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The Victoria plum-tree that we planted this year Is now full of blossom that looks lovely from here The creamy white flowers and the brightest green leaves Makes beautiful colour as Springtime relieves. The garden of Winter, this year so wet Does blossom herald a ‘best Summer yet.’ It’s quite true of course that village life so snug Can have a tendency to make one feel smug But for years our’s has struggled, it now has no shops And a pub that’s near closure though it still sells the ‘hops.’ We don’t take it lightly the community here For we know we could lose it which would cost us all dear. It’s not really the money though the costs would be great But there’d be no Village Hall and no Summer Fete No chats with our friends over stiles by the field Nor any more eggs from the local chicks yield. We don’t take it lightly the community here And we will fight to keep it which will cost us all dear. ©JRW2014
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 2:37 PM UTC
A VILLAGE
Standing in the sand, smelling salty waters, Of the Caribbean seas, through the cold vibrant breeze. Watching all the tall, happy, swaying coco nut trees, And when you sniffle a little of the bake and shark it makes you want to sneeze. Then take a walk in our rivers and cook up a curry *** or stew, With fish coo coo and a little calla-loo. and you take a bite and you taste buds and glands spring water of the delicious flavors that makes you say mhmmm.     Afterwards you can visit the reefs and see the dancing colors of the under water reefs, Of the Caribbean seas, where I'm from and would always love to be. But tho forget, it's Carnival time so come in your costumes and with your coolers because you're coming out to fete, And tho forget, when you step out on "D" road of jouvert morning until night listen to the Soca music, And let it rap you up and run through your ears with melodies that will make you want to bep. Oh yes the Caribbean dream, where every man's a king and every woman's a queen.
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Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 at 3:21 PM UTC
The Caribbean
794 A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree— Another—on the Roof— A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves— And made the Gables laugh— A few went out to help the Brook That went to help the Sea— Myself Conjectured were they Pearls— What Necklace could be— The Dust replaced, in Hoisted Roads— The Birds jocoser sung— The Sunshine threw his Hat away— The Bushes—spangles flung— The Breezes brought dejected Lutes— And bathed them in the Glee— Then Orient showed a single Flag, And signed the Fete away—
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A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree
I don't feel at home where I am, or where I spend time; only where, beyond counting, there's freedom and calm, that is, waves, that is, space where, when there, you consist of pure freedom, which, seen, turns that Gorgon, the crowd, to stone, to pebbles and sand . . . where life's mean- ing lies buried, that never let one come within cannon shot yet. From cloud-covered wells untold pour color and light, a fete of cupids and Ledas in gold. That is, silk and honey and sheen. That is, boon and quiver and call. That is, all that lives to be free, needing no words at all.
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I Don't Feel At Home Where I Am
the rain was just a drizzle like my feelings any more as we stood in awkward chat and you can't find me any more. not in here, at least, in a quasi-happy fete, with celebrations halted because they make you fret. I can't see my heart to give it for it's always given back and we'll stand in smoke and raindrops with me turning myself black. the black; it can't reflect the light so you'll perhaps not see that my eyes have turned away and my heart it didn't stay and the part you have is just the surface-me. I won't let go, or let you in, not again. you'll only get the drizzle not the swim.
