Short Tel Poems

they was white 
blacks for our rights
to vote
tel the young folks
how yes was wet
to make black history set
NEVER FORGET...

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as i was walking
i felt starking
i could hear them talking
i begin starking
i was being could tel it was like hell
EYE BOILING...

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Derrick Greaves once visited Tel Aviv
in the desert found a vivid motif
Creating inspiration so fine
into unique silhouette,colour & line...

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    The scenes from Teheran and Tel Aviv
        do in these blood-soaked knees 

    May this new war end
        as fast as ‘twas begun
...

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its here and there
this i won't share
its in the air
people  dailing
and smileing 
together its back forever
have lunch stack
with love in the rack
you can tel
LOVE IS BACK...

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*the illusion that she exists
keeps me alive
like a connected body
to medical devices

*L'illusion qu'elle existe
me tient en vie
tel un corps connecte
a des appareils medicaux....

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                          stick a quarter in
                speak az loud az you can dear
                         prisons not all bad




* "tel" abbreviation for telephone

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Were it in Haifa, one could understand
   or Tel Aviv by the shoreline, let ‘em pound sand

But in Holy Jerusalem, a ‘gay pride parade’ ~
   one is forced to conclude, there’s nothing sacred...

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am on my way
we can play
i need a place to stay
can you cooke
can i book
am hook on soul food
mabe i can play the blue
on my guitar
am comming in a car
also am not a sinner
tel me
WHATS FOR DINNER...

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Gun donence ipek iprisim
Emegim isledigim umidim
Gelecegim nar  bebelerim
Sel ve heyelan kul  umidim

Kurdugum ev dere yataginda 
Kurdugum ev  yamacda
Aldi goturdu sel tel tel
Isledigigim  ipek ruyayi

Koptu canimdan ipek iprisim
Gun donence  isledigim 
Toprak kaydi kayboldum
Bunun suclusu kim...

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So far when you so close is how I feel 
United can’t say we are 
For you I would do anything
Forget all those haters
Occasionally they are just going to have to get over it
Can you resist the feeling of been apart
Are you not feeling like you can’t breathe
Tel me girl tell me you love and miss me
Every day I think of you please let’s get together...

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Tel un phoenix tu renais apres chaque deception
et tu fais pour trouver une solution
crois moi les vrai amis qui peuvent taider
sont beaucoup moins nombreux que tu peux imaginer
7 est leur nombre dans mon cas
ils ne font que amener de la bonne humeur et de la joie
qui sont-il je ne te le dirai pas
mais crois moi je ferai tout pour contribuer a leur joie...

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Raining today 
   in the big apple 
  Yes, this metropolis is still here 
Despite the 
    fact 
that 
we 
have 
   been attacked 
Yes, the masses of people 
still long to visit 
this "Baghdad on the Hudson"
as O.Henry named it 
It is not Paris, Tel Aviv or London 
But it is the place 
   I call home 
Personally I think this city 
will survive ,flourish and grow...

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I wawnt ta tel yu sthomthin bowt mee
I has a lithsp an sthomtime I git teesthed
  
 kant sthpel vary goood, thisth ith my phlaw
 Sthcool isth fer dumys sesth mye paw
  
 I dosth da lawndrey an da chors
 Paw sthays dats justh wat ime phor
  
 Butt I ghot biger planths dan dat
 I no paw isth a lyin rat
  
I sthaved mee dayng neer tin buksths
Awff ta vegasths, wisth mee luk!...

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How it began 

Men in green uniforms 
ice blue eyes and leathery lips
saw me in the crib 
and declared this child 
is an Aryan
I clicked my heels and
sucked my thumb
Mother took to singing
sentimental lieders  
and received the fab
iron cross
I became the kindergarten's
Fuhrer   
To my regret, peace broke 
into my dream 
I circumcised 
we moved to Tel Aviv 
the rest is history 

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If a bomb goes off on a train or bus,
I guarantee the aftermath will not be too fabulous.
If I found myself in Haifa, Jerusalem, or Tel Aviv,
the first thing I would want to do is leave.
I can name so many other places for a vacation.
In the Middle East, staunch hostility surrounds this nation.
They are not shooting at each other in Tahiti.
How many terrorists are roaming in Hawaii?
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The fifth night of Chanukah
  never falls on the Sabbath
This is a sign of great darkness

That is why, wherever a Jew may be
  be it New York, Paris, London
Tokyo or Toronto or Tel Aviv
  
He must light the candles of Chanukah
  to pierce that darkness, to 
Beam the Spirit of Religious Freedom

Into a world rife with suspicion
  struggling with oppression and blight
A World desperate for the Promise of Light...

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Think I'll pack my bags today
And pick a place vey far away
I'll tel no one I am moving on
will you notice that I am gone
Wonder will you remember me at all
or are you locked inside your own wall
Where no one exists except for you
Once I was there, yes we were two
Am I nothing now but a lost memory
just a story told of you and me
When did you forget I was there
tell me, did you ever love me dear


carolann crowley  7/18/2012...

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There I was in Tel Aviv
  on my way to work
Sweltering Middle-East sun
  a most unwelcome perk

December morning's
  dusty, choking heat
creaky, crowded buses
  melting asphalt streets

Yet as I walked the final 
  blocks to my daily grind
I found myself a-humming
  season's songs in mind:

'Silver Bells' and 'Silent Night'
  the words seeped from my lips
Was I in the 'Jewish State'
  ~ or had my brain played tricks...

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