Long Wedding ceremony Poems

The people began to say that I am the richest woman in Linstead town, and that cause many people to flock around, me and started to beg me money. Not a dollar in my pocket...

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The Wedding Ceremony of the Dead, Part One, Translation of Pierre Emmanuel’s Les Noces de la Mort by T. Wignesan

Orgy of stone !
I drank hate in your inferior parts
And bathed during a wild summer our...

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Fall tumbles relentlessly on our door steps
young winter birds inducing provoking sounds scamper in trees 
Watching winter crawling slowly under our feet.

The night rain wet the ground with sadness 
washing  away the environmental stench
purging...

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PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS

These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

We left...

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Many times when I would here a song, I would get an almost joyful longing, but I could never pinpoint the moment in my past that I wished for so deeply.

I would feel a certain...

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Hey Mr. Editor,
It's not very often we hear true stories of enduring Love that grows with time. I can 
hear the cynic groan as I write this, but it's a good human interest story and...

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A strange wind is blowing in the park,

You have to meet with me after dark,

 They are planning a wedding in the

 Trees and you have to get a secret gear

 Before you can attend...

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With two months left to go, in the year of 2012, I must not be too complacent.
However the first ten months have brought much joy and few sorrows. 
The most exciting events have been the...

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"Ma, How are you?
How is dad ?
How is our sweet home and how is my room?
Ma, I know you will be waiting for me,
Dad is calling my mobile continuously,
Thanks for your love my dear,
Ma, you...

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Always turned out to be tensed, 
If she hear her sons are in merse,
Wish to provide all she have to, 
Inflicted with hardship,to whom does she look up to?
Sacrifice drops anytime from her sweats, 
To...

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Lynn, the tom-boy of Herald Square, couldn't be compared to Princess
Diana, or a similar one for finesse to perfectly fit in a royal scene; 
that ordinary gal had a foolish wish of a non-blue-blooded Queen,
who...

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Stretch your ribs with laughter:

I was at the wedding ceremony and this woman opposite looked at me  and said" every time I smile, I feel like inviting you to my place". I asked in...

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People ask why does she wear white? She's a bride. 
A bride in a lovely white dress. 
Do you not see her bouquet of flowers in her hands?
Flowers all gathered in a bunch. 
A bouquet...

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Have you heard of the wedding ceremony
On the third day the temple will rise
The bridegroom has welcomed all
To come and meet His father
But He will have to lead you to Him
For those which like to...

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In America, it is difficult to be black
You always have to stay on track
Where are all the Black men, at
Incarcerated, must of them, Jack
Well, I made it most of the way
Hey, I got a good...

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Witness to every notable trip
highlighting life and death travelogue strip
I can recount incidents bringing heart-rip
surpassing accidents of fatal engine oil drip
yet expressing to God thankfulness* midst blissful serenity-grip!

Once I served as an ambulance
to the infirmary...

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WEDDING CARD

                   Haply door-bell rang ‘Ding-Dong-Ding’,
           ...

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Disappointed she bends on her knees 
    Ears shut, not to catch his brutal words anymore
         Spilling her painful tears on the floor
 ...

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It has happened years ago.
Maybe yesterday’s  tomorrow.
It was long forgotten time.
As a convict on furlough, 
I felt innocent of crime.

Childish memories uproar, 
Kiss I answered to try.
I was very stupid there.
I was permanently shy.

Blackish...

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Suffering, stress and sadness weigh the mind
so much effort and sacrifices yet cannot find.

For instance, having a terrible fall from climbing a small hill
making bad luck produce so much thrill.

For instance, nurturing a desire continuously...

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I'd wear pink,
To meet him for the first time
So that he'd know that I am soft
Even if I hold a steady pout on my face
Just so as to appear like
A Viking Queen!

I'd wear white
To meet...

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you’re not adams apple 

the  fruits from tree of the knowledge 
of good and evil
in the middle of the garden of eden
in genesis

yet at you 
the round oranges of this afternoon-town 
i stare 

and...

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“Good morning, dear, how are you?  The breakfast tastes so good,
I’ll call you from my lunch break, the way I said I would.
And I’ve got one word for you that’s in my vocabulary,
And that...

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I stood up to the plate
there was no way I wouldn’t give my all
I knew I would be tested with everything I had

there would be no makeover, no redo
this was it, the show stopper
the call...

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Marriage

When a man and a woman first meet
they go courting together, fall in love
and finally they both decide to get married
they either meet in a church
or in some other special place of their choosing
to have...

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