Long Yuh Poems

                      I
 Remember when days were long
   and all de children do...

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In a sense everything is a seed of it's successor
The universe is change, life is judgement
Those aren't my words, they're a famous author
The rest of these are and what I think he meant
Before you demur...

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See it standing there elongated and bright
See it standing there thinking about me all night
It is shooting up in the air with no limit to bear
It’s standing tall and strong with something for everyone.

It’s only...

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It is not my intent to Laypeople offend, 

When I refer to religion contrived by greedy men. 

Not all, some individuals always ready, 

To take time out to help the needy, unsteady. 

No, the religious...

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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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Your eyes were locked on target, looking beyond what you saw into the unknown, (me) and as you stared at me, I felt like everyone of my last thoughts you owned.
As you sat there..i could...

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A cool breeze touches my skin
And I close my eyes
A memory washes over me
Through my hair
And I smile
Slowly 
Lingering there

Standing there, here by a pile of clothes
Under the evening sun gently swaying from the sky
Inside...

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(Chorus): My name is breda Donkey
               'Pon my back is de Christmas story
        ...

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I'm driving down Eighteent' Avenoo in Bensonhoist,
I am having a wallear for a hero; I jeet
nothin' yet, and metballs sound great
but I don't wanna wait on line...
like deeze nice kids from North Carolina!
I tried to...

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Random thought

2.pm while dining at an eatery somewhere in Port Maria, crowded eatery , 
Lot of chattering around , youngsters, families, but a conversation perked my attention.  It was a father talking to his...

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One cold red stripe 
Gi mi a white rum with a twist of lime 
Wi celebrating Jamaica at 55
Miss Matti pass the jerk chicken and festival don't forget to put the ackee and saltfish pan...

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Suh yuh gaan, walk gud ... up the hill again
Nuh worry bout wah get leff pon line
The likkle bway will bring dem out of de rain
An de rest of wi will just be fine, fine
Yuh...

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Mi conflicted wid how fi vote 
It look like them politican yah will destroy anybody fi a vote. 
Mi look to the sky and wonder ... God, a yuh one cam show mi how fi...

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You said you loved me
And i dwelled into your gloomy eyes 
I sacrificed my heart for such a pretty talker  
You drew me into your world with your sweet lips
The words would just slipper...

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The heroes welcome...
So he lumbers home,his day, rough..long ..up before dawn.. watching his child still asleep..but he must.. running to gather his wares, to catch the bus ..which takes him to the inner section of...

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2006 Fifa World Cup, ah jump and celebrate Trinidad in it
But yuh know de saying, after joy is sorrow sh…..t
Yeah boy, all skin teeth eh laugh
Trinidadians like too much bacchanal

Band yuh belly or just eat...

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Remembering... Those rides, that lawn of our home beside that stream, i miss that. oh my desire to sleep come over but come along with the breeze of cool air n show me the colorful...

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for Woody Guthrie - born:1912-07-14

brushing up on strokin' guitar strings
twangin' words 'bout work and the land
lyrically political of dust 'n' things
not feared to sing 'n' take a stand

so long, it's been good to know yuh
so...

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Mi have a serious problem with you young people that have no clue about our history or our culture. 

"Mi nuh wear tablecloth like Miss Lou".... Dear Lord help the clueless... Send help father God...

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The Wish

Or, so you wish you were thinner, 
But some would wish to be thicker,
you always wanted to be brighter
Lord why I was not faster

But really I wish I was richer
And cooler
And prettier 
And why...

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Usher him out!
I think this was the Lord's house 
Wait a second 
Pastor where is the love of which you speak 
All your brothers armed with guns not a Bible ...wi in the Middle East?

Usher...

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Teacher sey mi stupid 

I wonder if a hol' a gun to her head she would still think I am stupid?

Because I don't come from upper St. Andrew mi nuh have the right to a...

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I am immune to the pain, the broken bones
He said he loves me
Yet he beats me
“Babes mi promise … mi nah guh hit yuh again…mi love yuh”…words with no meaning
I try to leave him but...

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R- richness beauty,             
prevails;
I- in love, we are, have we;
C- charisma n' sass', *yes we 
do*, pon dis:
H- holy ground, before The 
A-...

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Some men are just sperm donors 
They think they are men because they father a child 
They sit on the corner telling their crew ..."mi a big man now, mi father a youth" 
"Mi a...

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