Long New to you Poems

Brian’s Poet of Note – ‘Herman Hesse’ Week 2

This week I thought I would discuss translating poetry from another language. I just finished retranslating from German this poem ‘Stufen’ from Hesse’s famous novel ‘The Glass...

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Sometimes it's difficult to love, in a world filled with so much hate,
But it starts from within, how can you say you care, with double padlocks and chains on your gate,

The locks are to keep...

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No one lied, get it out of your mind
Don't start badmouthing again, putting your foot in your mouth
knocking your teeth around 
You saw the warning signs, you are not a rodeo clown
This isn't new to...

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I once thought it was
about power...once thought
it was about wealth and
greed -- now am convinced

it is simply, pure evil -- 

the Devil makes bad use
of politicians --  

Don't give the Present Vice
a larger slice...

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Oh, blessed Creator of Heaven and Earth,
your breath of life gave all things birth.
Our imperfections we confess,
for Christ like love is our ultimate best. 
We offer you praise for soil and sky,
creatures of sea and...

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It was amazing
When we first met
Sort of like Romeo and Juliet 
But I was quickly
Able to see
What she had in store

First the pictures in my man cave
We're taken down 
And then thrown away
But the last...

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I smile as I remember the holidays past
The table full
The smells are wonderful
You are in total control
Like a little general you command your kitchen
And all who dare to enter
I love you mom

I smile now for...

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"Give me a whisper and give me a sigh"

Those soft words following the emotions in your eyes
exhale poetry on my whimpered dreams
Take from me all that I can give while
reaching for that sunset…a distant prism...

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Imma toss you an adventure, I stole from the stars
In sparkling glass vials & Mason Jars
Imma make you a witch bottle
So beautifully new to you
Jumpstart our process - rekindle & renew
Extraordinary rock in my life...

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There, There! Good Children!
I say to the furniture gracing my space, 
semi-circling the weary gray eye 
of the television, as if it were the center
of the world.  It's tired, but YOU are 
to rest...

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It will bring all of my present day and future poetry to you.
Some you may have already read 
but there will always be more...

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James 1: 2-4

Consider it pure joy
When you face many trials
This concept’s hard to comprehend
When God’s love seems in denial
But your faith is being tested
Perseverance is the key
To your spiritual maturity
When no more doubt there’ll be

Trials...

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Hey girl
How you doing today
Nights like this I wish I knew
What to say
Hey girl
How you doing today
Just another night
I’m looking at your face
Our eyes would meet
But it’s only in my dreams
Cause your looking over me
And...

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The images plucked from a full soft drive like over blown berries
threatening to fall……blasted to the humus. Swing chains creak.
The high-backed, heart carved, chalk white, front porch swing sways;
to the kicking of your feet. Beside...

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Am I destined to be forever in pain?
Will any smile of mine be real?
I've fallen so deep beneath the surface,
that I can feel the warmth of the sun no more.
My life is nothing, I am...

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The Line Items

There is a list on my desk, 
Another one is on the refrigerator. 
It is all the things that I need to do. 
It is not short by any means. 

You probably have...

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You may have a glamorous life
With everything in the world
Fake friends all around you,
And even have the perfect girl.

You may have a top class job
And drive a flashy car
Own a mansion on the beach
With a...

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Death, Where Are You

I bet you've met the most amazing people,
popes and queens beneath cathedral steeples,
and dust-foot maids in the hills among the petalled sepals.
          ...

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It’s nothing new to you though
to roll down your car window
and fling your bag of trash into the street

If the music's not your style
you just toss it in the pile
don't bother asking others what they...

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A paradise of nature eloquent flowers bouquets sculpted by a spiral maze:
that has yellow, orange, pink, red roses with a rich redolent scent phase

Lilies, lilacs tulips, daisies, daffodils, buttercups of bountiful blooms; 
all have an...

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Don't turn on the furnace yet it's only early November
If we can make it lets wait till December
Wear some fussy socks for your feet
A woolen cap on your head as you sleep
Sweaters and scarfs and...

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O I have given more to thee
Than thee hath given back to me
But rattle on thy prattle proud
For I be soft where thee be loud

And those with holes that burrow deep
Can hear thy queer pitched...

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Hiding under tables
Calling someone hitler
Church foods and neutered flirting
Alone freshmen year
Walking in on friends, hanging with 
fiddling on videos numbing with food
1:10 blink 1:20

underlined lonely eyes
at a school for what I may like
leaving loved ones...

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Your a Beauty in abstract

painted in all the shades of a rainbow

no more would you feel the pain

if only you would know my name

as something new to you

that you could never see

yeah you probably wouldn't...

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Hello, guys! am I new to you?
Don't be scared I am  just a virus
I came to the human cycle recently 
As some Chinese eat wild animal 

Come on! Let's tell you something 
About my...

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