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175 I have never seen “Volcanoes”— But, when Travellers tell How those old—phlegmatic mountains Usually so still— Bear within—appalling Ordnance, Fire, and smoke, and gun, Taking Villages for breakfast, And appalling Men— If the stillness is Volcanic In the human face When upon a pain Titanic Features keep their place— If at length the smouldering anguish Will not overcome— And the palpitating Vineyard In the dust, be thrown? If some loving Antiquary, On Resumption Morn, Will not cry with joy “Pompeii”! To the Hills return!
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I have never seen “Volcanoes”
This is the easy time, there is nothing doing. I have whirled the midwife's extractor, I have my honey, Six jars of it, Six cat's eyes in the wine cellar, Wintering in a dark without window At the heart of the house Next to the last tenant's rancid jam and the bottles of empty glitters ---- Sir So-and-so's gin. This is the room I have never been in This is the room I could never breathe in. The black bunched in there like a bat, No light But the torch and its faint Chinese yellow on appalling objects ---- Black asininity. Decay. Possession. It is they who own me. Neither cruel nor indifferent, Only ignorant. This is the time of hanging on for the bees--the bees So slow I hardly know them, Filing like soldiers To the syrup tin To make up for the honey I've taken. Tate and Lyle keeps them going, The refined snow. It is Tate and Lyle they live on, instead of flowers. They take it. The cold sets in. Now they ball in a mass, Black Mind against all that white. The smile of the snow is white. It spreads itself out, a mile-long body of Meissen, Into which, on warm days, They can only carry their dead. The bees are all women, Maids and the long royal lady. They have got rid of the men, The blunt, clumsy stumblers, the boors. Winter is for women ---- The woman, still at her knitting, At the cradle of Spanis walnut, Her body a bulb in the cold and too dumb to think. Will the hive survive, will the gladiolas Succeed in banking their fires To enter another year? What will they taste of, the Christmas roses? The bees are flying. They taste the spring.
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Wintering
This is the easy time, there is nothing doing. I have whirled the midwife's extractor, I have my honey, Six jars of it, Six cat's eyes in the wine cellar, Wintering in a dark without window At the heart of the house Next to the last tenant's rancid jam and the bottles of empty glitters ---- Sir So-and-so's gin. This is the room I have never been in This is the room I could never breathe in. The black bunched in there like a bat, No light But the torch and its faint Chinese yellow on appalling objects ---- Black asininity. Decay. Possession. It is they who own me. Neither cruel nor indifferent, Only ignorant. This is the time of hanging on for the bees--the bees So slow I hardly know them, Filing like soldiers To the syrup tin To make up for the honey I've taken. Tate and Lyle keeps them going, The refined snow. It is Tate and Lyle they live on, instead of flowers. They take it. The cold sets in. Now they ball in a mass, Black Mind against all that white. The smile of the snow is white. It spreads itself out, a mile-long body of Meissen, Into which, on warm days, They can only carry their dead. The bees are all women, Maids and the long royal lady. They have got rid of the men, The blunt, clumsy stumblers, the boors. Winter is for women ---- The woman, still at her knitting, At the cradle of Spanis walnut, Her body a bulb in the cold and too dumb to think. Will the hive survive, will the gladiolas Succeed in banking their fires To enter another year? What will they taste of, the Christmas roses? The bees are flying. They taste the spring.
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Another beautiful state in the Republic of Bhaarat, It is plagued by cross-border terrorism, How they redden the green valleys is appalling.
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May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 5:44 AM UTC
Jammu & Kashmir
That appalling desire, makes your heart beat so fast. It’s an unsettling ritual, which refuses to pass. The nagging need to feel something, and make yourself bleed. You must act and do it now, you wait for the great release. One slice turns into more, and you need it to hurt. No one must notice, hence the morbid allure. You can’t stop the impulse, once the fuse is lit. You tremble with sickly delight, after every slit. For now you’re done, carving your skin. Since the need seems gone, even though it doesn’t last long. But at least in those moments, you feel that sweet song.
