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"angela" poems
Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 AM UTC
Pardon my melanin
Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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TO PUT the art and talent of Mindanaoan fashion design into the spotlight, Kagay’anon fashion designers put their hands together to organize the 5th Mindanao Fashion Summit at the Limketkai Center Rotunda from August 4 to 6, every 4 p.m. “Being a core event of the Higalaay festival, the opening salvo, the Mindanao Fashion Summit can really highlight fashion designers here in Cagayan de Oro and also in different points of Mindanao to let everyone see what they can do in the world of fashion design especially now that there are only so few opportunities for these designers to show off their works to the public. This is why we have the Mindanao fashion Summit because Kagay-anon designers believe that even if they join national fashion shows like the Philippine Fashion week, most of them still aren't getting the right encouragement as a fashion designer.” said Robbie Pamisa, the overall organizer of the event. The Fashion Summit is a three-day event composed of seven sub-categories such as the Mindanaoan collection, the Menswear collection, and the Ororama orange collection for the first day, the Guest Designers’ collection, the Fashion Institute of the Philippines collection and the Loop Lifestyle Fashion Show for the second day, and the Holiday Grand collection for the third day which will serve as the culmination of the fashion event. Mindanaoan Fashion designers from Cagayan de Oro as well as Davao, Butuan, Iligan, and Bukidnon have come to showcase their talents. Some of the fashion geniuses of the event include Alma Mae Roa, Angela Soriano, Ann Semblante, Benjie Manuel, Boogie Musni Rivera, Gil Macaibay III, John Mark Magellan’s, Joshua Guibone, Juniel Doring, Kiko Domo, Mark Christopher Yaranon, and Mavy Cooper de Leon. One of the highlights of the event is the Oro Fashion Designers’ Guild and the Designers Assembly featuring a collection of clothes using Mindanao material such as the Mindanao silk. Sponsors such as Ororama and The Loop Towers will also be showcasing their products in the fashion event. “Even student fashion designers from the Fashion Institute of the Philippines have been encouraged to participate so that they will be able to experience how a fashion show works. This is also a way for us to fulfill our mission to be another avenue for fashion designers to show what they have,” Paisa said.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Aug 6, 2016
Aug 6, 2016 at 12:12 AM UTC
Mindanao Fashion Summit opens
TO PUT the art and talent of Mindanaoan fashion design into the spotlight, Kagay’anon fashion designers put their hands together to organize the 5th Mindanao Fashion Summit at the Limketkai Center Rotunda from August 4 to 6, every 4 p.m. “Being a core event of the Higalaay festival, the opening salvo, the Mindanao Fashion Summit can really highlight fashion designers here in Cagayan de Oro and also in different points of Mindanao to let everyone see what they can do in the world of fashion design especially now that there are only so few opportunities for these designers to show off their works to the public. This is why we have the Mindanao fashion Summit because Kagay-anon designers believe that even if they join national fashion shows like the Philippine Fashion week, most of them still aren't getting the right encouragement as a fashion designer.” said Robbie Pamisa, the overall organizer of the event. The Fashion Summit is a three-day event composed of seven sub-categories such as the Mindanaoan collection, the Menswear collection, and the Ororama orange collection for the first day, the Guest Designers’ collection, the Fashion Institute of the Philippines collection and the Loop Lifestyle Fashion Show for the second day, and the Holiday Grand collection for the third day which will serve as the culmination of the fashion event. Mindanaoan Fashion designers from Cagayan de Oro as well as