Jacko - Michael Jackson - 1958-2009
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Singing and dancing,
as the last to arrive,
he outshone his brothers
in the Jackson Five.
Moonwalking across the stage,
he was quite the fancy dancer,
but what happened to his other g...
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Categories:
michel, celebrity, humorous, music, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Cue Sheets
...Le Nouveau Monde,Le bistrot du Lounge
the foods here caused a conversation
One that had several people to find
facts that made them wonder.
In film research, exploratory research
is often refe...
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Categories:
michel, adventure, business, character, community,
Form: Ballad
Chopin Keys
...Chopin Keys
Tender finger touch
As deep feeling presses them
His pain springs to mind.
Aqua Marine
(First poem posted here on Poetry Soup, 2015)
Afterthought....
"For Tho...
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Categories:
michel, appreciation, art, change, emotions,
Form: Senryu
Orpheus
...Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade =
brooke = gorgeous
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”
Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re...
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Categories:
michel, humor, mothers day, new
Form: Free verse
For Hebert
...I want to be known by one name
Like Dessalines, Christophe and Pétion
Like Pelé, Ali or a Great Champion
Like Edison, Jefferson and Washington.
I want to be known by just a name
By my pretty a...
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Categories:
michel, freedom, imagination, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Spring
...Oh, if I could quickly bare witness to God's perfect hand in life renew.
Oh, if I now could bare witness to his wondrous seasonal debut.
Oh if spring would come and release my body from the frigi...
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Categories:
michel, spring,
Form: Rhyme
The Rapture
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the rapture
Each story fell to the ground
feathers were collected
in the die-off different colours
prismed in the silver dust
of moon eclipsing sun
the in-between time
where...
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Categories:
michel, muse,
Form: Free verse
Tribute To Jean Michel Basquiat
...This intelligent artist had internal incongruity
Brilliant genius prancing around in his head
Was he having a psychotic break?
I followed him to outer limits well fed.
Unlimited by one language...
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Categories:
michel, art,
Form: Free verse
Dimash Song Lyric Translations
...These are my English translations of songs sung by Dimash Kudaibergen.
This is my translation of one of my favorite Dimash Kudaibergen songs, the French song "S.O.S." ...
S.O.S.
by Michel Berg...
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Categories:
michel, autumn, bird, earth, Lullaby,
Form: Free verse
A Museum Ap-Art
...I'd risen from my bed quite early, in the pale silent sunshine,
And I thought to have a day out, and not waste summer's prime.
The world still was sleeping, but the bluebirds sang a tune,
And bl...
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Categories:
michel, adventure, art, beauty, color,
Form: Couplet
Delirium
...“It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that m...
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Categories:
michel, loss,
Form: Free verse
Summer of Nineteen Sixty Seven
...“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
Rumi
It was the summer of 1967 and the sun was almost bran new
me and Tony L. skipped to the corner to raid the candy store
sometimes w...
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Categories:
michel, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Li 51 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
...UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: LI - Tongue-Teasers
If you want to give someone a « taste of his own medicine", you must first obtain sufficient quantities of the same medicine in the market, and if it’s ou...
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Categories:
michel, corruption, judgement, planet, poetry,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Translation of the Windmills of Your Mind By T Wignesan
...Translation of Les Moulins de mon Cœur-THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND by T. Wignesan
(For the orignal text in French by Eddy MARNAY : see here below. The English version by Marilyn and Alan BERGMAN...
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Categories:
michel, autumn, destiny, heartbroken, lost
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Spiritual Mahjong Your Move Lord
...Spiritual Mahjong
Your Move Lord
Is there a God?
A benevolent entity.
An eternal presence presiding over me.
A creator, watching and observing.
All knowing.
Is my end determined and conclusi...
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Categories:
michel, bible, christian, death, i
Form: Free verse
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