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 11:15 PM UTC
Bleed
First came the false presumptions of luxury The gaudy glamour Bright dresses and dark suits Awkward glances and ****** food Eventually though The evening settled down And then, after the smoking and drinking Came 1 o'clock, the worn-out end of a hazy day Suddenly, It was a smother of time, a stifling landscape of clocks a decaying of darkness The night gave way to trembling cold delirium And slow and slow down A slide from reality Everything fell I remember barely a glimmer- a hand, an arm, red sheets somewhere Eyes that whispered "what's wrong with her? what's her deal?" Or worse yet, faces that didn't care To see me, my wrists Appalling in all their shivering shaken chill dust In moments like this, I am nothing but a fearful machine Broken in its deepest workings, All function altered. Clamors and tremors of panic Withered illusions gathered at my feet like kittens I tossed the blanket from the makeshift bed Lay upon my back and waited Watched, frightened, the night revealing The hundred ignoble, vile images Of which my thoughts seems consisted of They flickered at bit- against the burgundy hammock And empty Baccardi bottles 2 o'clock shook the memory A crowd of twisted things, Torn and stained and coiling about my wrists I move by the sway of these thoughts that are curled around me -The notion of some infinitely suffering thing Oh I only need a lighthouse To guide my soon-to-be shipwreck home I only need a compass, a crucifix, a presence But never never to be found the way
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Jun 2, 2013
Jun 2, 2013 at 1:13 AM UTC
Prom
First came the false presumptions of luxury The gaudy glamour Bright dresses and dark suits Awkward glances and ****** food Eventually though The evening settled down And then, after the smoking and drinking Came 1 o'clock, the worn-out end of a hazy day Suddenly, It was a smother of time, a stifling landscape of clocks a decaying of darkness The night gave way to trembling cold delirium And slow and slow down A slide from reality Everything fell I remember barely a glimmer- a hand, an arm, red sheets somewhere Eyes that whispered "what's wrong with her? what's her deal?" Or worse yet, faces that didn't care To see me, my wrists Appalling in all their shivering shaken chill dust In moments like this, I am nothing but a fearful machine Broken in its deepest workings, All function altered. Clamors and tremors of panic Withered illusions gathered at my feet like kittens I tossed the blanket from the makeshift bed Lay upon my back and waited Watched, frightened, the night revealing The hundred ignoble, vile images Of which my thoughts seems consisted of They flickered at bit- against the burgundy hammock And empty Baccardi bottles 2 o'clock shook the memory A crowd of twisted things, Torn and stained and coiling about my wrists I move by the sway of these thoughts that are curled around me -The notion of some infinitely suffering thing Oh I only need a lighthouse To guide my soon-to-be shipwreck home I only need a compass, a crucifix, a presence But never never to be found the way
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A female tennis player might give An umpire a piece of her mind When she disagrees with him. Consequently, she is fined Or penalized in other ways. However, if the player's a male, He can spit, destroy his racket, Yell, and viciously assail The umpire at a tournament. He could even resort to calling The ump an "abortion," and little or nothing Happens to him. Now THAT'S appalling! A candid man might be considered "Direct" or "outspoken." Isn't that rich? But if you are an assertive women, You are basically called a ***** A man who loudly demonstrates At a Senate hearing in an angry fashion Could be considered "aggressive" or even Be called a man of "impetuous passion." A woman, however, who interrupts A Senate hearing with passion hears Herself being called "hysterical" when She's led away to Senators' sneers. Sexism? Discrimination? Inequality? Status quo? It certainly appears that way. The double standard has got to go! -by Bob B (9-11-18)
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Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 at 9:13 AM UTC
The Old Double Standard
As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch of the railway: "Love has no ending. "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, "I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky. "The years shall run like rabbits, For in my arms I hold The Flower of the Ages, And the first love of the world." But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: "O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time. "In the burrows of the Nightmare Where Justice naked is, Time watches from the shadow And coughs when you would kiss. "In headaches and in worry Vaguely life leaks away, And Time will have his fancy To-morrow or to-day. "Into many a green valley Drifts the appalling snow; Time breaks the threaded dances And the diver's brilliant bow. "O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. "The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the tea-cup opens A lane to the land of the dead. "Where the beggars raffle the banknotes And the Giant is enchanting to Jack, And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer, And Jill goes down on her back. "O look, look in the mirror? O look in your distress: Life remains a blessing Although you cannot bless. "O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and start; You shall love your crooked neighbour With your crooked heart." It was late, late in the evening, The lovers they were gone; The clocks had ceased their chiming, And the deep river ran on.
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As I Walked Out One Evening
As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch of the railway: "Love has no ending. "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, "I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky. "The years shall run like rabbits, For in my arms I hold The Flower of the Ages, And the first love of the world." But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: "O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time. "In the burrows of the Nightmare Where Justice naked is, Time watches from the shadow And coughs when you would kiss. "In headaches and in worry Vaguely life leaks away, And Time will have his fancy To-morrow or to-day. "Into many a green valley Drifts the appalling snow; Time breaks the threaded dances And the diver's brilliant bow. "O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. "The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the tea-cup opens A lane to the land of the dead. "Where the beggars raffle the banknotes And the Giant is enchanting to Jack, And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer, And Jill goes down on her back. "O look, look in the mirror? O look in your distress: Life remains a blessing Although you cannot bless. "O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and start; You shall love your crooked neighbour With your crooked heart." It was late, late in the evening, The lovers they were gone; The clocks had ceased their chiming, And the deep river ran on.