Davao, Butuan, Iligan, and Bukidnon have come to showcase their talents. Some of the fashion geniuses of the event include Alma Mae Roa, Angela Soriano, Ann Semblante, Benjie Manuel, Boogie Musni Rivera, Gil Macaibay III, John Mark Magellan’s, Joshua Guibone, Juniel Doring, Kiko Domo, Mark Christopher Yaranon, and Mavy Cooper de Leon. One of the highlights of the event is the Oro Fashion Designers’ Guild and the Designers Assembly featuring a collection of clothes using Mindanao material such as the Mindanao silk. Sponsors such as Ororama and The Loop Towers will also be showcasing their products in the fashion event. “Even student fashion designers from the Fashion Institute of the Philippines have been encouraged to participate so that they will be able to experience how a fashion show works. This is also a way for us to fulfill our mission to be another avenue for fashion designers to show what they have,” Paisa said.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Spoken word poetry by: Quencie D.R Puno ang aking isipan ng mga katanungan, Ni hindi ko alam kung may patutunguhan. Hindi ko alam kung paano o saan sisimulan, Kung tatakbo palayo o sayo ay ika'y lalapitan. Eto na sisimulan ko na ngunit nagaalangan, Sa simulang tanungin ang yong pangalan. Nang di naglaon nalaman ko yung katauhan, Di nagtagal tayo ay naging magkaibigan. Aking hihimayin kung gaano kahaba o kaikli, Etong tulang patungkol sayo at pinili. Kung ilang pahina at itatantya kung sakali, Sisimulan ko na ngunit eto ako nagbabakasali. Simula sa  "Ako at Ikaw" ngunit walang tayo, Ano bang pakiramdam ng maging gwapo? Dahil lahat ng niligawan mo iyong napa-Oo. Babe,Mahal at lahat ng tawagan nagamit mo. Balita ko madaming nagkakagusto sayo, May nakahome based na sa puso mo. Nakatres ba? Ilang puntos ba sya sayo? Gusto mo pala maglaro sana sinabihan mo ako. Gusto mo ng one-on-one pero madami pa pala, Kung tutuusin sa mobile legends adik ka na. Paiba iba ka ng character bane,alpha at angela, Inugali mo na pati sa laro kotang - kota ka na. Di kami isang laro pag napagtripan mo na, Di kami dota iffirst blood mo tapos GG na. Di kami coc o lol iiwan mo pag nagsawa kana, Ano bang degree natapos mo at bihasa kana. Patawad!! Kung ginusto kita, Patawad sa mga binitawan'g salita. Patawad kung mahal na kita, Patawad kung ako'y lalayo muna.
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Apr 19, 2019
Apr 19, 2019 at 3:46 AM UTC
"Patawad"
~ for Angela Scuteri ~ Cancer cells bloom and open their capsules split apart and spit the pips on the red tide.
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Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 10:52 AM UTC
Cancer
Angel, protect me my friend Now with thy open wings you tend Giving the grace of purity of heart Ever there with truth never far apart Let me thank thee, for all that you do Angel that lights up this world, so true
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Jul 17, 2010
Jul 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM UTC
247: Angela (Acrostic)
Ballerina stance leaner porcelain poised demeanor lined up for a chance at that old 500 gram repeater. Yeah, a little firecracker, a little fire eater. Twiggy figure, ****** fire dome where her little wires teeter. Excellent muse material my ***** optics viewed ethereal Beauty, and she knew it. Arrogance. Noted, duly. Pittsburgh's resident fire ant, with a grace to match her face And a whole crew of troglodytes racing to get a taste So thanks Angela Chase; I prefer the fantasy too. And thanks to you my chickens won't be sleeping easy in their coup. Loop Jabberwocky with Calligraphy and dabbled in polygamy. purpose: ****** cyst bubbles to the surface. Misinterpret the tongue touching and hand clutching, you were baby girlie thumb-sucking But thought more than twice about it when it came to dumb-fucking. Pretty face: check Depression: not yet Appreciating phonemes, but still a nervous wreck false carrot tops to bed, awkward with the ***** work. Near waif redhead. Pittsburgh Boys. the city lurks It's been a minute since the girl scouts got at me, I bought it. Hop in the DeLorean tell Lauren that I'm off it.
