Long Soir Poems
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Translation of Yesterday When I Was Young By T WignesanTranslation of YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
By T. Wignesan
(Written by : Herbert Kretzmer)
(Variously sung in a host of styles, moods and orchestration by
exquisite soul-movers like Roberta Flack, Shirley Bassey, Charles Aznavour, Glen Campbell, Andy Williams,...
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Categories:
soir, joy, life, song, sorrow, youth,
Form:
Ballad
11Claquée 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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Categories:
soir, self,
Form:
Lyric
Unquotable Quotes: Xlviii - Tongue TeasersUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVIII - Tongue Teasers
If the « Yellow Race » could have invented the alphabet, they wouldn’t still be seeing « Images » when they close their eyes. Picasso, Dadaism, Surrealist and Abstract painting...
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Categories:
soir, humor, imagery, irony, satire, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Les Protecteurs - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's the Protectors By T WignesanLes Protecteurs – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Protectors” by T. Wignesan
(Note: Oodgeroo never claimed to write poetry à la manière des poètes occidentaux; she said - without mincing words – her lines were sheer...
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Categories:
soir, bullying, character, conflict, culture, discrimination, humanity, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Those Were the Days, My Friend By T WignesanTranslation of " Those were the Days, My Friend " by T. Wignesan
Ces jours éloignés que nous avions partagés, Mon Ami
(A re-make of an earlier Russian song, produced by Paul McCartenay and sung by
Mary...
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Categories:
soir, i miss you, romantic, solitude, song, sorrow,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Evening Soup, Translation of Paul Verlaine's La Soupe Du SoirThe Evening Soup, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s La soupe du soir
To J.-K. Huysmans
(Verlaine here paints a stark tableau of working-class or peasant life shorn of any symbolic or imaginary references. Even if I see no...
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Categories:
soir, poverty, stress,
Form:
Elegy
Tomorrow, At Dawn- Demain, Des L'AubeFrench Version -
Demain, dès l'aube by Victor Hugo
Demain, dès l’aube, à l’heure où blanchit la campagne,
Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais que tu m’attends.
J’irai par la forêt, j’irai par la montagne.
Je ne puis demeurer loin de...
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Categories:
soir, grief,
Form:
Verse
Translation of Marcel Moreau's Je T'Ecris By T WignesanTranslation of Marcel Moreau's " Je t'écris " by T. Wignesan
I WRITE TO YOU
I choose green ink to write to you
For Love does not prescribe any one hue
In the hope you might take shape
When desire...
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Categories:
soir, break up, depression, green, heartbreak, i love
Form:
Quatrain
The Blue Hour Takes RootThe blue hour takes root ...
There is the dark wing of the steamer,
Which takes the open sea, and carries away its regrets,
Tiny passengers, waving handkerchiefs
And the seagulls passing and passing again.
Heavy rusty chains, in heaps...
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Categories:
soir, music, nostalgia, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Les Souvenirs De Noel - Translation of Joy Williams's Memories of Christmas By T WignesanLes Souvenirs de Noël – Translation of Joy Williams’s « Memories of Christmas » by T. Wignesan
(Joy Williams, b. 1942 in Sydney. Since she was born « fair » of skin, the authorities forcibly removed...
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Categories:
soir, anxiety, baby, break up, caregiving, childhood, christmas,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Translation of Catherine Lara's Awesome Night By T Wignesan
Nuit magique (Awesome Night)
Catherine Lara
(A lilting catchy French tune with a " barbed " message addressed to oneself or to any damsel in distress. Free translation by T. Wignesan)
Okay
Il n'y avait rien à faire (One...
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Categories:
soir, loneliness, lost love, miss you, romance, solitude,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Sun Plunged In the Space of SilenceThe sun plunged
In the space of silence,
The summer has been extended
In a slow wandering ...
The orb has been drunk,
Gradually, by fringes.
> We did not hear anything,
From the fall of the angel ...
The horizon has folded...
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Categories:
soir, angel, beauty, color, day, moon, summer, sun,
Form:
Quatrain
The Red Rose of the Moulin RougeI awaken; the darkened skies my alarm clock
I reek of whiskey, scotch and pastis
Tumbling out of bed, I reach for a cigarette
The dusk harkens as I rise to ply my trade
I am embodied inside a...
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Categories:
soir, rose,
Form:
Light Verse
Psycho KittyI can't seem to face up to the facts.
I'm tense & nervous because of my killer cat.
I can't sleep because my bed is on fire.
Don't touch him! He's a real live wire.
Psycho kitty!
Qu'set - 've,...
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Categories:
soir, funny, imagery, music, parody,
Form:
Free verse
Malapropisms and MondegreensOne light, I was out panting the clown red when I met a Sadie from Francis who I found to be quiet subtractive. It was apparel she thought I was distracted two because she ted,...
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Categories:
soir, funny,
Form:
Prose
Shine On Darling Morning LightSHINE ON DARLING MORNING LIGHT
Shine on darling, right;
Morning you're light;
Burgundy beautiful woman
Passionate are you my flower;
Purposely I shall plant in my heart forever;
Your crimson surpasses my desires;
I am enthralled by your fires;
Burning effortlessly ever bright;
now...
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Categories:
soir, assonance, beauty, i love you, imagery, metaphor,
Form:
Lyric
Tali Karng:Le Serpent Du Crepuscule-Transl Go W Les Russell's Tali Karng:Twilight Snake By WignesanTali Karng : le Serpent du Crépuscule – Translation of W. Les Russell’s « Tali Karng : Twilight Snake » by T. Wignesan
(W.Les Russell, b. 1949 in Melbourne, joined the Royal Australian Navy –...
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Categories:
soir, allegory, fear, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
StarbrightStarbright
As I gaze into indigo skies,
Stars are brighter tonight,
Twinkling in the darkness
Of a new moon.
Orion's belt enchants
My impassioned heart
As my thoughts of you soar
In a dimension devoid
Of Time's constraints.
Let me feel the...
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Categories:
soir, french, happiness, love, romance, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse
Unlicensed Pornography 2Post-coital Tristesse:
Are you feeling violated, like you’ve repeatedly been the victim of some heinous, perverted molestation too gruesome to detail? Does the term gang rape fill you with a new-found sense of disgust? Do...
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Categories:
soir, allegory, america,
Form:
Prose
C'Est La VieWish I was a poet, and got well paid
for poems writ whilst wearing suede
and drinking lots ‘n' lots of claret,
in a well-appointed Paris garret
My publisher would love me true,
and pay my rent, when...
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Categories:
soir, humorous, paris,
Form:
Couplet
Accruals Love NestPodemos Divoz & Concevoie Ce Soir !
the initial stage, and the underwriting stage
and distribution stage were initiated from
the beginnings of these talks.
They sought love and found it.
and became wealthy from doing so.
she concentrated on accomplishing
thing...
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Categories:
soir, analogy, angst, character, destiny, for her, romantic
Form:
Ballade
Eclipse and Mourning Evening-
Soon
the moon is black,
she is in mourning of the evening
Over the garden’s stones
Shadows are getting longer
from tomorrow
The confusion of the sky
The seedling of comets
The pulse of the planets
Will do nothing with the future
Just the scent...
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Categories:
soir, feelings, light, night, space,
Form:
Free verse
Ce Soir Puis Peut-Etre Ce SoirTONIGHT then maybe
this Evening awaits me
that place i drink
in some peace
leaving song
leaving words
leaving paintings
behind? This never.
My constitution
bravely happier:
i am supremely
patient!
The sneeze gave me
reprieve. These tears
a single eternal moment
my...
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Categories:
soir, poetry,
Form:
Free verse