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He's so beautiful when he's sleeping. And even though his eyes are closed I can tell he's dreaming. He's smiling while he's sleeping. And even though he may not know it I can see him beaming. His eyes are bright when he is sleeping. And though his eye lids try to hide them I can feel his soft eyes gleaming. I shouldn’t watch him sleeping. For if he wakes and sees me here He'll know that I was looking. Is it strange I watched as he was sleeping? It's just when he sleeps he looks so happy, And he's warm and soft when he's sleeping. I shouldn’t watch him sleeping. For I look really silly here And there's a chance he's peeping. I want to touch his face a-sleeping. But we are not alone in here And the others'll think I'm creeping. I love to see his face a-sleeping. And it pains my heart to know he knows Others find his face appalling. I can't wait 'till he's done sleeping. I want to hear his voice like thunder But right now he is sleeping. I can't wait 'till he's done sleeping. I want to see his eyes of fire But right now he is sleeping. I want not to bother him, or wake him while he's sleeping. I just want to watch him 'cause He's beautiful when he's sleeping. #13_3/31/13
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Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014 at 10:38 AM UTC
He's Beautiful When He's Sleeping
Through portico of my elegant house you stalk With your wild furies, disturbing garlands of fruit And the fabulous lutes and peacocks, rending the net Of all decorum which holds the whirlwind back. Now, rich order of walls is fallen; rooks croak Above the appalling ruin; in bleak light Of your stormy eye, magic takes flight Like a daunted witch, quitting castle when real days break. Fractured pillars frame prospects of rock; While you stand heroic in coat and tie, I sit Composed in Grecian tunic and psyche-knot, Rooted to your black look, the play turned tragic: Which such blight wrought on our bankrupt estate, What ceremony of words can patch the havoc?
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Conversation Among The Ruins
Oh, how disgusting. All this disguising... To become somebody that’s worth existing. Oh, it's repulsing. Fully engulfing... Every truth, that ever found itself hiding. So join me... Hey let's play a lying game! And ***** ourselves, with something exciting! Deceiving, and heartless thieving... After all life is so dull without some bleeding. Such is life for a boring... Existence... Cause I’m a... Liar, liar! And only that is true! After all fire, fire... Is something I pursue! Just call out liar, liar! And I’ll infect you too... With the addictive taboo... Of bidding the truth adieu. Trust me! That’s a lie, such a lie, for a lie! You see, I can’t pry my own dyed scheming eyes. So please, forgive my falsified truthful lies. ...Truly... Lying! ‘Cause I’m a liar. Oh, how appalling. The lies are crawling... And covering every single little bit. Oh, how revolting. And full of loathing. It’s nauseating! Exhilarating, Isn’t it? Manipulating. Hardly pulsating... A heart like that, is the only one that’s free. Without emotion, Without devotion... It’s much easier to fake something happy. Much easier to fake yourself being happy... So, join me! Hey, let's play a lying game! And cover ourselves, with something inviting! Rewriting, and truly lying... Finally a story that wasn’t meant to end with painful feelings! Put on the masks, and let's have us a masquerade! Dancing senselessly, on the shadows of the betrayed! A smiling, and crying, and lying charade... Such is life for a boring... Existence. 'Cause I’m a liar, liar, And only that is true! After all fire, fire, Is something I pursue! Just call out liar, liar! And I’ll infect you too... With the addictive taboo... Of bidding the truth adieu. 'Cause I’m a liar. Peek-a-peek-a-boo! Ha, ha, I found you! Hiding from the truth... Well it’s nothing new. Peek-a-peek-a-boo! I can see right through! Liars know liars... Like you know the back of your own hand. It’s bland. Such an existence... Where everything goes as planned. Wasteland... Is much more fun to navigate and understand. That’s why... I left it behind, my world is covered in lies. That’s why... It seems there’s no longer blue in my sky... So... Put on the masks, and let's have us one last masquerade! Dancing senselessly, on the shadows of the betrayed! A smiling, and crying, and lying charade! Such is life for the boring existence... Of a liar. Am I a... liar? Liar? Does it seem that way to you? After all fire, fire... Is burning through the roof... 'Cause you’re all... liars, liars! And I don’t know what’s true! After all fire, fire... Has ravaged all I knew... I call out liar, liar! I cannot trust you! But the world has gone askew... And there’s nothing else to do... Except bid the truth adieu... Leave this, leave it behind, hide it in the back of your head! I’ve given up on all I knew, There is nothing, that is truly true. I’ve given up on all I knew, Because after they betrayed me, they’ve gone askew. I’ve given up on all I knew, Because life, people are so boring and dull, There is nothing for me here. I don’t see a point in living... That’s a lie..? Trust me! What’s a lie? Is it lies? Only lies! I can’t pry my blind eyes, while I cry... Please, forgive my blackened sky full of lies! Truly... Lying! Truly... Dying...
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Aug 12, 2018
Aug 12, 2018 at 5:28 AM UTC
Help me.