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Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 at 12:04 PM UTC
drizzle
I get scared easily. And I always have persisted to allow my mind to be torn out when I let it affect me. They say, "Worst case scenario is rare." in most situations. I have yet to seek why they ignore worst case, become it, leaving nothing left for the worst. Habitually it creates an aggression with associates: replacement and correlation. Without me noticing inevitably. Behind. This shadow that follows, desires its personification; Consequently the main man must fall, He will dissipate towards the rock where the one before him stood. Rather take a spot of one greater, it is that of less higher. A demotion of sort. In order for it to transpose into progression, a compromise is of order. The compromise of time, itself, playing the waiting game - (let us back step) …replacement…correlation… The understanding of this is of which I no longer feel that emotion; It is configured by the other, making a statement which is unrecognizable. So much, not even I, the speaker, can do anything to prove to you what I mean. --For keeps sake-- This is no where near a poor pardon for my actions. They are far from a credible stature. Far from a pity fete; Indeed a fare apology is in par. Yet this is a means of report to say in far value: worry. It is of pure arrogance that I state this claim. Keep this in mind. That I fear the replacement emotion shall take place in fair time once more. As the tail is coming back again, second time to be specific. And your steps in self-fulfillment climaxes, The steps to which I take are mimicked to that of the first tail. (The apex forms and your entitlement proclaims its spot.) I wish it not, to be furthered in my rut. As of the annum before, was explained by dis-valued ties. This is not to which I think. It is your confidence which speaks and separates your feet. Placing one foot in one path, far ahead from the other. As I stay with the other, while the other one is altered. Being free as it walks along with out I. I wish for an ignoring of replacement, and to this I will forcibly try. For you, my love.
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Jun 29, 2012
Jun 29, 2012 at 5:48 PM UTC
Adapt.
I get scared easily. And I always have persisted to allow my mind to be torn out when I let it affect me. They say, "Worst case scenario is rare." in most situations. I have yet to seek why they ignore worst case, become it, leaving nothing left for the worst. Habitually it creates an aggression with associates: replacement and correlation. Without me noticing inevitably. Behind. This shadow that follows, desires its personification; Consequently the main man must fall, He will dissipate towards the rock where the one before him stood. Rather take a spot of one greater, it is that of less higher. A demotion of sort. In order for it to transpose into progression, a compromise is of order. The compromise of time, itself, playing the waiting game - (let us back step) …replacement…correlation… The understanding of this is of which I no longer feel that emotion; It is configured by the other, making a statement which is unrecognizable. So much, not even I, the speaker, can do anything to prove to you what I mean. --For keeps sake-- This is no where near a poor pardon for my actions. They are far from a credible stature. Far from a pity fete; Indeed a fare apology is in par. Yet this is a means of report to say in far value: worry. It is of pure arrogance that I state this claim. Keep this in mind. That I fear the replacement emotion shall take place in fair time once more. As the tail is coming back again, second time to be specific. And your steps in self-fulfillment climaxes, The steps to which I take are mimicked to that of the first tail. (The apex forms and your entitlement proclaims its spot.) I wish it not, to be furthered in my rut. As of the annum before, was explained by dis-valued ties. This is not to which I think. It is your confidence which speaks and separates your feet. Placing one foot in one path, far ahead from the other. As I stay with the other, while the other one is altered. Being free as it walks along with out I. I wish for an ignoring of replacement, and to this I will forcibly try. For you, my love.
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We flew through puberty and left a Concorde trail. A signature of heat, feats to fete the wonder in and the wondering of where to begin. But the Concorde trail tails off eventually, and after the screaming noise, of us, the boys when silence returns to the body, and it's only the chimes of the clock that rocks us to sleep, there is, I find a tiny piece of my mind, where puberty keeps a notebook I look at it, cringe, squeak like the hinge of an old door, look some more, it fascinates me consternates me makes me laugh and cry, the trying of and wanting to and the wonder of wondering who. The memory of most memorable events are scorched into and run right through me,like a stick of Blackpool rock,each name I've known are written and imprinted on me. Puberty and what comes next,will in the future, I am sure be sent in hurried texts by hurried men,who hurry on to marry wives, have hurried *** in hurried lives and after that, who knows.
