Long Held responsible Poems

Patience
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

If you refuse to speak, I will fill my heart with your silence and endure it.
I will remain still and wait like the night through its starry vigil
with...

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Plant the seeds you wish to reap.
I have planted my seed in the soil of my people.
I have no home, no earthly land,
I have no food sometimes, sometimes,
I must find the white spot in my...

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I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE 
ONLY TO FIND MYSELF 
FLOATING IN A SPHERE. 

A FAINT REDISH COLORED LIGHT 
PIERCED THE SPHERE.
IN A WAY , ALLOWING TO ME 
TO PARTIALLY NAVIGATE
MY WAY AROUND. 

THE...

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W. S. Rendra translations

Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra (1935-2009), better known as W. S. Rendra or simply Rendra, was an Indonesian dramatist and poet. He said, “I learned meditation and the disciplines of the traditional Javanese...

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I am still trying to process this thing, where on earth have you been? I am still trying to process this thing; you have paid double for your sins. You have gotten all the clues...

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The first time I heard the term the Watchmen on the Wall was from now deceased television evangelist Hal Lindsey. Did Hal Lindsey invent the term? No in the Old Testament of the Bible, the...

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What exactly is meant by, "The Art of Practicing Forgiveness?"
Jesus Christ was willing to forgive us. Even going as far as
Making his ultimate preordained sacrifice on Calvary's Cross.

"On Calvary's cross I make my stand,
Poor sinful...

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Hey!
Coward!

Coward?
Me?

Yes,
You.
There's something you know you have to do.
Your heart knows it.
Your soul swears it.
But you're to cowardly,
Too afraid,
To even try.
Have you even tried?

Yes!
I have so! 

No, you haven't.
It was so close,
That blade,
That knife
Had been in...

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Each holy man there is, is convinced he's better than the next,
as his right hand tightly clasps prayer beads, whilst he judges others with his left.
Piety the reason that he wakes up every day,
just to...

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Oh Lord, it seems to me, You are a God of pain
without which some people say there is no gain.
There is only so much that we creatures can bear
and it’s sometimes I wonder if You...

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Is Justice blind?
Or
Has the color of a Browned skinned people been so frequently splashed, 
that it spills into her eyes as it blood soaks her sash?

Does Browned skin 
blind Justice?

Is Justice really blind?
Or
Is this just...

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i sit lonely. the crowded restaurant is thick with sound. i pick away at it moving back into the stagnant silence of my own comfort. the air is nasty here telepathically abusing my thought patterns....

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Concerned Christian environmentalists truthfully believe God created the life forms inside the oceans, lakes and seas.  He left mankind a legacy,  he was suppose to be responsible for these marine life species. It...

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Dear DaD,
Please do not think of me and weep. 
I did not die on that dim lit street.
I'm the sun that shines on you in a warm loving way. 
I'm the son you'll reunite with...

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i sit lonely. 

the crowded restaurant is thick with sound 

i pick away at it 

moving back into the stagnant silence 
of my own comfort

the air is nasty here 
it telepathically abuses my thought patterns

still...

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We’ve all  been a part of universe,
though not as older as nature,
& its not wise to think of only us as adverse,
as we’ve got something as imperfect as this creature.

We’ve always been aware of...

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welcome misunderstanding
of your motives & your feelings,
because if they knew exactly what you meant,
what you needed, what you wanted &
you knew the same regarding what came from
them, then there would be no more
conversation & hence...

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I  HATE

I hate to say I understand some ones pain knowing I really have no clue.
And I hate trying to give them advice when I know I wouldn't know what to do.
I hate saying...

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Collaboration with Marcello Eans

As I walk along during the holiday season
In this city made up of so many cultures,
I begin to wonder if we’re her for a reason
Or just fodder for the prejudice of vultures.

No...

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Be a blessing to everyone
Inflict neither malice nor poisoned chalice on anyone
If you can heal and feel positive for someone 

If you should quit the kingdom of wretchedness
Departing from the abode of wickedness
And abandon cordons...

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By Dana Redricks 

"For while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened [often weighed down, oppressed], not that we want to be unclothed [separated by death from the body], but to be clothed,...

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It was a desperate situation,
Regimental honour at stake,  
Decision urgently needed
As to what actions to take.
The Colonel was in paroxysms
The RSM was spitting blood
The M.O. was overworked and
Things just weren't looking good.

An outbreak of...

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I've accepted the repercussions, 
From my choices to my actions.
Forgiving myself and moving on,
Replaced my pain with satisfaction.

The biggest mistake that I had made,
Was putting all of my trust in you.
Not realizing what a crook...

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Losing what you never had..how ridiculous right?
There is that time you come to realise that you can't be selfish in having what doesn't really belong to you.
Keeping what's not yours..even worse..what doesn't really want to...

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Its universe drapes time in buoyancy 
Where endless space binds law of attraction
Atoms merging, clasped by human light
An energy wheeling freely, unseen;
‘Til  moonlight climbs inside lovers’ halo.
 
Exploring their path, frenzy unlike space
Through quantum...

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