Oh, how disgusting. All this disguising... To become somebody that’s worth existing. Oh, it's repulsing. Fully engulfing... Every truth, that ever found itself hiding. So join me... Hey let's play a lying game! And ***** ourselves, with something exciting! Deceiving, and heartless thieving... After all life is so dull without some bleeding. Such is life for a boring... Existence... Cause I’m a... Liar, liar! And only that is true! After all fire, fire... Is something I pursue! Just call out liar, liar! And I’ll infect you too... With the addictive taboo... Of bidding the truth adieu. Trust me! That’s a lie, such a lie, for a lie! You see, I can’t pry my own dyed scheming eyes. So please, forgive my falsified truthful lies. ...Truly... Lying! ‘Cause I’m a liar. Oh, how appalling. The lies are crawling... And covering every single little bit. Oh, how revolting. And full of loathing. It’s nauseating! Exhilarating, Isn’t it? Manipulating. Hardly pulsating... A heart like that, is the only one that’s free. Without emotion, Without devotion... It’s much easier to fake something happy. Much easier to fake yourself being happy... So, join me! Hey, let's play a lying game! And cover ourselves, with something inviting! Rewriting, and truly lying... Finally a story that wasn’t meant to end with painful feelings! Put on the masks, and let's have us a masquerade! Dancing senselessly, on the shadows of the betrayed! A smiling, and crying, and lying charade... Such is life for a boring... Existence. 'Cause I’m a liar, liar, And only that is true! After all fire, fire, Is something I pursue! Just call out liar, liar! And I’ll infect you too... With the addictive taboo... Of bidding the truth adieu. 'Cause I’m a liar. Peek-a-peek-a-boo! Ha, ha, I found you! Hiding from the truth... Well it’s nothing new. Peek-a-peek-a-boo! I can see right through! Liars know liars... Like you know the back of your own hand. It’s bland. Such an existence... Where everything goes as planned. Wasteland... Is much more fun to navigate and understand. That’s why... I left it behind, my world is covered in lies. That’s why... It seems there’s no longer blue in my sky... So... Put on the masks, and let's have us one last masquerade! Dancing senselessly, on the shadows of the betrayed! A smiling, and crying, and lying charade! Such is life for the boring existence... Of a liar. Am I a... liar? Liar? Does it seem that way to you? After all fire, fire... Is burning through the roof... 'Cause you’re all... liars, liars! And I don’t know what’s true! After all fire, fire... Has ravaged all I knew... I call out liar, liar! I cannot trust you! But the world has gone askew... And there’s nothing else to do... Except bid the truth adieu... Leave this, leave it behind, hide it in the back of your head! I’ve given up on all I knew, There is nothing, that is truly true. I’ve given up on all I knew, Because after they betrayed me, they’ve gone askew. I’ve given up on all I knew, Because life, people are so boring and dull, There is nothing for me here. I don’t see a point in living... That’s a lie..? Trust me! What’s a lie? Is it lies? Only lies! I can’t pry my blind eyes, while I cry... Please, forgive my blackened sky full of lies! Truly... Lying! Truly... Dying...
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O dear sweet rosy unattainable desire ...how sad, no way to change the mad cultivated asphodel, the visible reality... and skin's appalling petals--how inspired to be so Iying in the living room drunk naked and dreaming, in the absence of electricity... over and over eating the low root of the asphodel, gray fate... rolling in generation on the flowery couch as on a bank in Arden-- my only rose tonite's the treat of my own ****** Fall, 1953
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An Asphodel
there's a lone seal swimming by the sea hunting for silvers with heartless glee a fish shy there, another one wiggling there who really cares for his table always set for one darkness his day in the sun still he takes to the rolling tides lone, but ******* in his pride one day his eyes pique a double look as a mermaid pops out of his storybook stunning as a little light filters in as she swooshes by, waving her fins she's a sparkled beauty from head to toe her consonance and shine, lighting his mojo growing hunger and his drive keep following her on the ocean floor she shimmers between the rocks she dances one step she be in harmony to his glances he drives a barked out calling so raw and appalling shivers crawling down her back as he arf, arf's another attack alarmed with his lack of renaissance like she should be, she didn't offer a response as she keeps shimmering past the rocks racing, racing away from any further talk broken, he retreats to his mind the missing piece he'll never find there's a lone mermaid swimming by the sea and a lone seal barking of what could be Logan Robertson 11/13/2017
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Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 at 7:13 PM UTC
Seal Finds His Silver But Not His Gold
389 There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House, As lately as Today— I know it, by the numb look Such Houses have—alway— The Neighbors rustle in and out— The Doctor—drives away— A Window opens like a Pod— Abrupt—mechanically— Somebody flings a Mattress out— The Children hurry by— They wonder if it died—on that— I used to—when a Boy— The Minister—goes stiffly in— As if the House were His— And He owned all the Mourners—now— And little Boys—besides— And then the Milliner—and the Man Of the Appalling Trade— To take the measure of the House— There’ll be that Dark Parade— Of Tassels—and of Coaches—soon— It’s easy as a Sign— The Intuition of the News— In just a Country Town—
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There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House
“Amanda,” she said, in a bold assertion “We really are the same Person.” Limp in the dew and Wise like a sage, no wound cut No blood shed, yet, There was something this Bandage shut, Something yawning, gaping But I don’t know what… How sad! She’s crying, that Amanda, Shrugging ‘gainst the colic rain And almost lost in the copes-y veranda, Weeping softly on Those concrete flats, wearing “Red Tom’s And” both “Dating Matts” while I saw her fear in that moment, appalling, stalling With soroitous heart, “and fear of falling!” Binding them tightly: “That’s US haha!” How many laughs does a limp spirit draw? —(a disparaged few or none at all…) Still, she writes, “I am so glad” (a huff annoyed From Amanda, distant and sad, that I Can’t tell why “you” ever “joined.”) But this is not my place, a passerby, To pick up trash, inane and lonely, To cast my judgments and inquire—why? To heal the unbroken with words unspoken But scratched on refuse, she may “[heart] you” but refuse you, too The spirit of [heart] in Amanda awoken —(But she refused it, too!) And then be a token Some stranger takes home.