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Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 8:13 AM UTC
No change
The year was nineteen forty six, the memories still raw, Europe’s Jews were still encamped as they had been before. True, they now had food to eat and decent clothes to wear, But in that Displaced Persons camp, little else to spare. When Lilly told her fiancé about her dream one night; her standing beneath the chuppah in a flowing gown of white, Ludwig promised Lilly that her vision would come true, but in a displaced person’s camp that might be hard to do. A former Luftwaffe pilot proved an angel in disguise; Ludwig traded, for his parachute, some coffee and supplies. Miriam, the seamstress, swore to do her best to fashion the silk parachute into a wedding dress. Some miles from Bergen Belsen lies the little town of Celle Its desecrated synagogue would serve the couple well. They made an Aron Kodesh from a kitchen cabinet A Rabbi, flown from England, would officiate their fete. Lilly’s gown was beautiful, the bride felt like a Queen Within the battered synagogue, her wedding matched her dream. Miriam’s creation would be worn by many more; Girls from camp made brides in white that year after the war. The Gown’s in a museum now, the bride now old and gray. She lives nearby in Brooklyn in a house down by the bay. Her lovely great granddaughter, her loving heart’s delight, now has the dream of being wed in a gown of flowing white.
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Dec 14, 2014
Dec 14, 2014 at 10:46 AM UTC
Lilly’s Wedding Gown
at the fete du bons vieux temps - Cahokia, Illinois White clouds of rosin dust Flew off Geoff's fiddle strings As his earth dance Soared above the pulsing Of friends on bass and guitar. Tuniced men bowed To their bonneted ladies Bedecked in colonial frocks. In turn each pair sashayed Down and up the line, Whirled and laced their way Through outstretched hands Of family, friends and neighbors Shaping an arch at line's end For all the rest to pass beneath. All across our country's timescape Countless bridal pairs Have sealed their sacraments Spinning in the whirlwind Of the Virginia Reel - With each interclasping of arms A blessing upon their unions. Geoff lifted his bow from the strings, And bowed with his band to receive The applause rippling the air Like the patter of ancestral rain Nourishing the sweet soil Of our common earthly essence. February, 2007
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Aug 22, 2013
Aug 22, 2013 at 3:52 PM UTC
Virginia Reel
The body lay in a mound of hay That was all piled up by the forge, He took one look at the butcher’s hook And the sick rose up in his gorge, He peered on down at the bloodied face There was nothing that could be done, But held his breath when he saw that death Had taken the blacksmith’s son. He looked around for a sign of life But the shop and the forge were cold, The blacksmith Kirk hadn’t come to work Though he’d seen him, out in the fold, And darling Kate would be calling in, His fate whirled round in his head, What would she think when she found him there With the love of her life stone dead? The villagers knew no love was lost, They’d fought at the village fete, All over the hand of the pretty one, The hand of their darling Kate, But George was on an apprenticeship For his father had owned the forge, While Faber was a farm labourer, So Kate had gone off with George. But now George lay in a pile of hay And he wouldn’t be dating Kate, So Faber thought that he shouldn’t stay Though he’d left it a little late. He didn’t know if they’d seen him come, He couldn’t be seen to go, They’d think that he was the only one To deliver the killer blow. He heard a rustle within the store And the sweat broke out on his head, He knew if somebody found him there That he’d be better off dead. He peered silently through the door And into the corner gloom, And Kate was sobbing, there on the floor In the darkest part of the room. Her bouffant hair was a tangled mess Her dress was tattered and frayed, It didn’t take but a single guess To see the part that she’d played, For blood was mingling with her tears Her bodice was stained deep red, ‘He stole my innocence,’ she exclaimed, ‘I hit him just once,’ she said. Now Faber sits in a darkened cell To wait for the hangman’s rope, The Judge had asked, but he wouldn’t tell So now he’s bereft of hope. He’d told the court that he’d stumbled in On the blacksmith’s son, and **** And hit him once with a butcher’s hook For the sake of the darling Kate. But Kate was strolling with someone new On the day that they pinned his hands, And led him up to the gallows floor To pay for the court’s demands, She never gave him a thought that day Though the blacksmith thought he knew, And lay in wait with a butcher’s hook As Kate was passing through. David Lewis Paget
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 12:41 PM UTC
The Butcher's Hook
