Long Sufferance Poems

When in the Course of Earth’s climatic events, 
it becomes necessary for cultures to resolve political bands 
which have connected Her with human nature, 
and to assume among the powers of Earth, 
separate and equal...

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Nothing to hide*, Translation of a poem: “A coeur ouvert” by (René) Etiemble

		For Jeannine

(Later in life, Etiemble suppressed his first name, ostensibly on account of the accented “é”
 ending his first name and preceding the...

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What is it that makes us human ? It's not something you can program, you can't put it into a micro chip. It's the strength of the human heart; the difference between us and machines....

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Hostilities
  hate
   & hysteria
          world full
               of 
 ...

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Schooled in hard knock sufferance... -
soulful scribe matt er fact - seeks solemn sanctuary

Despite always pledging
allegiance to the flag
academic performance traced, narrated,
graphed... unfavorable zigzag

vertical lined spikes across
x-axis and y-axis displayed
dramatically sharper increased crag
when promoted one...

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Herein lies the identity of their enemy
Herein lies the description of the abuses
Herein lies the claims against their tyrant
Herein lies the picture of their fixed intolerance
Herein lies their 'no recourse' and plan of action
Herein lie...

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Die Lorelei by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)- Translated by T. Wignesan
	For Regina von Degenfeld at Waibstadt
	-in respect and unending sufferance-

(Heine, a German Jewish lyrical and satiric poet, journalist and critic,
 settled in Paris from 1831 where...

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tenderly ...
as if robin's eggs
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands -
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their care
I lay them out like
priceless puzzle pieces upon a
surface of loving...

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Nestled in verdant woods on a hilly terrain,
The sequestered chapel stood, tranquil was the place
With a calm drowning the hubbub around
With blooming plants adorning the encircling space

Gently moved to that well protected chapel
Tip toeing through...

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tenderly ...
as if robin's eggs
I consider the brittle fragments
of her heart, cupped in
my tarnished Tin Man hands -
not taking for granted
the entrusting of their care
I lay them out like
priceless puzzle pieces upon a
surface of loving...

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I watch the news again with a dubious eye of concern
Another terrorist attack, more animals facing extinctions - I learn
Another natural disaster just occurred - Now that deserves coverage
Should they not be reporting though, more...

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Magnus Annas

Summer's sensuality
When the new leaves are green with love
Marks the ritual's beginning
A ritual old as the unmarked time
That passed before us all,
In which we are called to spring, to dance
Butterflies and mindless acrobats
Like flowers...

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I am no revolutionary
For mine is not an ideal
A noble statement
I ain’t gonna give a speech
No riling up crowds, riots
This ain’t no cause
No movement for you to join
All that it is 
A cry to the...

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What a slap in the face!
It’s an international disgrace!

(Descriptive distraction)
and (subversion in action)

It’s now commonly used in parlance by judiciary
while in literature this prevalent (lie) I see.

With a bland, enough face?
or is there the hint...

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I have dreams and high hopes for the coming new year.
Many aspirations that I must achieve with true ease. 
When this year ends and all the madness does cease
I shall bring forth good will without...

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I am poor still live a human life...
 Live in shack, wear a rag,
 Eat from trash, beg in streets,
 Eat not when I want, but when I find, 
 Shrunken belly, faded face, 
...

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MY DONOR DAUGHTER

It was easier to give you life than
To take it back from you.
Both were unknowns.
     I mean,
You could have been anyone.

You could have been someone
Unwilling to understand -
 ...

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What's the scariest book you ever read?.. Some Stephen King book like "Salem's Lot" or "The Shinning"?

For me its Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics".. Oh, man.. Now THAT will scare you to death if you're female.

I...

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Vocabulary
that’s all which comes to me
painful conundrum so carefully written
could I say
I say so many things
place upon a kiss
a page of eternity
but awkward things are not who I seek
such inadequate verbs
punctuation to piece together
the ecstasy...

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I guess we cling because we have to
all the ropes and ice-picks
these things in the cold
these icicles we hang on to

And strung upon the precipice
are the ladders precarious pathways
set to ignore the avalanche
and lay nonchalance
to...

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America, the beautiful... 
aimlessly just like a cloud 
drifting free above the crowd 
of cluttered chaos and bleak souls 
of jungles thriving in hellholes. 

America, whose freedom's praised... 
floating over stained landmarks 
(those abandoned, spotty...

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Villanelle : Martin-Pêcheur*, the Fisher King	

Walk not dark alleys nor the dim-lit lane
   Darkless suns lighten not the skin in vain
Cry not « Help ! » « Help ! » lest you be...

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Is there any possibility to remain alive?
I scrutinized around but they all appeared same
Young boys with an expression of terror
‘Is anybody there?!’ I The coldness of winter stretched everywhere
gave out a shout
My voice echoed through...

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Love, so perfect, my life so sweet,
My body satisfied, your presence its treat,
Your beauty and character, for me utterly complete,
Love, all encompassing nothing could compete.

Twelve years ago, was when it all started,
I never could have...

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