The Last Station of Waiting
...Long ago, Mithila was left at this forsaken station,
As the train slipped away on the wrong track,
cutting all horizons.
There was no return
Mithila knew it, even then.
This waiting was only a ...
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Categories:
roni, break up, destiny, feelings,
Form: Free verse
We Were Here Before the Borders
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They wake before the mist lifts
in bamboo huts nailed to the spine of hills,
children with feet toughened by stone,
learning to climb before they can read.
The school
a distant building
wh...
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Categories:
roni, humanity, identity, mountains, night,
Form: Free verse
Mist of Life
...Faruk Ahmed Roni
The river flows, it moves so free,
Waves break the banks, they sing with glee.
Youth’s light will shine, it marks the way,
Ties that we form, both bright and gray.
Golden sk...
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Categories:
roni, love, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
It Could Be You
...I see how she is going to be.
Another repetition of our history.
The drama with sister Roni,
Could happen to anybody.
When you call me on the phone,
My undivided attention is shown.
I tak...
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Categories:
roni, conflict, feelings, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Mother, A Miraculous Word
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"Rabbir hamhuma kama Rabbayani Sagheera."
("My Lord, have mercy upon my parents as they brought me up when I was small.")
.
In every tongue of every land, in every syllable ever uttered
reside...
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Categories:
roni, blessing, death, family, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Expensive Paperweight
...I see you straight tripping
When you see my cell phone still flipping
Yeah, you think you're the shizzle
Drop it in water it still gonna fizzle
How's this for a paycheck paper weight
Its still ...
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Categories:
roni, slam, technology,
Form: Rhyme
My Rice-A-Roni
...You once wrote a letter to me, do you remember?
You brought it over to me that first morning in November.
You came to me all bush-eyed and hungover,
Wanting to know if I would be your four leaf ...
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Categories:
roni, friendshipme,
Form: I do not know?
Chris Conrad
...grip.grip the pony
young tender roni,chris face
love taste,waste her now...
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Categories:
roni, art,
Form: Haiku
Haiku
...Quietly filling
deep cups of the red blossoms.
The morning sunrise.
The rock bowl is full.
Filled by the rain for the birds
and for my quiet mind.
Dried stalks of rhubarb
turn britt...
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Categories:
roni, allegory, introspection, life, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Lazy
...i dont drink to think,i get mine which is fourty four and give it a little more.the desk
is littered with my joking remains,all for one,who has,disdain,the plain
jane,and,no,joke,i drink coke,and...
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Categories:
roni, funny, drink,
Form: ABC