The body lay in a mound of hay That was all piled up by the forge, He took one look at the butcher’s hook And the sick rose up in his gorge, He peered on down at the bloodied face There was nothing that could be done, But held his breath when he saw that death Had taken the blacksmith’s son. He looked around for a sign of life But the shop and the forge were cold, The blacksmith Kirk hadn’t come to work Though he’d seen him, out in the fold, And darling Kate would be calling in, His fate whirled round in his head, What would she think when she found him there With the love of her life stone dead? The villagers knew no love was lost, They’d fought at the village fete, All over the hand of the pretty one, The hand of their darling Kate, But George was on an apprenticeship For his father had owned the forge, While Faber was a farm labourer, So Kate had gone off with George. But now George lay in a pile of hay And he wouldn’t be dating Kate, So Faber thought that he shouldn’t stay Though he’d left it a little late. He didn’t know if they’d seen him come, He couldn’t be seen to go, They’d think that he was the only one To deliver the killer blow. He heard a rustle within the store And the sweat broke out on his head, He knew if somebody found him there That he’d be better off dead. He peered silently through the door And into the corner gloom, And Kate was sobbing, there on the floor In the darkest part of the room. Her bouffant hair was a tangled mess Her dress was tattered and frayed, It didn’t take but a single guess To see the part that she’d played, For blood was mingling with her tears Her bodice was stained deep red, ‘He stole my innocence,’ she exclaimed, ‘I hit him just once,’ she said. Now Faber sits in a darkened cell To wait for the hangman’s rope, The Judge had asked, but he wouldn’t tell So now he’s bereft of hope. He’d told the court that he’d stumbled in On the blacksmith’s son, and **** And hit him once with a butcher’s hook For the sake of the darling Kate. But Kate was strolling with someone new On the day that they pinned his hands, And led him up to the gallows floor To pay for the court’s demands, She never gave him a thought that day Though the blacksmith thought he knew, And lay in wait with a butcher’s hook As Kate was passing through. David Lewis Paget
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Ticket, Ticket Everywhere Money, Money Everywhere Everything is Reserved For the Money makers and Rich Want to ride in a Bus, Car or Taxi Or Travel in Ship, Train or Aeroplane Use your brain, my dear Please shell out some money Oh Sorry, You dropped that ugly idea Then what you are going to go? Going to Circus or to watch a film Want to go to a Book fair or a fete Still have to Shell out some Money It's not that funny, O' Honey It's Business, Serious Business Oh No, You can't even go to Public Park Or the River bank either Oh want to use Public Toilets Do you think it's free? No my dear, just Pay and Use You need some Food, Nice Cold drink Or want to sip just a glass of plain water Pay Some Money, Money and Money Money is the religion and the faith Need a Pen to write your pain Again I have to ask for Money We Money monger are the rules You Un-employed are the problem Either pay or perish, that’s a simple rule That’s a golden Rule, Follow it Don't try to break it. If you do I bet, you will fail and fall in jail
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Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019 at 10:44 AM UTC
Ticket Ticket Money Money
*Beethoven once said of the cantor of Leipzig “Not a stream but an ocean.”* Sebastian Bach wove sonic tapestries and scoffed at notions of genius “Anyone who pays the price can do it.” Whether for Sunday’s choir or ***** or for a palace fete of state, The fountains of his bounteous spring embellished every age and station. Yet he could crack a joke or two in a cantata to coffee’s pleasures - sipping from a sturdy cup of nature's matchless brew. Flutists, fiddlers, singers, organists, children and masters alike, have netted hearty sustenance from the seas of his boundless vision. But modesty forbade him boast the importance of his station - affixing to his noblest works, a trio of humblest words, “Soli Deo Gloria.” December, 2007
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Sep 20, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 at 3:40 PM UTC
Johann Sebastian Bach
Simple verses, blessed be the uncomplex, But the visions, the glimpses, The sightings, in and out, Are celestial of, in, and on This planet shared. I will walk with you to Henry's Isle, You, with me, on the beach, We will ford Crab Creek, When the tide is low, And repair to The Poet's Nook, Where a moss stained Adirondack chair Awaits the Poet Prince, Your poems carved into It's soul, it's arms, it's back, Giving comfort continuous. This chai, this chair, this throne, Reserved for the lyricist of our lives, The shedder of light upon the special, The seconds, that fete our senses. I await you arrival. Tender this serenade, this overdue apology, For having not thanked you properly For your living kindness, Yet my words, insufficient, compared to yours...
