Long Linguist Poems

Today we begin with a quote from Eisenstein
with commentary in brackets
informed by Bucky Fuller's cooperative metaphysic 
of Synergetic Steerage.

"We have a[n autonomic neurosystemic] need to stay in contact with people with whom we share emotional...

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Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
 
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*

In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...

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A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on alert,
a barefoot country kid, that's me,
a runner on trails made...

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Ech day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...

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I was a happy, fluent linguist, fruitfully helping revive endangered languages,
As colorful rainbows walk across the sky, in buttery hours, turned languorous.

I enjoyed doing practical fieldwork, and establishing useful literary programs,
As the honeysuckle sun loves...

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I need a new life
I want
I want
I want it
I am wishing my new life
I want my death
I want to die

Now
Now

Master: No, you can’t die.
           ...

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Based on the famous linguist, poet Humayun Azad Sir's poem "SAB KICHU NOSHTODER ODHIKARE JABE". However, it is not an exact English translation from Bengali. Edited in different places with tense. Apologies for any mistake...

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*The Boy Who cried German*

  Although Ikeh was as nervous as ever he still gathered a little guts to address those sluts. He always did walk around in a jumpsuit like that suitor who...

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Marriage in the court

A love always follows you, oh my love – I don’t forget you
Love always loves you, oh dear love – I can’t forget you
Love always needs you, only you, love – I...

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People raise your 
glasses up as I 
propose a toast, for 
spittin thangs that 
do spit flame and 
grab ahold of folks,

with 2 hands open 
wide and poised to 
grab and hold ya 
throat, this...

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Folks think I'm a 
nice guy, to a fault I 
guess I am, if those 
folks only knew 
deep down I'm tellin 
them to scram,

I'm tryin to keep my 
language clean like 
crispy Franklin 
notes,...

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How are you and me?

Where did you learn? In my life? Be mine.
I loved you. You are a woman. Please. Love.

You come from a university in the United Kingdom
I come from a vocational training institute....

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I first saw her at an outdoor cafe 
patting her dog cozying under the table, 
with her dark sunglasses and her fluorescent yellow jacket, 
inspecting the crowd.
"May I join you?" I asked and she didn't...

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Folks think I'm a nice guy, to a fault I guess I am, if 
those folks only knew deep down I just don't give a 
d@mn,

I'm tryin to keep my language clean like crispy 
Franklin...

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The long glade rolls the lingering tongue                            ...

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My life is not yours

Loved your life, oh linguist, be my forgotten life
Be my forgotten love, just get the last wind; life

The destroyed heart is in the cemetery; not in life
Hah, I loved you, my...

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Folks think I'm a nice guy, to a fault I guess I am, 
if those folks only knew deep down I just don't give a damn,
I'm tryin to keep my language clean like crispy Franklin...

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Aye pride myself
     being sui generis 
     verb hose subject for a zoologist,
cuz webbed phalanges

     branch handsomely
     from mine...

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Like a missile I endeavor to send out these ill words that meet,
Skilled while the earth is grounded to my feet,
Onset I blend together sweet sounds using the alphabet,
No regrets what so ever, a gift...

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I use to have a love for kandee,
 then I developed a sweet tooth.
For me to speak the truth would be taking it back to the root,
canals, that swell leaving excruciating pain,
 but in the...

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Her cremated ashes still remain sealed in the same nondescript box
white, powdery and chalk like material
devoid of any vestigial semblance to her once living and vibrant self
that unique persona pulverized and vaporized
(housed former svelte and...

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Words in the belfry, words in the hall, words in my sandwiches, words for us all.
What if you know no written words? What if you cannot read? What is my world?
Words in my head, swirling...

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For Ogunyinka Damola Ebenezer 2nd Year Remembrance



Of Illness of a Damola
Of Death to an Ebenezer
Of Disappearance of a Linguist
Of Eternal Ascension of a Living soul
To the great stage above the beyond

Bred in a clergy clad...

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Respect the life

Respect the life, oh my life! Respect my life! Oh my platonic exlove!
You know, how I loved you. I became decadent and lost. You saw all
You don’t know, how I loved you. Satan...

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Give me a drink for I have a 
prayer to say
A hard native brew for a strong 
supplication to Mawu. 

I shall call Okplejen the mighty 
God who bears the earth and 
her siblings. 
Then...

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