a pound,
Hoping you would be a winner.
I only used a quid I found,
But I could have spent it 
On something wiser.
Worthless lottery ticket!
Should I become a miser?

Stupid lottery ticket!
You won ten...

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she told me
there's something you
need to know
there's something I have to say
we been together now
for more moments than
than I could say
bet you didn't know this
but I don't think
this is the best time to say
but I...

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I adore our beautiful island
in the middle of the Irish Sea.
And since we've entered lockdown,
there’s no other place I’d rather be.
 
All my travel plans were cancelled,
so I’m enjoying a super staycation,
and my lovely little...

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Do we come upon a time 
in life,
only to find ourselves, again,
drifting, in and out?

And then, perhaps, find a door...
that may have been there
all the while...
in the midst, thereof?

And do we contemplate some power,
greater than...

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Tylwyth Teg Cader Idris
Tylwyth Teg Cader Idris
Tylwyth Teg Cader Idris
 
Sleeping atop a Mountain
Far from Greenwood village
enthralling people of Folly
Under calamity
 
Thou Doesn’t notice
Thou Do not take notice of
Tylwyth Teg Cader Idris
veiled as Travelers
Believe they’re...

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World of ours  by Sylvestre Atsriku
Am rolling i landed on a planet.
Illuminati on my mind,body,spirit and my goddamned soul.
I see D'evils in my sleep.
I am forever enlightened.
Am not lucky am blessed.
Annuit Coeptis.Ordo Templi Orientis.
Nuvus...

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World of ours  by Sylvestre Atsriku
Am rolling i landed on a planet.
Illuminati on my mind,body,spirit and my goddamned soul.
I see D'evils in my sleep.
I am forever enlightened.
Am not lucky am blessed.
Annuit Coeptis.Ordo Templi Orientis.
Nuvus...

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His hands are folded softly in his lap
To better handle troubles bearing down.
Fortuna comes, but will she pause to rap,
To offer balm or ease a troubled frown? 

To better handle troubles bearing down,
He rises up...

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I reached out
stretched farther than ever before
I'm not sure what I expected
why I thought it might 
end differently this time
Audentis fortuna iuvat
Fortune favors the bold
My fingers pass through
shadowy specters
grasping at ghosts
phantoms of fantasies
mocking me maliciously
leaving...

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Dear Salacious Crumb, where did you go?  
I saw what Luke did to the sail barge,
as Leia jumped off I witnessed the blow;

Echoes of your ceremonious laugh 
lingered after that swift disappearance; 
Did Skywalker...

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Like a wheel of fortune
Life keeps spinning 'round and 'round
Skipping chances and big wins
A lucky strike is not allowed

You might try hard to survive
To be the best and beat the rest
But in the end you'll...

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3 coragens

A primeira coragem
é praticar
a virtude da coragem.

A segunda coragem é intelectual, 
para definir diferentes valores 
e decidir qual deles 
é o certo para você seguir. 

A coragem moral é a terceira
moral para seguir as...

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Desejo

Um desejo profundo
que escuto muito:
as pessoas querem
criar um mundo 
onde haja espaço para todos, 
onde se acorda de manhã 
e sabe 
que vale a pena e merece. 

Se esse é seu propósito de vida
Faça um...

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Give me this day remembrance sweet of thee
and I'll endure the bitter tastes of life.
Give me thy hand and I'll sing of thee
till time has ended life's long stay with strife.

Ah my love, be now...

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absinthe…
not absent this proof
the ascend of spirits grande
fairies greene as flowers bland
pour from a bottle 
three in hand

“goddess of the hunt” 
a drink most beautiful

origins Callisto
of generations purposeful
a papyrus recorded 
medicinal
and magical 
a cold mix...

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