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Sep 2, 2013
Sep 2, 2013 at 11:40 AM UTC
Pradip Chattopadhyay
(An exercise to write a sonnet in iambic pentameter) With heavy heart, I offer my remorse, for I'm too tired to dance this weary eve. The echoes of my workday's tireless chores linger, leaving naught but fatigue's relief. Oh, believe me, I hate to disappoint, for the music tempts me to sway and dance. But the hours I've toiled, each task and each point, have drained me to a tired nudnik, perchance. My spirit, once bright, now longs for respite, to find solace in rest and heal my self. Though my love for dance burns hot like cordite, exhaustion demands I stay on the shelf. Forgive me, my friend, tonight I must rest, but once refreshed, we’ll fete and dance with zest.
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Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023 at 9:41 PM UTC
I’m too tired to dance
Pro- Photo-frame on the wall, beautifully adorned. Empty. Snap your hero in. -logue Never mind their foibles; Every fault is just a small weakness when found in the otherwise great. Dying to deify, we are itching to sanctify; Castigation unabashed, but, for the struggling everyman. What if we will never find another son of a carpenter who will die preaching love? Epi- In a world starved of messiahs ready always to worship ever but be, never, iconoclasts are icons; Sentimental impossibilities in the language of hope aye, fete-worthy acceptables.
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Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 1:16 PM UTC
Dying to deify
a temple tower proudly embossed over the sun's last blush stands a silent spectator to the revelry just like it stood welcoming over kings in an era long past ***i stare into time and time stares back at me*** - Vijayalakshmi Harish 15.01.2013 Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
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Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013 at 4:11 AM UTC
Fete
They gate crashed to our home in the late morning, Dressed in the red-shirts, wielding clubs and machetes, Howling loudly that they are national party officers Protecting peace and development, that is never seen, Our country already is crushed to forlorn state Under the heavy lord of anti-human leadership, They shamelessly extorted money from my poor father Which they called compulsory party fees, for what? A political party whose name is as horrifying as leprosy, My father hadn’t enough money, they took away in addition Our only one red cockerel which was learning to crow, It worked as our family clock on its crowing in the morning, We had too earmarked it for the next **** fight fete. Our family hopes for money hinged on its wining the prize The Proceeds with which hopped to succor ourselves By funding our mother’s cancer treatment bills.
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 10:59 AM UTC
STATE GOONS TOOK OUR RED COCKEREL
A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh. A few went out to help the brook, That went to help the sea. Myself conjectured, Were they pearls, What necklaces could be! The dust replaced in hoisted roads, The birds jocoser sung; The sunshine threw his hat away, The orchards spangles hung. The breezes brought dejected lutes, And bathed them in the glee; The East put out a single flag, And signed the fete away. Emily Dickinson. 3/22/2016.
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Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 2:57 PM UTC
Summer Shower.
