Short Lief(P) Poems

Es lief ein Regentropfen 
über deine Wangen.
Ich wünschte sehr, 
ich hätte ihn gefangen.
Kam er durch Schmerzen hervor
oder doch durch 
einen gebrochenen Schwur?
Ist es ein Licht, 
das sich in Flammen setzte?
Ist es dein Selbst, 
das dir entfuhr?
Oder ist es doch ein Zeichen, 
welches uns von Himmeln zeugt?...

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Lief
love
amor
amour
amore
 is in each language universal
Love knows no frontiers
 love is a marvellous feeling
 Of the soul: amor or love is the word
In every language
Knows no frontiers
Country
nationality
Love of love 
A feeling without bordering
 the first love 
without borders
a world without frontiers
because love is universal...

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As the torrid waves crashed into the bay,
the mists start lifting, bright shines a ray
that pin points a rocky reef.
A tree with one leaf
standing there
lief
yet so bare,
became a motif
for sailors bringing relief,
and the seagulls screaming, dive and play,
as the torrid waves crashed into the bay.

written 02/12/2015

contest An Inverted Form...

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COPLA VEINTIDOS: This Bad Guy World

Can withdrawing into yourself
Keep the Bad Guy evil away
Wishful thinking

Easy to think thinking’s the Self
Stop thinking: self’s in disarray
Think not living

Bad Guy’s role begs to make you think
He’s the projection of your self
Splits up your thought

He’d as lief not make you re-think
If he could live his life himself
Good Guy well caught

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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SOUNDS


Most needed sound   -
His  longship’s prow grinding
Up the stony beach ground  
In Vinland.

His  gladdest sound   -
Waves breaking on shore
Saying weeks of ocean-bound
Rowing was no more.

Most welcome sound   -
A newborn cry
Amid the all-around 
Accents of home.

………………………………………………………………………………………………..
*Based on the Lief Erikson saga about his journey to America a thousand years ago.

17  March  2020...

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Geskeide Kleuter  

Pappa, my pappa – Het jy my mamma lief?
Hoekom bly jy hierso nou?
Vertel my asseblief?

Hoekom het my mamma nou 
‘n ander man gekry? Is hy iets van my?
Sal hy haar nou vashou?

Ek wil nie meer by mamma bly – 
dis lekker hier by jou
Het jy iemand anders? Dalk ‘n ander vrou?

Watter huis is dan my plek?
Waar pas ek die prentjie in?
Is ek jou kind, is ek? Is ek?

Ek wil jou hê -
	Hoe gaan ons mamma sê?...

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From the deep recesses of mind
emerges a stimulation
that necessitates a defined
sudden, high-level invention.
Once imagined its stay is brief
and must be dealt with before lost
to distraction. I would as lief
act on its potential than toss
it on an unheeding scrapheap.
Each notion is temporary
and must be exploited to reap
whatever essence there might be
notwithstanding it goes to seed
or an idea that succeeds....

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So, I'm slouching before my noisy heated up laptop, randomly dropping in on waves made by others surfing the 4G. 

Then in my head, from out of nowhere, I ask my-selves;

Why is it that the word ‘Life’ starts with the same sound as 'Lie'?

And, how do we actually know that we’re telling ourselves the truth when we really ‘Like' something?

And, our ‘Lair’ could quite honestly yet simply be changed to ‘Liar’ by speech or by typo.

Just saying....

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Randy likes all the girls
Curly Sue has lots of curls

Les just could not be much more
Mary's had husbands galore

Lief lives up in a tree
Rick has stacks of wood to see

Rock always lays on a hill
Woody loves a blue pill

Bob's up and down the street
Neil can't stand up on his feet

Taylor sews clothes all day
Doug makes holes for pay

Chance would bet his last quarter
Eileen has one leg shorter

What do they all have the same?
They all live up to their name!...

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