Long Griffins Poems

(A somnambulistic drama in four acts)

Actors:

Jean-Paul Marat; 
Charles Barbarou;
Charlotte Corday;
1st Philosopher;
2nd Philosopher;
The Commentator’s Voice.

Act 1. A tavern. Two philosopher sit at the table; 
Marat sits at the other, some distance away.

1st Philosopher 

…or even worse:...

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     though beep pre spired, cuz mess sigh key
     threads experience didst rub burr raw 
     as...

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New Love: by Griffins Ndhine

I had loved ones
 My heart was all mourns
 Like it was pierced by thorns 
Coz by my love I was deceived 
Thought I was loved, 
a shock is all I...

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She'd seen the house for sale and came
to have a look around,
walked up the path as freezing mist
curled, snake-like on the ground.
Two stone Griffins, like sentinels
gazed from beside the door,
she knocked, it opened,spilling
greenish light across...

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There are trolls within my basement. My hubby says its OK they stay.
Most think they’re really mean and dumb, just like the legends say.
But they don’t know them from within, as I have learned to...

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Look at the baseball field.
The poet’s words, a sword to wield.
To these pleasures I consistently yield.
But heavenly joys I often neglect.

Where are the heavenly spires?
The bosom that protects against the eternal fires.
Where in worship no...

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Dear sister

I am in my third year first semester
I hope you see yourself past that
You have to be perfect if you want to be like them
But write to me that all is done
That you have...

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The rocks tripped me; I trod forward, upward to my lesson.
The wind chooses not to make its presence felt, yet.
The sun bursts gloriously into the flat, baby-blue, sky.

The red brown earth held its moisture greedily.
The...

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The rocks tripped me; I trod forward, upward to my lesson.
The winds choose not to make its presence felt, yet.
The sun bursts gloriously into the flat, baby-blue, sky.

The red brown earth held its moisture greedily.
The...

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loving sister
I write to you as a writer
know you are in school
Because you are still a big fool
Your being wise
wholly lies
On your book
that you should keenly look
open every page sister
read every text sister
Get that wisdom
Embrace...

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well, my mother loved to visit miss Peggy's place
yes, they talk about this and that but
still, Miss Peggy had several
spaded black cats in her place and
mother would ask her three young boys
to come out and...

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Dreams in bottles
 and maps on walls,
 fairy tales told
 of knights so tall.

Dragons and maidens
 battle in flaming towers,
 as unicorns jump
 over plants and flowers. 

Elves and dwarves
 dwell in a hole,
 a...

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The train to nowhere just reached the platform
Further down the tunnel, there is a storm
In a month or few, it will reach its destination
'til then you must seek for salvation 
Cause this train is part...

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Go! Go to sleep!” Night said
“Where? Where?” I whispered back
Sleep - Where can this famed land be?
Where one must close their eyes in order to see!

And  must I go there at nine o'clock?
How to...

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To live is to forgive, 
Asia is larger than a novel by Joseph Kessel.
To the icy ray of moon that crosses the window,
To the bee that stings your honey on the table of abundance,
Forgive the...

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You are beautiful, wonderful, and powerful
Your creator was careful
Let none tell you otherwise
He put into perfect position
All your wonders in good condition
I attest for I took part in your creation
Call me your father
My name is...

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You've heard of silver unicorns,
Of griffins guarding gold
And tales of dragons fanning fire
Are very often told.

But back in medieval times
A fiendish feline reigned,
With mystical supremacy
He feasted unrestrained.

For when with hungriness he roared
A sweet scent filled...

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April's roses scent inebriates every sense
below the Gothic cathedral
cardinals doze
draping their wings over
evergreen plants
foreshadowing a cool sunset
griffins guard the bell-tower
hampering the intruders
inflicting fear on the jackals
jaundiced they hide into a jalopy
kapok is soft as cotton
ladybugs...

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I am a griffin
You may touch my happiness
But you will never reach my mind
I see things as they come
Deal with them before they come
And when they come
I take them as they are.

I am a griffin
You...

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Not the sleek modern skyscrapers
Fragile, slim, standing tall
Catwalk queens of present times

But squat, imposing, solid built
Dowagers of a bygone age!

Forgotten memorials
Screaming, unheard, unseen
Proclaim of valor 
In faded wars.

Winged griffins,
Gargoyles, Gods, Goddesses
Look down and stare
Mute remnants...

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vampire bats
are jumbo jets
flying high
with their six foot
wingspan flapping
through this heart of night
stretching against
the surface of the sky
hiding the face of the sun
yes, pitch black
leather wings
grabbing hold of
space and time
slicing through
the thick of night
slipping pass
the...

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Bright pumpkins flicker in shadows,
evil spirits hide in willows,
wolves renounce warfare,
even cats won't stare
at hungry griffins with large claws.


When the kids see those scary beasts,
they can't help laughing ...one retreats!
" Run, Jane, run!" yells Jared...

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Shall my isolationist advice be taken myself?

I believe so if I leave the girl alone
She will fall for the man I am
The surpassing will of the desire 
One of which he lacks compared to I
Is...

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