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Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 at 2:47 PM UTC
Security Breach at The Hen House
He was a boy dressed in green who flew into the Nursery one night. He flew in to retrieve the shadow that had gotten separated from him. He had his fairy and best friend Tinkerbell fly into the room at first. He followed about a minute later and told Tinkerbell to find it for him. He watched Tinkerbell fly over a dresser drawer & asked which one. He ran over to the drawer that Tinkerbell stayed beside & he opened it. He takes the shadow out & happily holds it in his arms and hugs it. He tries to stick the shadow on by just putting it on his head and poses. He then has to pick the shadow up from the floor when it falls off. He tries again and then sees soap & says he'll use that to make it stick. He rubs the soap on the shadow or himself & tries to make it stick. He starts to get very upset because the shadow won't stick itself to him. He starts breathing heavily & asks, "What's the matter with you?" He wakes Wendy & she thinks he's crying. "Boy, why are you crying?" He answers her differently in the recent version from the others. He just stands up from where he is and bows to her in the other films. He stands up in the recent version & says to her, "I'm not crying." He's told in the recent film that he looks like a boy out of a storybook. He calls himself a "brave adventurer" & Wendy says, "Who cries." He looks at Wendy and says to her, more sternly this time, "I don't cry." He asks what her name is, she says, "Wendy Mira Angela Darling." He tells her his & says, "It's enough for me." when she asks if that's it. He looks around & asks, "Is this a real house?" Wendy says, "Yes." He doesn't ask that in all the other versions, they just exchange names. He does different things depending on what version you watch. He goes out in the hall in the recent film when a noise interests him. He tells her some things about himself, like that he is forgetful. "Second star to the right and straight on till morning." is where he lives. He tells Wendy this in every single version when she asks him. He's asked if he gets letters & says in many films, "I don't get any letters." He says in the recent film, "I don't get any." with a little shrug. He also says, "I don't have a mother." when told his mother must get'em. He puts a hand up & backs up when Wendy tries to hug him. He says, "You mustn't touch me." Wendy puts her arms down & asks why. He says, "No one has ever touched me." and just looks at her. He's told by Wendy, "No wonder you were crying." and looks at her again. He says, "I told you I wasn't. I just can't get my shadow to stick." He also tells her, "I tried everything. Even soap." points to the bar of soap. He gets the shadow on with the help of Wendy & is happy again. He gets a thimble thinking it's a kiss and gives Wendy one to thank her. He tells her about Neverland & she tells him that she knows stories. He tells her to come with him and says that they will both fly to get there. He says before this that he knows fairies & Wendy meets Tinkerbell. He allows Wendy's brothers Michael and John to come fly with them too. He teachers everyone how to fly and then they are off to Neverland.
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Feb 14, 2015
Feb 14, 2015 at 4:28 PM UTC
The Adventurous Boy Meets Wendy
He was a boy dressed in green who flew into the Nursery one night. He flew in to retrieve the shadow that had gotten separated from him. He had his fairy and best friend Tinkerbell fly into the room at first. He followed about a minute later and told Tinkerbell to find it for him. He watched Tinkerbell fly over a dresser drawer & asked which one. He ran over to the drawer that Tinkerbell stayed beside & he opened it. He takes the shadow out & happily holds it in his arms and hugs it. He tries to stick the shadow on by just putting it on his head and poses. He then has to pick the shadow up from the floor when it falls off. He tries again and then sees soap & says he'll use that to make it stick. He rubs the soap on the shadow or himself & tries to make it stick. He starts to get very upset because the shadow won't stick itself to him. He starts breathing heavily & asks, "What's the matter with you?" He wakes Wendy & she thinks he's crying. "Boy, why are you crying?" He answers her differently in the recent version from the others. He just stands up from where he is and bows to her in the other films. He stands up in the recent version & says to her, "I'm not crying." He's told in the recent film that he looks like a boy out of a storybook. He calls himself a "brave adventurer" & Wendy says, "Who cries." He looks at Wendy and says to her, more sternly this time, "I don't cry." He asks what her name is, she says, "Wendy Mira Angela Darling." He tells her his & says, "It's enough for me." when she asks if that's it. He looks around & asks, "Is this a real house?" Wendy says, "Yes." He doesn't ask that in all the other versions, they just exchange names. He does different things depending on what version you watch. He goes out in the hall in the recent film when a noise interests him. He tells her some things about himself, like that he is forgetful. "Second star to the right and straight on till morning." is where he lives. He tells Wendy this in every single version when she asks him. He's asked if he gets letters & says in many films, "I don't get any letters." He says in the recent film, "I don't get any." with a little shrug. He also says, "I don't have a mother." when told his mother must get'em. He puts a hand up & backs up when Wendy tries to hug him. He says, "You mustn't touch me." Wendy puts her arms down & asks why. He says, "No one has ever touched me." and just looks at her. He's told by Wendy, "No wonder you were crying." and looks at her again. He says, "I told you I wasn't. I just can't get my shadow to stick." He also tells her, "I tried everything. Even soap." points to the bar of soap. He gets the shadow on with the help of Wendy & is happy again. He gets a thimble thinking it's a kiss and gives Wendy one to thank her. He tells her about Neverland & she tells him that she knows stories. He tells her to come with him and says that they will both fly to get there. He says before this that he knows fairies & Wendy meets Tinkerbell. He allows Wendy's brothers Michael and John to come fly with them too. He teachers everyone how to fly and then they are off to Neverland.