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Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014 at 7:52 AM UTC
“Amanda...”~or Refuse ~or Trash Poetry #1
Alexander K Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) Daughters,sisters and brethren in the African womenfolk Hail you, you are blessed among all the diversities of nature You are blessed for all peace and love beahviour in all of your times You are blessed for resilience and spiritual energy to soldier on By being a woman,wife,a girl , a mother and a grand mother In the African conditions which have no time for the women, Daughters of Africa both at home in Africa and the diaspora In Americas , Cuba,Brazil,or the whole Caribbean Be blessed for your virtue of love and forgiveness That swells your hearts as you ever treat to oblivion Those who **** you whether in war or in peace Even in marriage and the the offices On the platter of polygamy, rituals and crudeness of culture In the selfish farm labour where your spouse Gives you a remote encounter with brutality of bourgeoisie culture You always pick up the pieces and go for your stitches Whatsoever the number, like the appalling one Of above six stitches for the **** victims of Congo wars, You have always consolidated poor Africa from Smithereens of war and terrors of selfish male war, You have often mocked the cult of dictatorship on its face You have enticed social inclusions as societal virtue You have snooked to tribalism,racism and class bigotry on the face Them the cultic vices that have cemented Africa’s cult of dictatorship, Daughters of Africa stand up and make Africa the a temple of God Entice humanity with your wholesome fibre Restore Liberia to a national state in the song of Sirleaf Restore central Africa to a national family in the song Catherine Restore art and poetry to Africa in the arms with Marriama Ba and Micere Mugo Sire and Nurse African ecology unbowedly in the spiritual realm of Wangare Mathai Restore and forge Africa forward you dear daughters For the strength of your beauty my dear ladies Has a global testimony in the prime of your motherhood.
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Jan 29, 2014
Jan 29, 2014 at 9:10 AM UTC
ODE TO AFRICAN WOMEN FOLK
Alexander K Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) Daughters,sisters and brethren in the African womenfolk Hail you, you are blessed among all the diversities of nature You are blessed for all peace and love beahviour in all of your times You are blessed for resilience and spiritual energy to soldier on By being a woman,wife,a girl , a mother and a grand mother In the African conditions which have no time for the women, Daughters of Africa both at home in Africa and the diaspora In Americas , Cuba,Brazil,or the whole Caribbean Be blessed for your virtue of love and forgiveness That swells your hearts as you ever treat to oblivion Those who **** you whether in war or in peace Even in marriage and the the offices On the platter of polygamy, rituals and crudeness of culture In the selfish farm labour where your spouse Gives you a remote encounter with brutality of bourgeoisie culture You always pick up the pieces and go for your stitches Whatsoever the number, like the appalling one Of above six stitches for the **** victims of Congo wars, You have always consolidated poor Africa from Smithereens of war and terrors of selfish male war, You have often mocked the cult of dictatorship on its face You have enticed social inclusions as societal virtue You have snooked to tribalism,racism and class bigotry on the face Them the cultic vices that have cemented Africa’s cult of dictatorship, Daughters of Africa stand up and make Africa the a temple of God Entice humanity with your wholesome fibre Restore Liberia to a national state in the song of Sirleaf Restore central Africa to a national family in the song Catherine Restore art and poetry to Africa in the arms with Marriama Ba and Micere Mugo Sire and Nurse African ecology unbowedly in the spiritual realm of Wangare Mathai Restore and forge Africa forward you dear daughters For the strength of your beauty my dear ladies Has a global testimony in the prime of your motherhood.
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274 The only Ghost I ever saw Was dressed in Mechlin—so— He wore no sandal on his foot— And stepped like flakes of snow— His Gait—was soundless, like the Bird— But rapid—like the Roe— His fashions, quaint, Mosaic— Or haply, Mistletoe— His conversation—seldom— His laughter, like the Breeze— That dies away in Dimples Among the pensive Trees— Our interview—was transient— Of me, himself was shy— And God forbid I look behind— Since that appalling Day!
