Long Quarrelling Poems

(Inspired by my sister, Laura Breidenthal’s poem called “The Dream in His Eyes” and also, inspired by Disturbed’s song “Forsaken”. Special thanks to my sister for such an awesome poem and the writer that wrote...

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Me Pretty Parrot

 
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while at work, droning through the 9 to 5,
or the 10-12 hour beat down for us unlucky saps
the jaws of the shark come crushing down
bringing waves of pain through remembrance
a place in the past that...

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PRELUDE

The song expresses the feelings of an Indian village girl. Her parents have fixed her
marriage (It generally happens in the rural areas of India, even to-day). She is about to
leave for the first time for...

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4
there is no ending of words 

is there anything that may be called 
the end-word 

let the words make questions 
let the words give replies 
let the words shout
let them battle among themselves 

i can’t...

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I used to find sweet solace in fantasizing about leaving home,
Imagining about the deceptive freedom I will have when I'll be on my own.

This thought became my escape route while quarrelling with my parents,
when I...

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I have face book on my smart phone 
And get some notifications yesterday 
I was driving down by k mart 
But was curious to see what it says 

But as I pick up my phone...

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I have face book on my smart phone
 And get some notifications yesterday
 I was driving down by k mart
 But was curious to see what it says

 But as I pick up my phone...

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No earthquake, no thunder, no volcanic eruption
Or even there was no any of natural calamities,
A sudden loud sound broke out all through the bush
With whizzing, shuddering, cracking, tearing, echoing,
Fear, horror, dark, terror, misery and ill...

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I have face book on my smart phone
And get some notifications yesterday
I was driving down by k mart
But was curious to see what it says

But as I pick up my phone
A police stop and give...

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Don't go before me, please stay awhile, 
I want to remember your quirky smile 
and your dancing eyes and the lilt of your voice 
and the way you laughed when I gave you the choice...

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#Mothers_ache
She said; I can't be angry with her because something bad might happen to her, deep in her voice, I could sense motherly love and disappointment quarrelling, see the raging dust brewing in her eyes,...

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From Sunday to Sunday,
We work hard like the donkeys in sironko;
Moving to and fro like roadside vendors and hawkers.
Like the holy spirit has descended upon as,
The way it was on pentecost,we move up and down...

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This new age technology
Have me confuse I must confess
Cause while I spending more money
Everything else is getting less

I will give you some example
Hope you don’t get depress
But if I’m telling the truth 
Just answer and...

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(Continued from Part Two - 2) 	

While those that lay claim, nay, boast of
    to the largest democratic state
	   a bi-cameral constitution 
simply inherited from Westminister	
  as much as...

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America, the land of the free, catering to the wealthy and pushing the poor.
Blacks are all but exempt; they are seen as property and nothing more.
California brought into this nation by gold, as a false...

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From the pages of my book

From the pages of my book 
I learnt there are opportunities more
Selection among them remained my courage
Whether to jump from heaven for score
Down in the earth to explore gems and...

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Being here is like being in the womb
Of the woman who carried you in this warm
Safe pool where all your worries were how to
Move your arm, how to not get entwined in that
  ...

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Watching Birds In The Garden 


     Watching birds in the garden
                    amidst...

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Tick tock tick tock
The hands of the clock go round and round
Often times I wonder, don’t they ever get tired
I won’t say I hate it
But I don’t like it either
Worst of all I hate the...

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all is calm this winters night
branches heavy with snow,
creating twinkling  icy patterns
delighting the eye as we take in the show.
everywhere you look, natures decorations
fondle everything, a wintery scene, 
greetings they seem to say, be
happy...

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i was tired
physically and mentally
long drives controlling haemorrhoids
christmas presents cards
quarrelling wife fighting children
demanding boss dwindling pay
i am tired
cold and windy murky light
cleveland avenue six pm
i notice
she was there again
in the first of the  reserved
elegant...

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Hey you, looking me
I am not like you and my madness
You are beautiful like shining star
I am the dirty waves 
Never try to come near swimming 
Your tears might loss values. 

Straightly you look to...

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Another Time, Another Place

At another time, another place,
You and I would recline on a velour love seat,
Holding hands, watching TV under a wrap.
Another time.

Another time had love lasted, 
We would walk around our sunset lake,
Kicking...

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The mental instability of a liar
when they hear the truth cursing begins ugly 
you are judging me seems to be their next move
cornered crying the victim, pity feel sorry for me me me

I am a...

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