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I didn't find the time in the months I was around you To ever say, "Hello," Or learn your name. Angela S. I didn't know it until today. I didn't know that you were thirty-six until I read the articles about you. I knew that you were late to choir sometimes, And you wore shorts even when it was cold. I didn't know you lived in those apartments until the police were investigating them. My sister lived so close to there. I didn't find the time to know you, Angela S. But I found the time to judge you. You stood between seconds and you were a first. You didn't know your parts very well. I was annoyed. It's concert choir, no audition. I shouldn't have been so bothered. I'm sorry. That was the last time I saw you. I didn't know you had a son until after he found your body. I knew next to nothing about you until you were shot. We sang the same music for months.
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May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 at 2:08 AM UTC
Angela S.
There you were: Second to last track Side 1, “Atlantic Soul Classics”.1987 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Take out the TCP) The power, the control, the energy, Never heard a **** thing like it. Then that Cliff Richard Show footage I saw on some old BBC clip show (yeah, I know…Cliff, eh?) “Don’t Play That Song” in crackly black & white Sorry for the language, Sister.. but **** the power of your piano playing in that moment made me realise that you were not “just a singer” but a full-on force to be reckoned with. Like Sinatra you studied lyrics like a monk deep in illumination and then blew the song away with your received otherworldly knowledge: Eleanor Rigby The Weight The Dark End of The Street Border Song Bridge Over Troubled Water I Say A Little Prayer Oh, these were your songs, now. Don’t let anyone forget it. But there was something more to you than all of this. The way MLK kissed you with beaming pride at some long, forgotten award ceremony. The way you sashayed African culture when you stepped out in public. The way you ripped up your own records when you tread the boards & faced your humbled audience. The way you stood by Angela Davis when she was hooked up on some stupid jackshit Hoover charge. The way you verbalized the black American experience not just through countless moments of  sheer liberation but in the solemn way you stepped up to the piano on Amazing Grace You comforted this whiter-than-white Paddy on more than one occasion and forged a path of hope in many of his troubled waters. Oh, God we will miss you & your power – all of it. That once in a millennia voice whose measured restraint & joyful release touched millions. You will never walk alone. Farewell Queen. You are finally at peace. Thank you, thank you Ms. Franklin Sean M. O’Kane 16/8/18
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 5:21 PM UTC
WX 105 (for Aretha)
There you were: Second to last track Side 1, “Atlantic Soul Classics”.1987 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Take out the TCP) The power, the control, the energy, Never heard a **** thing like it. Then that Cliff Richard Show footage I saw on some old BBC clip show (yeah, I know…Cliff, eh?) “Don’t Play That Song” in crackly black & white Sorry for the language, Sister.. but **** the power of your piano playing in that moment made me realise that you were not “just a singer” but a full-on force to be reckoned with. Like Sinatra you studied lyrics like a monk deep in illumination and then blew the song away with your received otherworldly knowledge: Eleanor Rigby The Weight The Dark End of The Street Border Song Bridge Over Troubled Water I Say A Little Prayer Oh, these were your songs, now. Don’t let anyone forget it. But there was something more to you than all of this. The way MLK kissed you with beaming pride at some long, forgotten award ceremony. The way you sashayed African culture when you stepped out in public. The way you ripped up your own records when you tread the boards & faced your humbled audience. The way you stood by Angela Davis when she was hooked up on some stupid jackshit Hoover charge. The way you verbalized the black American experience not just through countless moments of  sheer liberation but in the solemn way you stepped up to the piano on Amazing Grace You comforted this whiter-than-white Paddy on more than one occasion and forged a path of hope in many of his troubled waters. Oh, God we will miss you & your power – all of it. That once in a millennia voice whose measured restraint & joyful release touched millions. You will never walk alone. Farewell Queen. You are finally at peace. Thank you, thank you Ms. Franklin Sean M. O’Kane 16/8/18
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If I had to create my object of love. The way God created us. I guess I have to imagine her. She would have the sexuality of Marilyn Monroe. The face of Halle Berry just for starter. If I had to create my own creation. She would have the charm of Kelly Ripa. And the voice of Angela Bassette. Plus, the grace of Deborah Kerr. And the heart of many good women. If I was to create my own creation. But those are fantasy dreams of mine. Any good hearted quality woman would suit me fine. It's not that the prettiest women are the best. Because many average women loves the best. But if I was to make my own creation. I guess she would be just like my mom. Full of love. Full of warmth. Mixed with a whole lot of compassion for others.