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The only Ghost I ever saw
Alexander K Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) But I remain a believer in my ancestral religion Whose God is wele but not the Germany world, it is a religion, Like most of universal ancestral ones, With appalling moral threshold, When Elijah Masinde of dini ya Misambwa Despised those who condemned man as notoriously religious He meant human religious approach to life is absolute in nature However diverse religions compete for human ears Rich ones glorified in the luring away of modal ears But all are devoid of spiritual impetus Disappointing the progenitors of religious imperialism These short-cutters in matters of sanctimony Will not come to our heaven They will get me sharing a cup of tea With my sister- in-law; Mary, the mother of Jesus And I will shun them, I will not know them I will not invite them to a heavenly cup of tea They will be suffocated by cadaverous appetite, For we honor our religion with ancestral regard; The Faith of Our Ancestors But in ridicule they call us kaffirs, pagans, christo-pagans, Animists, atheists, gentiles, non-believers, mediumists, Rebellious rebels or whatsoever they call us; The anti-muhamedan-mis-christologists, Let them delude themselves, If they disparage us with sick contumely Abreast the dumbfounding development in sciences Plus so fortuitous humanistic awareness, Humanity in Religion has to adjust optimally Religious masters have to help Interpret the religious Books, bible, gita, quran All Written or verbalistically in the glory of epical orality In tandem with the best centered Life extant, Otherwise selfish religions becomes an old wine bag With its old and stale wine, You will persuade Russian carousers to drink But to your chagrin, none will condone, your stale wine Do not seek to sell your faith Because every human community Has an ancestral faith Respect them all for that is gods in their accolade of Omonipresecence, Any man or woman without religion is dangerous But do not advantagize yourselves At the expense of people of other faiths It is good you reciprocated Planet earth is our only sure and known abode If we lived well here, and there is another world For those who will be good, we hope the conclave of Gods Would all sit in judgment for their credit And reward those who helped humble humanity Of their religions as well as those of other religions As for all the Gods love humanists.
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Dec 17, 2013
Dec 17, 2013 at 10:17 AM UTC
Echoing Taban Makitiyong Reneket Lo Liyong
Alexander K Opicho (Eldoret, Kenya;[email protected]) But I remain a believer in my ancestral religion Whose God is wele but not the Germany world, it is a religion, Like most of universal ancestral ones, With appalling moral threshold, When Elijah Masinde of dini ya Misambwa Despised those who condemned man as notoriously religious He meant human religious approach to life is absolute in nature However diverse religions compete for human ears Rich ones glorified in the luring away of modal ears But all are devoid of spiritual impetus Disappointing the progenitors of religious imperialism These short-cutters in matters of sanctimony Will not come to our heaven They will get me sharing a cup of tea With my sister- in-law; Mary, the mother of Jesus And I will shun them, I will not know them I will not invite them to a heavenly cup of tea They will be suffocated by cadaverous appetite, For we honor our religion with ancestral regard; The Faith of Our Ancestors But in ridicule they call us kaffirs, pagans, christo-pagans, Animists, atheists, gentiles, non-believers, mediumists, Rebellious rebels or whatsoever they call us; The anti-muhamedan-mis-christologists, Let them delude themselves, If they disparage us with sick contumely Abreast the dumbfounding development in sciences Plus so fortuitous humanistic awareness, Humanity in Religion has to adjust optimally Religious masters have to help Interpret the religious Books, bible, gita, quran All Written or verbalistically in the glory of epical orality In tandem with the best centered Life extant, Otherwise selfish religions becomes an old wine bag With its old and stale wine, You will persuade Russian carousers to drink But to your chagrin, none will condone, your stale wine Do not seek to sell your faith Because every human community Has an ancestral faith Respect them all for that is gods in their accolade of Omonipresecence, Any man or woman without religion is dangerous But do not advantagize yourselves At the expense of people of other faiths It is good you reciprocated Planet earth is our only sure and known abode If we lived well here, and there is another world For those who will be good, we hope the conclave of Gods Would all sit in judgment for their credit And reward those who helped humble humanity Of their religions as well as those of other religions As for all the Gods love humanists.
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the glockenspiel of our daily raid of sewers in heaven and our Jovian dwarves appalling the rapturous capacity of forever and ever. the kooky jingle of our serpents, darning socks for the antichrist and our elaborate rats. the simple maze of our condition in the hell were at. the creaking gate to a twilight and a lost chapter marooned on an island of undead Librarians. starving for brains tardy with the Harold Robins knife in red breast.
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Jan 19, 2013
Jan 19, 2013 at 4:37 PM UTC
Trump And Annoy
Thursday at lunch was the last time I seen her Questioning my absent-mindedness from the world Heart beat slowing with each breath I take My response was a simple request for lonesome As company angered me to a boiling point Relocation was followed by echoes of my name, fading with each step Then momentarily disturbed as I am approached for questioning once again What's wrong? Why are you being like this? Talk to me! But silence was all that could've been provided My intentions would only hurt me Though you wouldn't seem to care What's your purpose? Your questioning doesn't seem to serve a reason You only care when things reflect negatively on you And this looked as your fault Had people wondering where my mind had gone You ripped my heart from my chest, with no hesitation Leaving me as your slave And destroying me with bare hands So I don't see why you care What do I mean to you? You made me feel like less than a human being I didn't want to be here anymore I felt like there was nothing else here for me Smiling dissolved from my everyday life Appalling tendencies all pointed to me Even with hope in grasp, effort was something I didn't feel the need to give I wanted this to end Emotions covered me as if they were my own skin Agony, I'd call it The dynamics of pain could be expressed to in a lifetime But was dealt to me in less than 4 years of my young life Perpetual emotions wouldn't leave me to myself As memories haunted me throughout my depressed days As my nights grew longer and colder Loneliness became my only option
