Long Storeys Poems

Unquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two

The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or the Gardienne in France is that...

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There was a certain dread in the air
Like something ominous was ahead,
The building started to tremble,
It seemed impossible, a mental
Numbness gripped the people, 
A disbelief, so morbid, 
As a plane crashed through the upper floors,
Terrifying,...

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Today I managed to sneak into the realm of time
Twenty years ahead to the dream I hoped to realise
And yes, it really did come to life
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I look up at the wall for the...

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IF ever I had a country : LVIII - LIX

			LVIII

IF ever I had a fantasy country
And if ever I were left to choose a country existing in reality
I'd certainly opt for a country not run...

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Uncomfortable confronting 
your continuous consumption to which you're accustomed, 
the crunch, the chew, it's all you do, 
most munch at lunch while you the whole day through, 
can't get a grip like a hug holding...

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The Breakup



The weight of the world falls upon my chest with an unassuming heaviness.  It fills my lungs 
with bubbles, popping at each gasping breath I attempt to draw into my heaviness

I felt as...

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I am a poet, an artist, a writer
A lover of humanity
This poem I write is about the Grenfell tower story.

Kensington,Kensington
What have you done
Blood stains and tears are scrolled upon your veins.

For a dollar , a...

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Walked six years, that way,
And watched this new suburb’s trend.
Near Mysore Highway,
Close to Bengaluru’s end.
Three storeys tall, stood,
This awesome tree-spread, so pretty.
Blue blossoms, good wood,
Half acre’s canopy.
‘Neath with sun-warmings,
Faded blue a carpet rose.
Of fallen, dried...

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THE MYSTERY OF LIFE

A life full of mysteries and surprises
A life where daybreak doesn't guarantee sunshine
The priests places the sacrifice at his shrine
But bcos the gods are angry they are eaten by swine

Life full of...

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Wave a wand
By Michelle Morris
08/11/2022

If I could wave a wand and create magic
I'd weave a spell so fantastic
That every boy and every girl
And every creature in this world
Would live to love and love to live
And...

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A Few thoughts about truth.
That's it.
What’s truth? 
If I’m here in my room, inwardly in my inner room,
with an outer room out of me, around 
then this is the truth for me, 
in that moment,...

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Our Sid felt well-jaded 
his sweat, it cascaded 
he feared the end was well-nigh 
his head was a-pounding 
a hush ultra-sounding 
he all but stared death in the eye 

Steadily declining 
whinging and whining 
to...

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As I watched as the tears fell and heard the pain of his loved ones I remembered 
the candles were lit the flowers stood by as the pain settled in  I could see
warm thoughtful...

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As I watched as the tears fell and heard the pain of his loved ones I remembered 
the candles were lit the flowers stood by as the pain settled in  I could see
warm thoughtful...

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I come from a place where its all about your pace
Where hopes and dreams, Are written on your face
Sink or Swim, How?, If in a fire hydrant we played
Streams leading to sewage drains, Childhood dreams...

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EVE OF STORMS

As I look towards the horizon,
Without hesitation,
But with determined yet 
Heartfelt trepidation,
And see a distant angry
Storm forging forth
Its spluttering vicious curvaceous
Fearful advance holds my gaze
With historical ageless
Heartfelt emotions, 
That sink and dive,
And furl...

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I feel useless 
can't pursue clueless 
life’s a huge mess 
confused with stress 
Motivation on vacation 
ideas vacant 
In a stationed state numb 
heard cracks felt rumbles 
heard a thunder no floor under 
I tumble...

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He stood upon the parapet
Tittering on the ledge
Giggling to himself 
And shuffling closer to the edge

For seven storeys down below
His wife and lover stood
He knew what they were up to
And it surely wasn’t good

Chuckling to...

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Rain hurls wetness
Public places watered;
Soaking exposure

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Dark passing clouds
Loiter and linger;
Tears from heaven

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Rainy debris
Dry leaves soaked;
Earthy tea brew

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Takeaway meal
Local gourmet touch;
Sensorial pleasures

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Two crows sit
Rain drenched;
Tree branch spies

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Cherry tomatoes
Crunchy sensations;
Power de-tox

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Bus ride trip
Nowhere to go;
Surprise awaits

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Old movies
Greyscale...

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Poetics Poem, Red River Gorge, KY

I traipse the course of a forking, rambling stream
Barefoot from the rounded top of one small boulder
To another, the slashing strikes of cold water
Startling my every careful leap, place to...

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i am loyal and a true friend,
will always be there till the end, 
never do no wrong nor make you cry,
always be there till day i die, 

some friends may come and also go, 
but...

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Bonny Island

You, who are drunk on the palm wine
of the mighty Atlantic’s eternal fatuity
laugh and make vain in perpetuity
her attempts to blot you out of sight

Daily taunt the thundering waves
whose fury rises several storeys high
but...

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After all these, what more to expect??
The situations of my life are always adverse
Though i was all ready to accept
But even then i was left averse....	


I thought they were happy that i was born!!
But who...

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Let it out, screaming inside my head
Holding back the flood gates
Locked in underground cell to supress
The tears that dwell deep within 

A place where colours don’t exist
Starkness, isolation and sadness
Why visit such a space of...

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Maybe a simulation only
Tsunami tells us the waves 
Will eventually roar storeys high
The endless quarrying tells us 
One day the mountain rocks start rolling
The flood tells us the rivers
Will penetrate into the cities like roads
Pollution...

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