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Feb 7, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 at 8:45 AM UTC
My Own Creation
Worthy of what? lies? indifference? Raging at my own heart that breaks apart so easily moment by moment in fits and starts wildly beating, wide open like a fool blindly chasing an illusion Worthy of what? time? evasion? A strange alliance this friendship we have absurdly laughable and unworthy of these words or anything ever offered because I am more than worthy... Angela Minard 2013©
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Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM UTC
Worthy
Dear Angela, When was the last time the wind blew threw your hair or did it go through your body too? I didn’t know the last time we saw each other, the cat would stain on the wall with its **** and then you would miss your date. Your hair looked like a crown in the sun. Did you ever get the energy to come out of bed? Dear Angela, Soot collects in the hollows your cheekbones, the eyeliner you have rubbed off in your sleep. The last time I saw you, you were cleaning the cat’s **** from the walls and missed your date and we laughed it off and had pizza instead. Angela, I know you are exhausted from simply opening your eyes. Angela, do you still hold your body at night like it is something holy? Dear Angela, Do you remember when we had tea in the August heat in clear plastic cups with our pinkies up and your mother showed us her corrugated cucumbers? Angela do you remember when you were swimming in the Y with the ladies whose bodies could hold your body and mine and still have room for more. Dear Angela, Do you remember when we walked out of class during your first panic attack and how I told you to lay down on the plastic benches that littered the hallway and you said you suddenly felt calm again? Angela do you still lie down on your side sometimes and think about going back to your prime days? Did you know then? Dear Angela, I can tell you to stay strong but I don’t know what that means either. I can tell you that it is winter now and it is cold and campus is a dead white man’s tomb but there are still flowers that stay in the winter time. They call it a winter garden. Angela, maybe you are a winter garden, maybe you are the softest footprint in the snow.
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Jun 29, 2019
Jun 29, 2019 at 4:50 PM UTC
Dear Angela
Dear Angela, When was the last time the wind blew threw your hair or did it go through your body too? I didn’t know the last time we saw each other, the cat would stain on the wall with its **** and then you would miss your date. Your hair looked like a crown in the sun. Did you ever get the energy to come out of bed? Dear Angela, Soot collects in the hollows your cheekbones, the eyeliner you have rubbed off in your sleep. The last time I saw you, you were cleaning the cat’s **** from the walls and missed your date and we laughed it off and had pizza instead. Angela, I know you are exhausted from simply opening your eyes. Angela, do you still hold your body at night like it is something holy? Dear Angela, Do you remember when we had tea in the August heat in clear plastic cups with our pinkies up and your mother showed us her corrugated cucumbers? Angela do you remember when you were swimming in the Y with the ladies whose bodies could hold your body and mine and still have room for more. Dear Angela, Do you remember when we walked out of class during your first panic attack and how I told you to lay down on the plastic benches that littered the hallway and you said you suddenly felt calm again? Angela do you still lie down on your side sometimes and think about going back to your prime days? Did you know then? Dear Angela, I can tell you to stay strong but I don’t know what that means either. I can tell you that it is winter now and it is cold and campus is a dead white man’s tomb but there are still flowers that stay in the winter time. They call it a winter garden. Angela, maybe you are a winter garden, maybe you are the softest footprint in the snow.