My oldest cell is pushing seven and it's time for it to go! That's just the way it is, pal; the new kids need have their day. Perhaps I could spare a smallish speech to fete the good times and bad - days amazingly graced scaling some testy peak or other. Not all dawns were rosy strewn but you, dear friend held fort - cloaking my back through bitter days of tears and dread. A favor of you if you please: when you go, please stow a portion of my sorrows in your pack. and let the new boys have a sunshine day or season. We all could use the break. So "Adios, Amigo," Thanks for dancing on my stage. August, 2013
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Aug 20, 2013
Aug 20, 2013 at 4:59 PM UTC
Regeneration
Nat Lipstadt Mar 10 Pradip Dear Sir, I can't keep up with your prolific, delighting, creations This must be the third poem at least, for and to you, I, publicly address the thought terrifying, if you took a vacation, and had really some free time to write I do believe man, it's time for a unique, reserved, deserved, and as of yet, unheard of special, Hello Pradip Section on this site for this is yet one more in a streaming video poem, of me acknowledging you, Master of the Word, Wright Templar, Poet Extraordinaire, Most Importantly, Beloved Human, whose vision sees the world in ways that I adore S. suggests, I take a vaca just to eat your words, in the lazy, rushed fashion they deserve but tween us, your secret kept, your parrot and street dog Hengloo write every other one, cause no human could thus excel, without some help of animal spirits in between your beloved Saturdays Yours Devotedly, An Exhausted and Admiring, Nat Lipstadt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nat Lipstadt Sep 2, 2013 Pradip Chattopadhyay Simple verses, blessed be the uncomplex, But the visions, the glimpses, The sightings, in and out, Are celestial of, in, and on and about This planet shared. I will walk with you to Henry's Isle, You, accompany me, on the beach, We will together ford Crab Creek, When the tide is low, And afterwards, Repair to The  Poet's Nook, Where a moss stained Adirondack chair Awaits the Poet Prince, Your poems carved into It's soul, it's arms, it's back, Giving comfort continuous. This chai, this chair, this throne, Reserved for the lyricist of our lives, The shedder of light upon the special, The seconds, that fete our senses. I await you arrival. Tender this serenade, this overdue apology, For having not thanked you properly For your living kindness, Yet my words, insufficient, compared to yours... A special man, a simple homage.
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM UTC
Happily Reposting in honor of Pradip
Nat Lipstadt Mar 10 Pradip Dear Sir, I can't keep up with your prolific, delighting, creations This must be the third poem at least, for and to you, I, publicly address the thought terrifying, if you took a vacation, and had really some free time to write I do believe man, it's time for a unique, reserved, deserved, and as of yet, unheard of special, Hello Pradip Section on this site for this is yet one more in a streaming video poem, of me acknowledging you, Master of the Word, Wright Templar, Poet Extraordinaire, Most Importantly, Beloved Human, whose vision sees the world in ways that I adore S. suggests, I take a vaca just to eat your words, in the lazy, rushed fashion they deserve but tween us, your secret kept, your parrot and street dog Hengloo write every other one, cause no human could thus excel, without some help of animal spirits in between your beloved Saturdays Yours Devotedly, An Exhausted and Admiring, Nat Lipstadt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nat Lipstadt Sep 2, 2013 Pradip Chattopadhyay Simple verses, blessed be the uncomplex, But the visions, the glimpses, The sightings, in and out, Are celestial of, in, and on and about This planet shared. I will walk with you to Henry's Isle, You, accompany me, on the beach, We will together ford Crab Creek, When the tide is low, And afterwards, Repair to The  Poet's Nook, Where a moss stained Adirondack chair Awaits the Poet Prince, Your poems carved into It's soul, it's arms, it's back, Giving comfort continuous. This chai, this chair, this throne, Reserved for the lyricist of our lives, The shedder of light upon the special, The seconds, that fete our senses. I await you arrival. Tender this serenade, this overdue apology, For having not thanked you properly For your living kindness, Yet my words, insufficient, compared to yours... A special man, a simple homage.
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The day that John met Paul There was a summer fete in the old church hall And it was fate that day that came to play As the powers that be had their way Two young boys would come of age They’d rock the world from a golden stage The fates combined would all agree And Mary whispered Let It Be.
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Jul 11, 2022
Jul 11, 2022 at 8:12 AM UTC
6th July 1957
M se premye mo ki sòt nan bouch tout bebe M se premye mo nan alfabet, nan lang ti bebe Se pa lèt a, ki sòti an premye nan bouch yon ti bebe Kap di m, ma, manman, mom, mummy, mother, mama Mère, kom nan manmi, madre,  mae, ma mère, mamma M se 13 zièm lèt nan alfabèt laten Se la ke lang romans yo komanse Kòm franse, panyòl, italyen, pòtugè M se yon lèt enpòtan pour la santé, la paix La vie, le bonheur, les fleurs et le sapin Nou kontan pou nou fete tout manman Mèsi a tout fanm, manman se la pè e la jwa. Copyright © 25 Me 2024, Hébert Logerie, Tout dwa rezève Hébert Logerie se otè plizyè koleksyon powèm.
