Manana
...On a path
of mindless
wander
To hope
is an unwoven
thread
In a life
of restless
longing
Tomorrow
in joy
— or in dread
(Dreamsleep: January, 2025)
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Categories:
manana, time,
Form: Rhyme
Manana
...I may have to double-down
roll up my sleeves
shake things up,
get mad at something - anything,
but it's Sunday
so I think I will put off
being pissed off
until Monday....
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Categories:
manana, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sawali Qawali
...Mashoq jay razi na hovay nach kay manana painda
Jay tun bhalu nu manana pehlay sain nu manaa
Jhalya bhalu manana sokha sain manana aukha
Nach kay sain nu mana pavain loki akhan kanjar
Jhalya bhal...
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Categories:
manana, allah, color, dedication, depression,
Form: Free verse
Neti Neti
...Neti Neti, I am not the Body
Neti Neti, I am not the Mind
If I am not the Body and Mind
Who am I? This must be defined
Tat Twam Asi, I am the Divine Soul, I find
If the Truth you want to know
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Categories:
manana, philosophy, religious, spiritual,
Form: Prose Poetry
To Get the Kinks Out Try This
...Fairly sadly song song song
Wearily, cheerily, wrong, wrong, wrong
Sometimes I need to just do one of these
To get the kinks out
To see if I am alive
To chase away the sadness.
Banana Manana Y...
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Categories:
manana, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Translation of David Broza's Ay Amor Que Seria De Mi, Lyrics By E N Glass
...Translation of David Broza's " ! Ay Amor ! Que seria de mi ! " by T. Wignesan
( I'm not certain if this' s the original title of the lyrics composed by Eitan Nahmias GLASS. My translation is ma...
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Categories:
manana, anxiety, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Translation of Besame Mucho, Lyrics By Consuelo Velasquez
...Translation of " Bésame Mucho " from the lyrics by Consuelo Velasquez
Refrain :
Kiss me longingly long
Kiss me, kiss me longingly long
As though this night has to be
The very last
Kis...
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Categories:
manana, desire, fear, kiss, longing,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Manana
...Why do I have an aversion to strings on a banana
Thought to myself while relaxing on my verandah
Kinda weird I'd say
Is it just me feeling this way
Perhaps I should see a psych, well perh...
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Categories:
manana, psychological,
Form: Limerick
Who Will Play With Me
...Translated from Georgian into English by Manana Matiashvili
All that figurative language
I’ve acquired from you:
“Life is tough”,
“Sweet is the soul”,
“Sky’s the limit”,
“Truth wil...
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Categories:
manana, allusion, life, sad, woman,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Almost Totally Disable
...Almost Totally Disable
Hurting knees had made her miserable,
Pain constant and amount considerable;
When appears,
Did draw tears;
All of this her almost did totally disable.
Had told poet...
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Categories:
manana, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Solo Quiero Una Alguien Que Me Encanta I Just Want One Someone
...Spanish verse:
Oh, oh woo oh;
Oh, oh woo oh, oh
Oh, oh woo oh;
Solo quiero una alguien que me encanta;
Todo lo que necesito es alguien que se preocupa;
I just want one someone one to love me
I...
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Categories:
manana, appreciation, community, desire, destiny,
Form: Lyric
Santa Catalina Island
...Island, I can see you - distant fine pearl.
We drop harbor anchor, music greets us.
Leis are given by a native grown girl.
We walk ocean street not using road's bus.
Hostel makes us welcomed show...
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Categories:
manana, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Vamos a Intercambiar Nuestros Ojos
...gatos rugieron
sombras in en el rio
encogidos
rostros hinchados
unarming la ignorancia
vamos a intercambiar
nuestros ojos
y escrutar el secreto
de sus almas
sumerja hasta la manana
antes de...
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Categories:
manana, allusion,
Form: I do not know?
Searching For a Riff
...Searching I was for a good riff,
Maybe like in 'Locomotive Breath',
So I called up my old pal Biff
But a cold, he had caught a death.
Now with Biff down and out,
I was left to go it alone;
“B...
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Categories:
manana, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Routhna Manana
..."Nashe se bhi Nashili hoja
Taki nasha mjse route jaye
Or muje maana nahi"
With love all
jagdish bajantri...
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Categories:
manana, i love you, romance,
Form: Narrative
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