Long Ombre Poems

Translation of the Elegy: On Marceline Desbordes-Valmore - À L'amour - Poem by Marcel Moreau Translated by T. Wignesan

Reprends de ce bouquet les trompeuses couleurs,      (Take back the dubious colours...

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Claquée j’ai quitté mon lit douillé 
J’ai peur de sombrer dans ma tête souillée 
Dans mes rêves je suis toujours exilée 
Je n’ai jamais trouvé le sommeil espéré  
J’ai savouré le mal qui me...

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“belles lettres” 

It’s a slow drifting
off, that moment 
before you dive 
into the dark

you surface 
to find a boat 
surrounded by 
shining pearls,

Styx, a mirror 
reflecting 
otherworldly stars
hypnotic, 

you trail
your long 
pale slender fingers 
in...

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Translation of " Bury Me in a Free Land " by Frances E. W. Harper
(Homage to Frances Ellen Watkins HARPER, the First Black Lady of America, 1825 - 1911, Orphan, Poet, Novelist, Civil Rights Activist,...

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Perche' di notte non riesco a dormire;
ah, potro' mai sognare un mare scintillante
e stringerti in queste braccia cosi' calde
e non cercare piu' quella luna di neve?

Why at night am I unable to sleep;
ah, could I...

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Serging through life, I whipstitch, weft, and welt,
But always, my thoughts are pick-threading.

As stippled patches of emotion rise and fall in me,
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
Just too many scars.

The mindless mind stresses...

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This Aphrodite rose
slowly unfurls
pink ombre balms
of sun-kissed 
springfalls, 
as the luminous 
lake of tears
cascade in 
exotic wreaths 
of honey-soaked
velvety sepals, 
there succulent seeds
of zestful dawns adorned
our silken sheets
across luscious meadows 
sprinkled with 
glistening cosmic dust....

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I gaze beyond the phasing face
of the nebulous horizon,
searching in clamorous silence
for a hypnotic glimpse
of your poetic sparks ~ lost,
placed within the kohl-dust
of dreariness dressed
in deceitful dancing diamonds,
like layered silver and gold,
seared by Zeus’s thunderous...

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The streams of chameleon 
cultures are wrapped in an 
unending charade of peace,
love and warmth. How I wish 
we were truly free indeed, not just 
from the invaders. Free from ourselves, 
our bonds, our lies...

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Oui, Je sais                                ...

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      Numb to sun's torture, scathed terrain
      Syphons cynic's air, ribs poised 
      Statuesque breath stoic barren refrain
  ...

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If you were asked to,
How would you describe the world?

Would you start with the blooming flowers ,
That flood the lawns with colors             ...

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Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Van Gogh sat staring at the choppy waters
Nothing yet? His brother asked. He did not reply.
He was in artist mode.
Picked up a brush and began

Splashing white capped waves
Hostile swirling wind especially above...

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Ombre
I miss you in the most strangest of ways…like a faraway song…

like lyrics of a folklore….

….an Indian tale around a fire ring

like a dark deep forest which I have always passed by, never lingering

I miss...

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Somber slate clouds blanket the longing skies,
whilst wisps of snow paint the frozen ground below.
Ombre leaves barrenly speckle slumbering trees,
glistening sheets of ice coat their fading existence.

Another bitter winter blows in,
like thistle tangling around forsaken...

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Take me to honey hill where the flowers dance in the wind, 
and the four by four quilt lays thin, 
between us and the grass.
As if translucent you see my thumping organ
that lets me gasp.
The...

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Sweet subtle ombre bob

 framing her delicate face

Sleek shoulder-skimming hazel 

sashaying with her every grace

French braids

or just a pony and a baseball cap

hiding behind mirrored sunglasses

with coach purse and a dangling strap

A woman of a...

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I’ve dreamed of you so much,
I’ve walked so much, talked so much,
Loved your shadow so much,
That I have nothing left of you.
All I can do is be a shadow among the shadows,
To be one hundred...

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Lost in a vertical field
Stretched over a wire,
Cut into a shape,
Hanging on  wet folds ...

The sun moves and dazzled me,
... I'll be drunk by the white
Cleared to everyone eyes,

Already waving, and pushed by the...

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Like a rippling lake, her azure silk dress flows,
splashing gentle waves with her delicate spin
into his awestruck arms as the music slows.

As he holds her closely, whiffing flowery skin,
she whisks him away to a sapphire...

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Struck! Evening murk ink sky infultrated
Weapon copper key turns lock apricot 
Crystal busy bunched clouds fluro painted
Fleshy salmon jump aboard paper yacht 

Storm dealt in spledour of unicorn wings
Rooftop hooves unheard by screen bound many
Peach...

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So quickly gone our perfect day,
softly fading in ombre gray;
we loved, lying in grasses sweet,
mist mountain shrouded and discreet.

Pink pearled the clouds like china clay--
so quickly gone our perfect day--
dangled above the mountain rim;
pearled the...

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Candescent blossoms drape the earth's soft merchandise,
A carpet of ombre leaves flutters in the breeze,
Dewdrops transform into halos of light,
Portraying a catharsis in twilight's tender tweaks.

Surreal galaxies, solemn yet sumptuous,
Pirouetting capriciously 'round the eternal flame,
Shadows...

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Venetian’s ombre’ sky fades periwinkle purple into powder turquoise blue.
silvery rhinestone of a star is possibly tossed down by goddess Venus
Gondoliers are slumbering with their wives as their vessels still themselves
the bay is not silent,...

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Jill’s wedding cake reflected her eclectic personality
Perky, pretty with prominent polka dots
It included stripes and flowers

Jill is an artist the groom’s side explained to each other
No one had to explain anything to Jill’s side. They...

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