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Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 9:40 PM UTC
Lèt M Se Premye Mo Ki Sòt Nan Bouch Ti Bebe
Six steeple towers, cold as steel, drab daggers in the sky! Their hallowed halls no longer call when breezes wander by – for, filled with dread to wake the dead, they've ceased to sough or sigh. Coiled candle sticks! Their twisted wicks no longer 'lume the cracks with dying flame, subdued and tame, mid pendant pearls of wax, since deference to innocence dissolved in molten tracks. Above! The dismal ditch of dusk reveals a velvet streak, through which the winter’s wicked winds will sometimes weave and sneak, and faraway a cable sways, a bridge clings hushed and bleak. Thin shadows shift, like silver shafts, across the cruel moraine reflecting white a wisp of light in ebon beads of bane which casts a crooked smile across a faceless window pane. Wan neon lights glow through the nights, through darkness sleek as slate, while lanterns (hovered, high above, in lurid swinging gait), haunt ballrooms, bars and bare bazaars, though no one's there to fete. The souls who come with jagged tongue won't sing a silent psalm, nor paint pale lips with languid quips to pierce the deathly calm, nor pray for mercy, grace deferred, nor beg lethean balm, nor yet redress the emptiness that shifting shades embalm – they've seen, you see, life’s brevity, and face it with aplomb.
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Jul 11, 2015
Jul 11, 2015 at 3:57 PM UTC
Limbo
Papa Nowèl te pè pase sou Chanmas Nan lari Pòtoprens. Bal tap tire an mas Tout kote. Anpil moun sere anba kabann Teroris yo kwè chyen nan yon move savann Yo tout kote ak gwo zam ke yo pa fabrike an Ayiti Bandi yo ap touye e terorize tout moun Mèm vye chat ak rat kap kouri nan ravinn Bagay yo grav e danjere nan peyi Dayiti Tonton Nowèl te pè se sak fè kel pat pase Ane sila. Pèsonn moun pa konn kilè ke Bagay sa, dezòd, krim, kanaj sa yo ap chanje Fini. Pate gen mès minwi, tout pòtt legliz te fèmen Bandi ak sapat yo gen gwo zam ki trè chè Ke tonton blan yo bayo kòm kado Nwèl Pou pèp la ka al kreve pi fon nan lanfè Sak pi rèd djab sal ak vye san pwèl Pè al nan simetyè pou al leve moun ke Yo te touye. Se chyen manje chyen Se chat manje chat. Se chyen manje rat Moun antrave nan peyi sila. Se chat Manje rat. Se chyen manje rat ak chat Sa se laraj. Moun pa janm te konn tande Vye istwa sa yo. Kilè ke bagay sa ap fini, chanje Kilè ke kolon oligaka, loksidan e sanzave Sa yo ap kite ti pèp la an repo e kilè Ke ti pèp la ap revolte, kilè, fout kilè Dyaspora a fatige pèdi lajan ak propriete Nan peyi sa. Kilè ke tout teroris sa yo Ap disparèt. Map fout rele anmwey. Yo You, map pale ak ou. I’m talking to you Map fout pale ak ou, wi ak ou Kokorat, zwazo mechan, ipokrit, sanzave Pa fout pale de revolisyon. Sispann reve Ouvri je nou. Wi map pale ak ou tou Pè Nowèl te pè, oken malere e ti moun Pat resevwa oken kado sèl move moun Kap touye e terorize pèp la tap fete. Lapolis Lame ak nèg Loni yo, se kòm si ke yo paka fè plis Se mwens ke yo fè sèlman. Nèg CPT yo touche Gwo lajan, sak nan pouvwa resevwa anpil lajan Nèg yo ap defann pòch, yo pap defann Patri Yo pap pwoteje pèp, yo pap defann Ayiti Ikrèn resevwa gwo kado, gwo zetrenn Ayiti resevwa gwo anbago, wi nou konprann Bandi, teroris, gangstè, loksidan ak olygaka ap vale tèren Gwoup kriminèl yo ap mennen Ti Jezi pat ale an Ayiti, li te pè. Papa Nwèl pat pase Li te pè natirèlman. An nou panse, reflechi anpil jisko printan. P.S. This poem is dedicated to all who are suffering in Haiti. Pèp Ayisyen ak dyaspora a bouke pran imilasyion. Aba la mizè, insekirite koripsyion, krim, injistis, inpinite, diskriminasyon, e inegalite. See translation of ‘Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, Haiti’. Copyright © Desanm 2024, Hébert Logerie, Tout dwa rezève Hébert Logerie se otè plizyè koleksyon powèm.
