Long Jin Poems

The Bedouins, bequeathed with the sacred beauty of paradise harsh,
trusted guardians of jealous gorges and gifted groves
lead me from the Wadi Musa to the humble ingress of Petra,
saying with thrill, the Jin of your Jihad...

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Amanda's Challenge
My name is Amanda; I am pleased to meet you.
I must tell you my story I swear it is all-true.
It happened one day I was feeling quite low.
I had run out of answers I...

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Frog in a Well

By: Joanne Jin 

1.
The Frog

I am the frog in a well:
I do not speak; I do not move–

I think of sundaes and sunshine and all the euphoria,
But I can’t help but carry...

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A poem on the little squirrel – In English and Hindi 
.
My dear sweet kids & children
See how many good things
Squirrels teaches us silently 
It teaches -how to skip and dance on trees 
Be seeing...

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Sometimes the silence that is all around
Leaves in my head a buzzing sound
After awhile
I lose my smile
I sit here
Sometimes I feel fear
No other human voice
But it is my own choice
Still
Against my will
Sad enters my head
I...

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How she had grown up well?                             ...

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A Musician's Tale 

Today a little online piece of news strikes a chord deep within me…
After reading, I thought to myself, “This news is interesting yet rather depressing to me..”

This article was about a very...

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If anyone had told me that it would be so, I would have tell them no.If anyone had told me that it would be so
I would have ran away long ago.I just cannot get rid...

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Wind roams around bare footed
Her loose grey hair weaving every minute

A waning gibbous moon raising, at 11 in the East 
For the beings with Heart, it is indeed a feast. 

Incomplete, strained yet mesmerizing 
It's...

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"If you're really in love, appearances aren't important. The best house is the one you build in each other's hearts."
Jung Yu jin

Autumn's alliterations amplified an acoustic of death.
Stillness of internal instrumentals silenced my acapella. 
Words like wildflowers...

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Previews were many for a series called "Lost"
The cast was extensive, oh what a cost!

Production gave, to the viewers, a plight,
When Oceanic 815 began its fated flight

Something went wrong, the plane began to fall
It crashed...

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My son brought a one-year-old dog.                             ...

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Far tae the North hidden alang Moray coast,
Therr bides a little toon o which yin can boast. 
Wi a rid phone boax in pride o place mak a call tae freends an aa. 
Nae thing...

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Neither my dog nor I can walk that far
Really wish I had a car.
You see, I am still seeking my star 
It is not here
I fear
Gathering memories from days gone by
Even ones that make me...

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My love finds a way to happiness
Lost my heart on the streets of Kaohsiung
Someone found my heart
She fed him, cared for him and save him always
Something attracting me towards those streets again
I found my heart...

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Inside a bamboo garden, where I followed a red-crowned crane 
an exotic treasure of another sort held me spellbound 
seated upon the lawn, a courtesan beauty there did reign. 

Guilty, I stood beside a Lychee...

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Starting from the scratch 
To the best k-pop boy batch,
The whole world knows 
that BTS and ARMY are the best match.
They are seven living in 7 million people's heart,
Check the Billboard and you will always...

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Poet in a Pool of Love
...... For You Ajinle

A
jin
le

When my yearning becomes a letter
Of love inside the dust of time
This lyric will deliver my affection to you
Ajinle the precious daughter of Adegboye
For love is always...

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Let the moment live for longer in our mind, 
do not let it go
Keep on sitting close to me
Look at the stars
The Ci-jin island is so peaceful 
Wonderful night view from the lighthouse
Just stop your...

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My dog Jin
Been with me since I cannot remember when
Walks beside me
What a calming effect she be
Gives me a reason to keep going
Knowing
There is one thing that is always there
For her I care
I have so...

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It is the part of me that you cannot see
When my temperature is rising to the third degree
It is the part of me that is crying out for more
When I enter the dance floor
The whisperers...

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Have you seen the poker-faced man holding a deck of cards in his hand? He shows no emotions and displays no surprise but continuously fabricates the world’s most sinister lies.
 
He gives two personas to...

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Jinxed by the J's except in Scrabble
Because playing a J alone is ten whole points.
I get out scrabble cheat
Jo, jeu, jin, jine, just
Jo is great. It can become
Joe, Joey, Joes, 
Jeu is pretty much only...

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Winds of change
Carry tears of scarecrow away
Where ravens sit
Sins upon a straw man jin

Applause
Withered corn it does
Tattered flags beneath a desolate sky
Months drudge, but never cry

Thus, the Elderberry blossoms regardless
Muses to the ears of sadness
Till...

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Second Period Ode
Michael, Jaydin, Jin, Ashley, Andre, Ametriyus, J’Maine, Amari, Beijae, Morgan, Dr. Corbin and Mrs. Tobey

O, backpack with your books and pencils and things,
You weigh a ton, but you are my wings.
You carry my...

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