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SINGING TO THE CARNIVAL By Angela Turner I’ve been singing To the carnival Ever since you can remember Sometimes With the stage fright Of opening night Trembling just beneath The skin Sometimes Like the well worn Paths of a sonnet. Rote, familiar, warm And Lately, As the ballad of sunset Sends the lights to whirring And the music to Jar the night ‘s somnolence Beginnings unfurl in you Like the big top. Death defying feats Of the marvelous Maloneys, Or tigers Passing through the flame And the stadium is seated With row after row of Possibilities, I sing With the belabored breath Of a hospice Knowing this chance could Be my last For all the new And beautiful things That will astound and amaze Have designed the tent For the next town And their tunes Require a different song Than this singer And her worn out notes That grow the bones building the man. So just one last time Let the old girl sing To the head on pillow And blankets all tucked in Around the carnival in you. That was once in me Before I was amazed and astounded By this life and all that awaits
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May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015 at 11:12 AM UTC
Singing to the Carnival
Those like David McWilliams tried to make us see the light, but our politicians were quick to tell us everything was all right It’s grand they said; sure our economy is booming, though now it appears they knew disaster was looming It seems the easy credit and ridiculous property prices, left the banks owing billions, facing a financial crisis and one night our politicians agreed the bank guarantee, borrowing billions from Europe, selling our sovereignty. The billions owed by the banks were to be paid by you and me, which meant we all faced years of austerity The money disappeared almost as quickly as Fianna Fail, we were at the mercy of the Troika, Angela Merkel and all. We owed billions in the form of a promissory note, with billions to be paid each year, by rote The banks and the developers washed their hands of it all, some even representing us now in the Dail! Yes the banks and bond holders who were mostly to blame, did not lose a penny, they knew how to play the game But for us there’s no help, it’s an absolute shame, and the politicians reasoning sounds completely lame We had our politicians and the business world to thank, but they laughed all the way to the nearest offshore bank Swiftly followed by developers and entrepreneurs, all this country got from them was a collective Up Yours!
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Aug 15, 2015
Aug 15, 2015 at 9:33 AM UTC
The Irish Questioned (Part 2)
Angela, would you ever come back? I've been asking this question as the licquor subsides. I've been sleeping on it, just to take its weight down. I ate three tasteless burgers, and rummaged through their tomatoes looking for your lips red as cherries. Hopefulness is a disease, a cancer because it spreads in violent fingers. The **** of my heart has begun before the burgers settled.
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Apr 11, 2012
Apr 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM UTC
Untitled
You think after so long The pain would be gone I know you're home with the Father But I can't say the same for another Is my sorrow for my own loss? Or for others who have lost? For I have hope, but they have none But who's to really say till judgment day has come Openly I weep, I don't care who sees Out in the open my grief brings me to my knees Some day I will see you again So I'll press on until then I wish you were still here But I celebrate that you are there Where angela tread and saints sing "Hosanna in the highest" "Glory to the King" How beautiful it must be But I wish you were here with me One day you will meet me a the gates On the day that decides our fates On the day my body goes to the grave When my spirit soars and my soul is saved Once again we will meet And I'll cast my crown at the Fathers feet Then we will embrace, before any other A child reunited with his mother.
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Jul 16, 2012
Jul 16, 2012 at 12:51 AM UTC
Death
Looking back at photos of Christmases past. An action shot of my youngest boy, testing out his new hula hoop. I can see my mother’s feet. She’s sitting in her chair, watching what must’ve felt like the magic of the day unfolding before her very eyes. And, it was magic. For a while her pain had subsided, her knees didn’t hurt, and she simply enjoyed her small, nucleus, family as we unwrapped the wonders laid out before us. Her shoes, the ones she deemed the most comfortable, were yellow and black little tennies. I called them her bumblebee shoes. And, there they are in the bottom left corner of these last three photos. Now, she’s gone. Somewhere, around the corner, we say. To the other side, we say. But, she’s always near, we say. And, as I think of her now, I imagine her as a drawing, a cartoon, like something that Bill Watterson might have drawn up. Bumblebee shoes, looking a little bit like dinner rolls, (That’s how Schultz described Watterson’s drawing of Calvin’s feet.) her capri jeans, showing her little birdie-like ankles, and her comfy, orange Kool-aid Man shirt. (I still have it.) She’s still a bit wobbly, unsteady on her feet, but she’s doing okay. So am I. (Angela too.) So’s Pops. So are her grandkids. We miss her. And, this Christmas is different, that’s for sure. But, she walks into my thoughts, coming from the kitchen of my memories, carrying a cup of coffee or a plate of something wonderful for me to taste. And, she’s always wearing her bumblebee shoes. *** -JBClaywell ©P&ZPublications 2018
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Dec 25, 2018
Dec 25, 2018 at 10:31 AM UTC
Bumblebee Shoes
Looking back at photos of Christmases past. An action shot of my youngest boy, testing out his new hula hoop. I can see my mother’s feet. She’s sitting in her chair, watching what must’ve felt like the magic of the day unfolding before her very eyes. And, it was magic. For a while her pain had subsided, her knees didn’t hurt, and she simply enjoyed her small, nucleus, family as we unwrapped the wonders laid out before us. Her shoes, the ones she deemed the most comfortable, were yellow and black little tennies. I called them her bumblebee shoes. And, there they are in the bottom left corner of these last three photos. Now, she’s gone. Somewhere, around the corner, we say. To the other side, we say. But, she’s always near, we say. And, as I think of her now, I imagine her as a drawing, a cartoon, like something that Bill Watterson might have drawn up. Bumblebee shoes, looking a little bit like dinner rolls, (That’s how Schultz described Watterson’s drawing of Calvin’s feet.) her capri jeans, showing her little birdie-like ankles, and her comfy, orange Kool-aid Man shirt. (I still have it.) She’s still a bit wobbly, unsteady on her feet, but she’s doing okay. So am I. (Angela too.) So’s Pops. So are her grandkids. We miss her. And, this Christmas is different, that’s for sure. But, she walks into my thoughts, coming from the kitchen of my memories, carrying a cup of coffee or a plate of something wonderful for me to taste. And, she’s always wearing her bumblebee shoes. *** -JBClaywell ©P&ZPublications 2018
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THESE EYES,THESE BEAUTIFUL EYES When you looked at me The fire of your eyes created Deep waves in the sea of my soul I am drowning deeper and deeper In the wide ocean of infinite love These eyes,these beautiful eyes Made me see deep in the ocean And imbibe wisdom from the sky These eyes,these beautiful eyes Painted kindness on my mind; And inscribed love on my heart These eyes,these beautiful eyes More beautiful than the starry night More sweet than the moonbeam kiss More kind than fragrance of perfumed garden These eyes,these beautiful eyes Marilyn Ann Francis Beautiful....EXCELLENT...MAF Angela Davis Natasha Nabokov Thank you, poets, you make my day Natasha Nabokov It's such a memorable poem, Matloob. Thank you Wow, Matloob, you should post your work in FM Online Magazine, I know that the editor would publish it! Michele Vizzotti-White Writing about eyes is such a great idea and u do it so beautifuly, u go on from the appearance to the way they make one feel in few but rich words, my fav line is the painted kindness in my mind eyes tell so much yet i have not read many poems about them Saalik Siddiqui Fantastic indeed. Demelia Denton Another beautiful poem Matloob Melanie Bingham Chapman very, very nicely written ! Natasha Nabokov Oh, you are so magnificently productive Larry Barmash What would you do if I sang out a tune Perry Alexander Nectar of love.