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Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM UTC
Pè Nowèl Te Pè Pase Nan Pòtoprens, Ayiti
Papa Nowèl te pè pase sou Chanmas Nan lari Pòtoprens. Bal tap tire an mas Tout kote. Anpil moun sere anba kabann Teroris yo kwè chyen nan yon move savann Yo tout kote ak gwo zam ke yo pa fabrike an Ayiti Bandi yo ap touye e terorize tout moun Mèm vye chat ak rat kap kouri nan ravinn Bagay yo grav e danjere nan peyi Dayiti Tonton Nowèl te pè se sak fè kel pat pase Ane sila. Pèsonn moun pa konn kilè ke Bagay sa, dezòd, krim, kanaj sa yo ap chanje Fini. Pate gen mès minwi, tout pòtt legliz te fèmen Bandi ak sapat yo gen gwo zam ki trè chè Ke tonton blan yo bayo kòm kado Nwèl Pou pèp la ka al kreve pi fon nan lanfè Sak pi rèd djab sal ak vye san pwèl Pè al nan simetyè pou al leve moun ke Yo te touye. Se chyen manje chyen Se chat manje chat. Se chyen manje rat Moun antrave nan peyi sila. Se chat Manje rat. Se chyen manje rat ak chat Sa se laraj. Moun pa janm te konn tande Vye istwa sa yo. Kilè ke bagay sa ap fini, chanje Kilè ke kolon oligaka, loksidan e sanzave Sa yo ap kite ti pèp la an repo e kilè Ke ti pèp la ap revolte, kilè, fout kilè Dyaspora a fatige pèdi lajan ak propriete Nan peyi sa. Kilè ke tout teroris sa yo Ap disparèt. Map fout rele anmwey. Yo You, map pale ak ou. I’m talking to you Map fout pale ak ou, wi ak ou Kokorat, zwazo mechan, ipokrit, sanzave Pa fout pale de revolisyon. Sispann reve Ouvri je nou. Wi map pale ak ou tou Pè Nowèl te pè, oken malere e ti moun Pat resevwa oken kado sèl move moun Kap touye e terorize pèp la tap fete. Lapolis Lame ak nèg Loni yo, se kòm si ke yo paka fè plis Se mwens ke yo fè sèlman. Nèg CPT yo touche Gwo lajan, sak nan pouvwa resevwa anpil lajan Nèg yo ap defann pòch, yo pap defann Patri Yo pap pwoteje pèp, yo pap defann Ayiti Ikrèn resevwa gwo kado, gwo zetrenn Ayiti resevwa gwo anbago, wi nou konprann Bandi, teroris, gangstè, loksidan ak olygaka ap vale tèren Gwoup kriminèl yo ap mennen Ti Jezi pat ale an Ayiti, li te pè. Papa Nwèl pat pase Li te pè natirèlman. An nou panse, reflechi anpil jisko printan. P.S. This poem is dedicated to all who are suffering in Haiti. Pèp Ayisyen ak dyaspora a bouke pran imilasyion. Aba la mizè, insekirite koripsyion, krim, injistis, inpinite, diskriminasyon, e inegalite. See translation of ‘Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, Haiti’. Copyright © