Long Roti Poems

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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This is the Second Part of the Translation from Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel-Laureate Philosopher Poet from India. 





Father only smiled; thought, "women
are emotionally heated balloons! 
Life is a difficult  salvation, they don't have that knowledge", 
After...

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  Oh, to be in Trinidad
when the hot scented currents flow,
  from East Dry River to Nariva 
chaconia and silk cotton tree grow.
  Where reachin’ palms whisper
across island reef and coconut lagoon,
...

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As soon as I landed, Radju, I concluded that these people live like Gods –
Fairy tale like empty airports, queer roads and on them driving cars handsome studs.

One-piece glass in windows and Dutch ware toilets...

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Trinbago massive


A lady in America asking me
To tell her something bout Trinidad
She planning a vacation soon
And want to go there real bad

She wants to hear everything
About the culture and the foods
Steel pan and calypso 
And...

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A man talking loud in the subway
For every body to hear
He talking about his country
And the beautiful women they have down there

Well I open my ears now
I playing “maco “I want to hear
Now every one...

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ANCESTORS

Lady Liberty

And the Lady cries:
"Bring me your lame, maime,
Your poor, your Refugees."

Came by the Mayflower
And others like her,
The first Settlers came
from near and far;
Men, women, children,
old and young.

Bellowing sails flapping 
in tempestuous winds,
People courageously sailed,
Getting...

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A lady on high street with ah tight pants
 And all the men turn and watching she
 Well I pretend I didn’t notice
 But in the corner of my eyes I look to see
 
...

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RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal 6

(NOTE: This French “ballade” is being composed on permutations of the number ONE repeated twice, I.e., 11. Eleven syllables to the line in iamb or...

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I leave my home in Trinidad
 And I come to live in America
 And now I working at Kmart
 Whole day at a cash register

 But I do have a lot of problems
 Every time...

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Trinidad girls

Meet a girl in Trinidad
She like to eat plenty pepper
But if you see the girl  
 She sweet like sugar

She likes to sing
And she can dance for so
She likes to go shopping
Gulf city...

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Marriage


Some say marriage
Is a legal constitution
But some married people
Belong in a mental institution

A man wife don’t listen to him
She says he’s very cheap
The only way she pays attention
Is if he talking in his sleep

So he...

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RECIPE:  "Poulet Roti"  French Style - Instalment One
                         I
If...

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I
Oestre was a name of a fertility goddess, in Iran, then PERSIA
What a rich history, what an embattled people! Cyrus their King
Did great things for the Jews, the ancient Hebrews, freed by him
Then Cyrus directed...

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A group of ladies by the stand pipe
While the tassa men play their tune
This is the lawa morning
I getting marry this afternoon

A bunch of foreigners clapping
And their mom drinking coconut water
They come from the Middle...

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RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - La Ballade “Le Chant Royal” -Concluding Stanza

(Note: As you can see, I have taken certain liberties with the fixed form, but have always kept close to the spirit of...

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I see the place she use to be
But she’s no longer there
Now it’s just a dark lonely room
With an empty chair

What happen to make her go?
Why did she go away?
She seems alright to all
But she’s...

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Trinidad 

My island in the sun
Where my birthright belongs
My ancestors sail from far
... And there I was born

They came from India
Across the oceans
Work in the cane fields
And the plantation

Bring their curry spices 
And Indian recipes...

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Cool Trinidad girls 

They running on the beach 
And they playing around 
Dancing to the music 
And singing a song

Does matter what age you are 
Or if your hair is full with curls 
You all...

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She is white and I am black
But she never care, how I am
Many hopes in me
Her hope is to enjoy
Many dreams in my mind
Her dream for a better holiday
I bother and care for tomorrow
But she...

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Bet you didn’t know
How wonderful you are
You are like the moonlight
And the evening star

Bet you didn't know?
What an inspiration you been
You are like the sunshine
on a beautiful morning

And know if I tell you
You will say...

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Oh Kuala Lumpur, city of contrasts
Where ancient and modern, beautifully coexist
Your towering skyscrapers, a sight to behold
A modern metropolis, that never grows old

From the iconic Petronas Twin Towers
To the bustling streets of Bukit Bintang
A city...

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RECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style – Le Chant Royal (Instalment 3)

(Note: Rhyme scheme of “Le Chant Royal” where capital “E“stands for refrain, thus – Stanza: ababccddedE, Envoi: ddedE) 

STANZA  II

Cut the hot-water supply, make...

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RECIPE: "Poulet Roti" French Style - Le Chant Royal (Instalment 4)

(Note: Rhyme scheme of “Le Chant Royal” where capital “E“stands for refrain, thus – Stanza: ababccddedE, Envoi: ddedE)

STANZA III
The idea's to pluck the chicken naked...

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RECIPE: "Poulet Roti" French Style - Le Chant Royal (Instalment 5)

(Note: Rhyme scheme of “Le Chant Royal” where capital “E“stands for refrain, thus – Stanza: ababccddedE, Envoi: ddedE)

STANZA IV
One thing's to find fourteen-storey toilet waste
Stealthily...

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