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Oct 17, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 at 10:25 PM UTC
THESE EYES,THESE BEAUTIFUL EYES
Nymphets like me grow up, and guess what? I am not any scared or scarred In a parallel world, Angela invited Lester to her wedding day and it's realer than death There's nothing to heal - no sight of old pain Am I really strong? I am not sorry - I am not hurt Even if I did break a few hearts This nymphet got a job and she dyed her hair She got to her destination - but she's not done yet! And I might have to leave all of those nymphet, stylish things no more daddies on the scene but my inner fire still burns deep let me resignify what I mean when I wear my heart shaped glasses when I feel all pink that's eternal, it has no age or anything It's true, I am not ******** anymore. Isn't that a whole lot more fun? I am a full woman now and I am not backing down (I always was this, waiting to come out) So I look in the mirror, and my inner nymphet eyes back, "you're doing fine, I am proud of who you are"
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Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020 at 10:13 AM UTC
Nymphet forever
I barely know your name, I have seen your face, A sorrowful divinity, Delicate like the pain in your eyes, Small, sweet, yet somehow broken, The tranquil pain says so much. Your hair drinks in the light, And your hands hold a smooth Grief that grows deep and kills, Eventually you will see a poem And wonder if you are like that, If your beauty is calamitous, If your rose petal smile Cries with humble tears When you look at distant stars, Wether you see white doves Of dark Ravens , Or even both in your sleepy heart, You who hold the adoration Of the blind man, In love with shells, You- beauty of the sorrows- Have a sweet hole in your heart, Love complete, body and soul, I confess your picture is a spectre, It exhausts my soul And I open my arms, Would you run to me? Would you just half smile And cry a tear for what will never be? You have a divine thirst, And your eyes carry a myriad Of fluttering whispers, Words that float to me, The wrath of your being, One day to find one another..... The bitter heaviness of your name, Angela....Angela...... Angela, I whisper to broken air, Your picture is a feast of beauty, Yet I cannot hope for more Than a haunted glare. I sink myself into mortal grief, The paralysis of you, Angela....Angela.... You leap to life When nothing is possible.
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Jan 8, 2017
Jan 8, 2017 at 6:48 PM UTC
Angela
she is a star suspended in dreamlike wonder i wonder where i can find you covered in sunflower petals and hay where in sunrise the flowers bow their heads to you celestial bodies fall from the sky drawn to heavenly presence riding over velvet winds i stumble and sail Angela - you are bloodied and disfigured red from a soldier’s bite the breeze bows to your sword in hand as the sky turns ashen crimson and you call out to the bodies of the people before you in declining crescendo Angela - you are a warrior but you are cracked open and i want to ask you if that hurts
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Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC
Angela
Reynard and I held back after biology while the other kids had gone and we walked up the corridor I could have scored that goal lunchtime if Goldfinch hadn't got in my way he's always where you don't want him to be Reynard said I saw Jeanette walking ahead of us with her blonde friend Angela Jeanette had class I thought her friend was a short mouthy girl but Jeanette was quite reserved and looked at you as if you had stepped in her sunshine but I liked her and that quick kiss I snatched the other day still felt stuck on my lips Angela had short tight blonde curls Jeanette had long dark hair reaching her shoulders I gazed at her thin figure her arms by her side the satchel over her shoulder Reynard was still talking about the football lunchtime I was looking at Jeanette’s sway of hips almost unseen yet visible to the trained eye the way her legs came down to her well heeled shoes the white ankle socks think we ought to try get Frazer on our side he'd be great in goal better than Dunton the prat he couldn't save a goal if the ball was as big as he was Reynard said yes we must get Frazer I said wondering how I’d get that kiss that Jeanette promised the lips tempting and her cheek just visible the place my lips touched the other day and the kiss just stayed there and wouldn't go away.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 2:00 AM UTC
AFTER BIOLOGY IN 1962.
let's skip lunch & get this over with a little dance of a growing flower one  at a time,  bland  & ignorant girls tiptoeing, girls daydreaming the corridor gives us chills white, green, white,  green for fear spellbinds,  we resist will this be enough? we never broke the walls we found the door & it was open w     i     d     e.  rather wide, so *"off we go"*? where? where? the fountain behind the library *                          *was beautiful, sister sure,      it was
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Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017 at 2:35 PM UTC
St. Angela Merici, pray for us
My real mother, her name is Angela She invests her heart and soul into a child that she did not birth. She loves, has a selfless sacrifice for someone else's kid in all of her, while ignoring her own comfort. She could never replace my biological mother, but every child needs her mother and nothing can change how much I love her
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Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020 at 2:17 AM UTC
My Mother Angela