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Mar 26, 2015
Mar 26, 2015 at 3:41 AM UTC
Cold Hearted
Thursday at lunch was the last time I seen her Questioning my absent-mindedness from the world Heart beat slowing with each breath I take My response was a simple request for lonesome As company angered me to a boiling point Relocation was followed by echoes of my name, fading with each step Then momentarily disturbed as I am approached for questioning once again What's wrong? Why are you being like this? Talk to me! But silence was all that could've been provided My intentions would only hurt me Though you wouldn't seem to care What's your purpose? Your questioning doesn't seem to serve a reason You only care when things reflect negatively on you And this looked as your fault Had people wondering where my mind had gone You ripped my heart from my chest, with no hesitation Leaving me as your slave And destroying me with bare hands So I don't see why you care What do I mean to you? You made me feel like less than a human being I didn't want to be here anymore I felt like there was nothing else here for me Smiling dissolved from my everyday life Appalling tendencies all pointed to me Even with hope in grasp, effort was something I didn't feel the need to give I wanted this to end Emotions covered me as if they were my own skin Agony, I'd call it The dynamics of pain could be expressed to in a lifetime But was dealt to me in less than 4 years of my young life Perpetual emotions wouldn't leave me to myself As memories haunted me throughout my depressed days As my nights grew longer and colder Loneliness became my only option
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Pandemonium seeps, swallows, and creeps like a crawling Virus barreling havoc far beneath the innermost psyche Dispatch the strike, angels discern demons alike, appalling The flight of sparrow's circum to children below Consumed within a thoughtless crow All bold to make haste on an hour's race The final shade seeps under all frontiers A foe abandoned in fear Passing tides in the dead of night Shown troubled to the world's delight Such lonesome calls to a stranger Embark on this journey, my ranger ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012 at 4:13 AM UTC
The Unborn Injustice
Come and hear the tale of a falling This failure of a king, his story appalling Come and hear of his last moment's calling This man whom we once called our king. A mad king anointed with power in mind Crowned by desperation, crowned by the blind A tyrannical king; No worse will you find For this man is a servant of Hell. He comes and he swears in God's holy name To cater the people and lands that they tame But it's I who knows of his little game The political regime that he runs. He sits on his throne and barks at his men Demanding the whys and demanding the when Slowly but surely he wears the string thin; For the people may tolerate so much. He works through the town, donning his crown A hat that is envied by all in the town; For the man is rich, the man is renowned! This man whom all call their king. Beneath him men die, but criminals don't pay Put them to death, that's what I say! This kings way is in no way the right way But we the people can do naught but pray. But good men exist, whom jail the unjust Good men who work to earn the town's trust And these good men speak out, shaking out the dust And speak out against their king The king starts to fear, his gate is now closed And he starts to regret the options he chose And now by good men this king is deposed By good men this king is denied. Now we call him a tyrant, we call him a fake We spit on his image, his throne we forsake We take up our arms, pitchfork and rake And march to his door to knock. Some killed by guards, but good men prevail And blood rains down like late Summer hail And in the end we hear the king wail His death is announced the next morning. Good men cheer and king's men glance back Wondering what it was the mad king lacked Though who didn't expect his castle ransacked For was not the king of the wicked? It matters not in the end, you will find Good men un-knotted this terrible bind They laugh and jest at history behind And cast themselves to a new king. But this ballad of history will soon be repeated For in the halls of recurrence it is seated This tragic comedy of rulers so heated This tragic tale of a king.
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May 5, 2013
May 5, 2013 at 3:53 PM UTC
The Tenure of Kings
Come and hear the tale of a falling This failure of a king, his story appalling Come and hear of his last moment's calling This man whom we once called our king. A mad king anointed with power in mind Crowned by desperation, crowned by the blind A tyrannical king; No worse will you find For this man is a servant of Hell. He comes and he swears in God's holy name To cater the people and lands that they tame But it's I who knows of his little game The political regime that he runs. He sits on his throne and barks at his men Demanding the whys and demanding the when Slowly but surely he wears the string thin; For the people may tolerate so much. He works through the town, donning his crown A hat that is envied by all in the town; For the man is rich, the man is renowned! This man whom all call their king. Beneath him men die, but criminals don't pay Put them to death, that's what I say! This kings way is in no way the right way But we the people can do naught but pray. But good men exist, whom jail the unjust Good men who work to earn the town's trust And these good men speak out, shaking out the dust And speak out against their king The king starts to fear, his gate is now closed And he starts to regret the options he chose And now by good men this king is deposed By good men this king is denied. Now we call him a tyrant, we call him a fake We spit on his image, his throne we forsake We take up our arms, pitchfork and rake And march to his door to knock. Some killed by guards, but good men prevail And blood rains down like late Summer hail And in the end we hear the king wail His death is announced the next morning. Good men cheer and king's men glance back Wondering what it was the mad king lacked Though who didn't expect his castle ransacked For was not the king of the wicked? It matters not in the end, you will find Good men un-knotted this terrible bind They laugh and jest at history behind And cast themselves to a new king. But this ballad of history will soon be repeated For in the halls of recurrence it is seated This tragic comedy of rulers so heated This tragic tale of a king.
