Long Lai Poems
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Hymn To FarewellWhy does my multicultural applauding message,
my polycultural cheerleading,
sound so monocultural chant, rant,
a passionless litany of redundant verse?
Who would have it said of their voice
It remains both too rich
and yet wandering on far too long?
Even resonance
can...
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Categories:
lai, bullying, earth, education, health, humor, integrity, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Each Day - the Lai Style~ Each Day ~
( Lai )
The Lord is best friend
Broken hearts can mend
Each day
His ear to us lend
His love always send
All way
His love has no end
With Lord time I spend
And pray
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2018
March.07.2018
So now...
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Categories:
lai, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
KalamatschKalamatsch
As a kid I played with mud in pouring rain
...
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Categories:
lai, peace,
Form:
Free verse
My Lai Massacre 1968Against communist Vietnam a war was waged
For almost twenty years fierce fighting raged
The French came first then the U. S. arrived
Communism had grown and it had thrived.
Most American soldiers served with distinction
Carrying out...
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Categories:
lai, war,
Form:
Narrative
The Vietnam WarThe pro-Hanoi Vietcong many years ago
In the 1950's Diem's government they'd overthrow
All opposition was crushed killed or jailed
These elected ones to their people they failed
This Buddhist country so religious in belief
Now politically torn apart, impending...
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Categories:
lai, death, history, hope, life, loss, peace, people,
Form:
Quatrain
Lt. Willy On Trial* This poem was inspired by the court marshall of Lt. William Calley for his
leadership in the attack on My Lai, Vietnam. For more info, see
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm
Lt. Willy on Trial
Tiny warm beads...
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Categories:
lai, wargreen, life,
Form:
Narrative
Trans-ChangersLooking through the window
Everything seems like a puzzle
His coming ought to rekindle
Instead all have dwindle
Change is all we asked
Not knowing they were masked
Although they were tasked
Everything remain the same
Three square meal
Has become dream
Off course...
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Categories:
lai, africa,
Form:
ABC
Here Is Happiness For MeWith her pet toy in hand and playing,
In mother’s lap, a strange smile lurking,
To her lullaby whilst listening,
Eyes on Ma, at last succumbs to sleep,
Here’s happiness for me sound asleep.
Their heavy school bags left...
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Categories:
lai, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Reflecting VoiceTomorrow will come to mind soon
when we'll part ways to come again.
We will forget yesterday we cried rain,
we will remember the meatless meal
we shared behind door of ignorance.
Africa have many branches to protect....
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Categories:
lai, abuse, africa, anger, anxiety, art,
Form:
Blank verse
I Knew That I Had Come HomeCopyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY THOMAS LAM HSI ANDRESS
White America hates me (as well as most of the world)...BUT JANINE HOOPS
(TURNER) HAS ALWAYS LOVED ME...like it or not...whether you believe it or...
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Categories:
lai, angel, anger, angst, april, august, universe,
Form:
Ballad
What Happened To My Sex Drive(sung – in a round pussy willow warble - to the tune of --
Oh Where Oh Where has my little dog gone)
With a flam boy hunt deft jais nais sais quois
firm lickey split...
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Categories:
lai, age, appreciation, blessing, color, emotions, fate, irony,
Form:
I do not know?
Mr Player Comes CallingMR. PLAYER COMES CALLING
Playful monkeys on trunks of gold.
Banana like branches, like hammocks.
“My friends and family dynamics…
Oh, the fun of the life I pleasantly hold!”
Jealous of a competing tree…so calm.
So busy at her task, sun...
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Categories:
lai, animal, confidence, humor, wisdom,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
SongLed down from the tower
Head high and hands bound
Blindfold declined against the wall
Black square pinned to his heart
His eyes afire and shining
And he sang...
He sang of Caruso, Townes Van Zandt
Pavarotti, Bocelli, Mercury,
Carreras, he sang of...
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Categories:
lai, inspiration, music, places, poems, poets, political, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
Undetected Infinitesimal ChangesNo matter by
Adam and the Ants,
this inquisitive mind
doth wonder why
tis virtually imp
possible to envision
...
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Categories:
lai, 10th grade, 12th grade, 9th grade, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
The Mourning Morning Years OnThe Mourning Morning 100 and 50 Years On
Robert Graves lies in Wilfried Owen’s grave ponders the War
to end all Wars that continue with nothing else for us in store
and Barry Mc Guire sang summed...
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Categories:
lai, war,
Form:
Rhyme
To Lady MAllontanai l'immediato impugnando l'ira,
Remisi al vento l'aere sermo,
Onde nei lai l'afflato spira;
E l'eco fa al dolore schermo.
Nodrì la bocca maraviglia,
Attese il fiordo della gola;
Diluminò però le ciglia
Costui, che stando la speranza ruola.
Indifferente il viso...
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Categories:
lai, beauty, blessing, care, love, memory, night, silence,
Form:
Rhyme
Yamaa StandardTomoyuki Yamaa was a Japanese General
Who defeated the British in Malaya and Singapore
Against superior numbers he embarrassed the British Empire
When a larger army under General Arthur Percival surrendered to him
His abilities as a military commander...
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Categories:
lai, remember, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
This Heart Beats For You AloneAlthough I'm little distant, I love you on this day
Because I love you more than I did yesterday
Come lay with me on today
Don't hesitate let's have fun and play
Each moment with you is spring...
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Categories:
lai, love,
Form:
ABC
From River to the Sea: Part FiveThe Mediterranean Sea, hostage to war.
The remnants of white phosphorus tremble in its waters.
And countless fish smile before burnt to the bone.
Venus, in her transparency, still wanders topless on the foamy waves.
The...
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Categories:
lai, anger,
Form:
Free verse
This Heart Beats For You AloneAlthough I'm little distant, I love you on this day
Because I love you more than I did yesterday
Come lay with me on today
Don't hesitate let's have fun and play
Each moment with you is spring time...
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Categories:
lai, best friend, care, cute love,
Form:
Classicism
Amoke MiAMOKE MI
Amoke omo Iya Eleko,
When Maami re return at dusk,
From the rustic hustle of life
Tell her, tell her, I say tell her,
Tell her you have stolen it,
That golden Agbada your father,
Inherited from his father's lineage
And...
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Categories:
lai, addiction,
Form:
Ode
ReflectionThe Robin knows the time of day,
the time to stay, the time to fly.
The story goes, or so they say
this is the way to Lora Lai
Pinch me once, pinch me twice
or better yet, don't pinch...
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Categories:
lai, allegory,
Form:
Rhyme
The My Lai Massacre 196830,000 Lt. Calleys - LEST WE FORGET
The My Lai Massacre - 1968
There's a sound in the dark
of a shot to its' mark
and it's ended a dream for good
for a boy in his prime
who's run out...
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Categories:
lai, betrayal, war,
Form:
I do not know?
30,000 Lt Calleys- the My Lai MassacreMarch 16, 1968 Viet Nam
30,000 Lt. Calleys
There's a sound in the dark
of a shot to its' mark
and it's ended a dream for good
for a boy in his prime
who's run out of...
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Categories:
lai, adventure, death, fear, hate, war, war, war,
Form:
I do not know?
JaewGoes in hot. Comes out hot.
But this may be more than the casual student
Will want to know.
Mom’s grinding chilies for me in Modesto.
Red, green, a dash of fresh cilantro,
Fermented shrimp sauce and a pinch of...
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Categories:
lai, absence, family, food, immigration, international,
Form:
Free verse