Long Ji Poems

11 am everybody was preped
And in the yard pass the two 
Houses waiting and planning for the
Cruel Ball Opposition.
 There was Amadeus 
DJ Damali Rico Nyaf Justin Jordan 
Tanaka Aka Tank Constantino Aka
Tino Ricky and...

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A Soulful Cry of Anguish against Fate

(“The Tale of the Lonely Ghost”, a film (2013) by ANUP SINGH - who collaborated on the screenplay as well, an Indian, a Sikh born in Dar-es-Salaam but settled...

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Chinese Translations III

Quiet Night Thoughts
by Li Bai aka Li Po
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Moonlight illuminates my bed
as frost brightens the ground.
Lifting my eyes, the moon allures.
Lowering my eyes, I long for home.


Lines from Laolao...

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Is there no place for us ? 
In this world of work and fuss ?
We came to fulfil our dreams
Leaving our noble motherland with goodbye tear streams 
We are prisoners of a dark dank cell...

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Anyammiri Ala Any? 

(Tears of Our Land)


 Izunna  Okafor dere ab? a


Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b?...

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City Skin

    A city can be so close, 
    enclosing, 
    familiar, 
    that it leaches into one’s soul,
    becomes...

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Some things are lost along the line
Some things, beautiful and fine
Driving down the lone road to the stream in my hamlet
It’s like yesterday; like catching birds from their nest
I giggled as I drove by
Mothers breast...

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Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma


(Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw?
Mana nke ah? b? maka nd? ?j?...

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A very wise man once said:
There’s nothing new under the sun
If it happened before,
it’s gonna happen again

If a J.I. sold out their best buddy,
they’re gonna sell out your best friend
That’s just how it is,
and that’s...

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A very wise man once said:
There’s nothing new under the sun
If it happened before,
it’s gonna happen again

If a J.I. sold out their best buddy,
they’re gonna sell out your best friend
That’s just how it is,
and that’s...

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Blasphemy

The caustic tongues of the evangelists,
Across all creeds and faiths,
Seem as brittle as an old bone.

For they promise heaven and they spew forth threats of hell
While neglecting the words of that man who walked in...

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"A friend in need is a friend indeed"
"friends are the gifts presented by god"
there are many quotes like these,
everyone of us define their friends and friendship in their own way ,
but 
to me 
you are...

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I
I was walking in India's jungle (Dehra Dun)
At the Himalayan foothills, alone
Ten thousand years before Christ was born
I spied a plant, barely a meter tall
Graced with red and green fruit: "May I?"
I prayed to the...

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I
If your national and ethnic loyalties cannot understand other views of YOU, how are u better than Putin & his supporters?

Study ethnoi, ethnicity, nationalism ... And European wars (numerous) even under the Church - plus...

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Ag?? (hunger)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af?
Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp?
Ag?? b? aha ya
? kp?? ?gan? ? za g?

Ag?? b? echete ebeme
O nwegh? nne, nke o ji enwe nna
O nwegh?kwa...

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War ain’t a kosher thing
The killing of innocent human beings
was never FDA approved
(From Da Almighty)

Ebenezer fiscals’ hands be closed tighty
	to the citizen poor
But they openly solicit those laborers’ loyalty,
before sending them off to war

Dem silver-loving...

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And the legend!
Oh! to write this very difficult sorrowful!
One after another is passing away!
Mourning for the great Lata Ji is not completed still
And we’ve lost another great unrivaled melodic star
All brightness is now in the...

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Rumors flew
faster than kindling lit 
Pieces of half-truth and falsehood,
pure self-interest mixed
Vex message sent ashore by a ghost face snitch

I heard tell of some bad news,
some good ol’ boys
spreading the combustible fear colorfully

Saying hide the...

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Ji Chang Wook
I am shook
You appear
Each place I look

Drama space
Handsome face
Acting hero
Hanguk ace*

In Milan
Every fan
Sighs at sight
Of such a man!

Autograph
Heart in half*
Hands combine
A smile or laugh

You're so fine
Clothes sublime
Girls all think
"I'll make him mine!"

"Healer" vibe*
Chang...

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In the east of Luoyang the peach and plum blossoms fly,
No one knows whose house they’ll fall onto from the sky.
A young Luoyang girl who loves the blooming date,
Looks at them scattering around and bewails...

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amongst 1200 sculptures
in his expression of joy
I find myself


 Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple is nestled atop a hill, surrounded by more than 1,000 striking stone sculptures. Remote and off-the-beaten tourist track, it feels like an oasis of...

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Life is a playfield of energies;
Some positives, some negatives,
which create innumerable synergies.

Life is quite a drama;
on some days leaves you playful & gay,
sometimes showers a melancholy way.

Life can be tricky, sometimes intense,
ruminate decisions, making sense?

The...

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Charan sparsh

Modi ji sir you promised many words in belhaf under BJP union but either side you found in many enjoyable lifestyles I am not against it every person needs this but whenever you takes...

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Six  one  two  zero  six  six ... 
Sinners are always 
combination caught betwixt

Choosing whether 
lightning bolt free-falling thoughts,
are preferred over
UV temperature rising MK bought

Mind kontrol  is a vexing thing...

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I will miss you forever Leonard Dabydeen ji...my Guru, my mentor, my guiding light....

How do I tell my heart today
To say goodbye to you dear Leonard Sir
You've been there when the storms hit high
You've been...

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