Long Menial Poems
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Additional Advice To Those Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural With Commentary
Additional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]
K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
...
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Categories:
menial, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 11
Lumi's hand pressed upon his shoulder in a surprisingly firm grip guiding him into the dining area and to the second of two long slender tables where sat five older elves including DynDoeth.
...
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Categories:
menial, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian Take
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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Categories:
menial, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Insecurity
A shameful secret that everyone hides behind their fake facades, when we should be honored to wear them and show them off
Why do we hide who we truly are from the strangers that we meet?...
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Categories:
menial, abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
menial, betrayal, god, racism, religion,
Form:
Free verse
K373 and K374 of the Thirukkural Translated With Commentary
K373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL: Translated with Commentary
The poet's name, THIRUVALLUVAR [Thiru = Sacred and Valluvar = the name of the priesthood caste of the « Pariah » (whom Mahatma Gandhi prefered to call...
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Categories:
menial, appreciation, bible, christian, fate, philosophy, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
geneva
During finals week, I’d spent days on various reports and papers, scribbling in the margins of notes and books, checking facts, revising flashcards and prepping with friends. I’ve an unshakable faith in plodding persistence.
We were...
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Categories:
menial, boyfriend, humor, love, school, student, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Mayflower 2017
The hearts of white men are silently fuming
The spirits of angry widows steadily grow bitter
The bosoms of weeping mothers open wide
While the relics of the past kept washing upon our...
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menial, abuse, betrayal, community, conflict, environment, immigration, people,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Young and Strong
Young and Strong
She was young, she was strong
Working cleaning all the day long
So much to do, but she carried that load
So concerned about everyone, at Kenmore road.
Then we moved, to Strandfontein we came
A new challenge...
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Categories:
menial, bereavement,
Form:
ABC
Revolution In Togo
NEWS Item AP: TOGO
LOME – In an effort to topple a government set up to end a 24 year dictatorship rebellious army troops seized the state broadcasting station yesterday, then left the building but returned...
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menial, christian, humor, humorous, political, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part Two
Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two
The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or the Gardienne in France is that...
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Categories:
menial, dedication, destiny, devotion, good night, loneliness, prison,
Form:
Sonnet
The Village On the Water Iii
Shallow-pitched tiled rooftops sparkle vividly
When lavishly sprinkled with needle-shaped grains
Of shattered mutton-fat nephrite;
There, clinging forlornly against the hanging grey
Smoke, tinged with barely...
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Categories:
menial, community, life,
Form:
Free verse
When You Wear a Dirty Shirt
When you wear a dirty shirt,
You're a book getting judged by its cover.
People think you're really poor, or nutty,
Or that you have a menial job.
Or that you're all three of those,
And then they throw in...
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Categories:
menial, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Work and Jobs
Two four-letter words,
I truly despise
Got nothing but hate for them,
I’m not gon lie ...
but I got my reasons why
Jobs!
Politicians always seem to forget
to put menial in front of it
I’m a Hebrew snob,
don’t come talking...
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Categories:
menial, humorous, jobs, parody, truth, work,
Form:
Light Verse
Letter To Ronald Hull On His Comment On Diary Notes: Lament At Dawn
LETTER to RON" Diary Notes : Lament at Dawn - A Year Ago Yet Now No Change "
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
8/19/2018
"Quite a lament! The state of Paris at dawn. Just the thought of sewage seeping...
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Categories:
menial, conflict, immigration, paris, political, race, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Headless Tree
I lie on a giant rock in the middle of the river bed
staring at the tree without a head
Dry stump shooting above me
Inviting one another into their bed
Their nude bodies pressing against each other
hugging...
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Categories:
menial, change, community, courage, metaphor, moving on, water,
Form:
Narrative
Hook Line and Sinker Just Sheep
Don't you see? Little Lamb!
What the greedy wolves have done...
Tagged and bagged the followers, they stray but they can't run
Put them in the line-up so the biggest sheep can choose
Which ewe...
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Categories:
menial, analogy, betrayal, fate, irony, life, money, political,
Form:
Rhyme
The Final Brace of the Poetries I Meant As One To Post, But By This Could Not
It is generally thought of to be one of the myriad,
Guiding, governing, binding principles and precepts of all
Mature civilized countries that what horrors that they unleashed in
Vilest, bloodiest, convulsive conflictual combative martial
Confrontation, on their fellow...
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menial, adventure, allegory, anniversary, arabic, august, beautiful, beauty,
Form:
I do not know?
Jaun Elia English Translations II
These are English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia with themes of solitude, loneliness, alienation, love, life, death and loss.
When you come, you will find me lost,
for in my solitude there are dreams, nothing...
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menial, dream, life, loneliness, loss, love, solitude, urdu,
Form:
Free verse
Mark of Cain
In the land of Eden,
In the land of Nod.
I once was a man,
That had a plot.
The black eye derived from fratricide,
Reprised in time despite;
the denies of delight.
Fight or flight, Its just not right;
To take your...
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Categories:
menial, assonance, betrayal, bible, brother, christian, murder, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Curse of Caste
I
They came on bullock-carts
loaded with gods
Indra
...
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Categories:
menial, birth, class, race, racism, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Death You Hold a Scythe Over Me
Death you hold a scythe over me
i have waited for you
there is no trepidation here
i am a paucity of patience
i welcome you
the engine is long tired, hurting
parts not available to replace
i do not wish to...
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Categories:
menial, anger, meaningful, sympathy,
Form:
Free verse
~ (~) ~ Making Love ~ (~) ~
"Rolled over one night, punched my wife right in the nose-yes... ."
"Woke up in the morning grateful as it were, as yes I was... ."
"Seeing blood on her pillow, immediately scared-being freaked-the hell-out yes...
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Categories:
menial, inspirationalme, wife, me,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Loose Change
I have known and walked the right path
But now I’m in chains
I’m restrained
My soul is in captivity
My days consist of drug-induced activity
To know and not do is insanity
I watch my life pass before me
It's vanity.
I...
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Categories:
menial, addiction, anxiety, change, deep, destiny, fear,
Form:
Free verse
The Immigrants
The Immigrants
By
Elton Camp
Mexican man, father of three
Feed, clothe them, would he.
But a job is not to be found.
Not in his own hometown.
To the north he will go
Jobs to get, he’s heard so.
Come here you cannot...
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Categories:
menial, satirework, jobs, may, work,
Form:
Rhyme