Long Liberator Poems

 Translation of Eric Mottram’s Poem 33 in Interrogation Rooms by T. Wignesan

33.  on a vu un homme courir/ de la scène de crime un homme est maintenant en train d’aider/ la police avec...

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Translation of Eric Mottram’s 1922 Section 1 by T. Wignesan

for David Attoe

Notre devise pourrait être: ‘que nous nous ne soyons pas envoûtés’
Wittgenstein in Zettel

laissez pendre   la graisse   sans cou
où la tête...

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LIFE IN ETERNITY*


1.

The cheerful trumpet of miraculous life, imperatively sounded in 
My mother’s life-giving womb,
Heralding with its melodic tune another animation: MINE!
And as my innocent infantile heart was provoked by
The challenging divine call, 
Started beating...

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I do not know when my time on earth
Will end, when I will go  – 
I’m not sure if I’m destined for tomorrow
Or if today will have the final say

I do not know when...

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In the forever words, glowing like starlight through
My darkest worries, my most fearful thoughts…
Pouring out hope into my moments of desperation,
Erasing the silence with sweet inspiration, exciting my spirit
With pleasures so amazing, breathless promises
Discovered by...

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Silent dreams, dazzling sighs, beckoning
From the heart, the intuition, astute
Whispering, echoing, enlightening
Reminding the spirit to listen
To the still, small voice – such a mystery!

Silent reflections, radiant flow of peace
Music of the soul, wonderful feelings
Blending to...

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I.

I had the son for a sacrifice
Proffered in faith and joined to love
My covenant with him is eternal, sealed by his blood
And his fire consumes what he pleases
Though the waters be deep as the abyss,
they...

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Hark! Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc fought for nationality and self-government,
The right to citizenship and an to identity that's yours,
One to do with your country, your space and your privileges;
She ended the medieval age saying...

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If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully. - Maya Angelou


Part 1: This life

I...

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OUR GOD REIGNS

 

Hour after hour, you reign

Generation metamorphose generation

In majesty, you hold sway

Never given to slackness,

Faithfulness is known your ways

Good or vice, due measure you pay

Harboring justice a place to stay

You reign, yes! Our...

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MY LIBERATOR
(Written upon the death of a thirteen –year –old girl as eulogy)



The ill-fated day of death came unexpectedly 
To my great surprise
As life’s iron grasp of my hand, had lost its
Strength and vigor
And that...

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Rewrote our History books for the world to see
A worthier Icon there could never be,
Born and died over the span short of a century,
Baba Madiba became South Africa’s first Black 
President in April 1994, finally,...

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Toussaint they dance in Louisianna, and New Orleans
Omitting to say that these two places are blood money paid
Unto the colonies, snuffing your revolution by any means 
Subtle French diplomacy that history would parade
Solutions of lies...

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Heroes,  
To some people a killer can be called Hero
To other people a defender of their rights is called Hero. 
There are many untold true histories as 
some people wanted to be celebrated. 
Leopard...

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Dedicated to  Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) 


I'd fought a hundred battles 
       through the ages past and new 
I'd...

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The gentle whisper of joy
Promising silence will thunder
Through peace and prayer
Singing grace into the soul’s recognition
Melodies uplifting, enchanting
Growing voices of appreciation
Feelings blessed by the light
Of a million stars, shimmering in the night

The warm laughter of...

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It was Long ago.
From the break of dawn
July 23,2003.
To the plenilune of the moon,
After the bullets have surceased.
The cry of a neonate hearkened through out the waves of the sea.

The gelid breeze alleviated my stress...

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What?
I hope you are not serious, my fellow mortal!
Not serious when you suggest that we should
Eliminate death.

How could we?

This is preposterous!

But if you are serious, tell me how could we ever
Exist without the Lord of...

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Weeks slip
Dreams flip
Again & again
It'll happen in ten
nine eight seven six
Good little workers pick up sticks
five four three two
Dear little baby, the next one is you

Eat your bread
Go to bed
The clock strikes ten
Again & again
We...

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I want to say “I love you”
With everything I am, with everything I’ve been…
Even when I was doubting, there was hope
Listening to your wisdom, your kindness…
The warmth of the light you shine down to inspire...

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He is the Alpha and the Omega,
     Who is! Who was! Who is to come!
  He is the Beginning and the End -
     Ruler and High...

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MOTHER

         O Sakti, the spouse of Siva, O Isvari, Durgey, Mata Parvati, the creation
             ...

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Dedication:
To God and Innocence 


Today was a day born of imagery.
As if born from a child's dream.

The leaves were swirling, golden and crimson, 
auburn and cream.
So scent treant, alive, it deemed.
The sound breezed softly, 
churning...

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Khaleesi
White-haired warrior queen
The dreaded harbinger of death,
comes flying in on her killing machine

Born Daenerys Targaryen,
heiress to the Iron Throne
Was stripped of her inheritance
when her father's kingdom was overthrown

Fled in exile to the desert
with her foolish...

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I refuse to mourn
Your death
Mr. Dead President! 

I refuse to sit here
And pretend to have forgotten 
How much your own people 
Waited to experience the sweetness
 Of a time like this!

I refuse my conscience
To feel...

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