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I am convinced that I'm a tourist on this planet, in this body. Things like knowing where my legs are, or existing in the company of a spider, shouldn't be such causes for bewilderment and hysteria, but they are. And this is besides my awkwardness with other human beings. I attribute this to their being tourists too. Why else would they take lots of pictures and leave garbage everywhere? It's like our bus broke down, and we're surviving in ramshackle forts, looking out with binoculars and waving flags made of Hawaiian shirts. It must be appalling, and not a little shocking, to the natives. Quiet and peaceful, the plants and animals watch us from a distance, at once unnerved and giggling just a little bit, as they watch us stumble about and run shrieking from the spiders.
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Sep 13, 2013
Sep 13, 2013 at 7:41 PM UTC
The problem with tourists
I stand accused. Accused of a crime I most surely committed. A crime of the most heinous issue. More appalling than a sickness transmitted. The accuser claims I have destroyed my family, because of my crime. What did I do? What was my crime? I spoke out when I was molested. Molested by my dear, innocent cousin, who could not possibly have done wrong. I was molested. I did not point fingers or name names at first. I simply said "I will stay in a hotel this visit." But you cannot remain vague with family. Family has a way of enticing your confessions. They demand to know your sins. I stand accused. Not of a crime, but of a plot. A plot to destroy my family with evil thoughts. I am a trickster whose pleas are refused. I stand accused of being molested in a world that says "Get over it." and a family that screams "Who should trust you?!" I was molested, and I stand accused. Help from Lady Justice refused.
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Sep 17, 2017
Sep 17, 2017 at 6:41 PM UTC
Lady Justice, Molested
street cred makes a boy a man able to take care of business declares manhood then why are they actin fools around women playen, traden and, braken hearts forgetting that is someones daughter, sister, mother, etc women give birth to men and are trampled on by men humiliated, disrespected, disregarded, mistreated, abused and, neglected all with a smile and honey coated words sweat melting int he mouth bitter swallowing disturbing to the stomach, difficult to ***** out trapping women desperate for safety proudly declaring: "i am man" sealed with appalling behaviour this is how i see the generation, from which i have to choose my mate from party,high maintenance girls chosen dependable good women ignored this begs the question what is a real man lots declare publicly, i am a good man bias and subjected words to safe faded honor honor a word created to make ego taste better
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Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 at 4:38 PM UTC
2013.10.25.2
This is a formal complaint to one Cupid on behalf of the population of earth. We find that you've become somewhat, how can we put it mildly.... unsavory ever since you started drinking. We've found that you have not been taking your job seriously at all since that time We were understanding at first. Your job? It's not an easy one. It tolerates almost no failure, and requires both physical and mental capacity that is beyond what most of us can spare. However...we feel that the alcohol is affecting your judgement and character in a way that we can no longer accept. Below, we've listed the particularly heinous abuses of your power 1. Taking bets on what you can make people fall in love with. John is now smitten with a cactus while Jenny can't stay away from the inflatable Santa Claus on the Morgans' lawn. 2. Having very attractive women fall in love for your...erm...personal pleasure. That's just offensive 3. Having members of the same family fall in love. The vulgarity of it all is just appalling! It's an ****** epidemic! 4. Shooting your arrows at Rhinoceroses and then laughing as they charge a poor unsuspecting person is not funny. 5. Likewise, shooting an unsuspecting person and having them fall in love with a Rhinoceros who doesn't reciprocate is equally unfunny 6. Last, but not least...Please fix the Republican Candidates. Mitt Romney and Rick ******** are trying to get married next week. While I'm happy that they are now "for" gay marriage, this cannot be tolerated. So? Do you have anything to say for yourself? Is that alcohol I smell on your breath? You don't even care, do you? Well...we have no choice but to revok---OW! Oh dear.
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Feb 14, 2012
Feb 14, 2012 at 10:02 PM UTC
Drinking Problem
This is a formal complaint to one Cupid on behalf of the population of earth. We find that you've become somewhat, how can we put it mildly.... unsavory ever since you started drinking. We've found that you have not been taking your job seriously at all since that time We were understanding at first. Your job? It's not an easy one. It tolerates almost no failure, and requires both physical and mental capacity that is beyond what most of us can spare. However...we feel that the alcohol is affecting your judgement and character in a way that we can no longer accept. Below, we've listed the particularly heinous abuses of your power 1. Taking bets on what you can make people fall in love with. John is now smitten with a cactus while Jenny can't stay away from the inflatable Santa Claus on the Morgans' lawn. 2. Having very attractive women fall in love for your...erm...personal pleasure. That's just offensive 3. Having members of the same family fall in love. The vulgarity of it all is just appalling! It's an ****** epidemic! 4. Shooting your arrows at Rhinoceroses and then laughing as they charge a poor unsuspecting person is not funny. 5. Likewise, shooting an unsuspecting person and having them fall in love with a Rhinoceros who doesn't reciprocate is equally unfunny 6. Last, but not least...Please fix the Republican Candidates. Mitt Romney and Rick ******** are trying to get married next week. While I'm happy that they are now "for" gay marriage, this cannot be tolerated. So? Do you have anything to say for yourself? Is that alcohol I smell on your breath? You don't even care, do you? Well...we have no choice but to revok---OW! Oh dear.
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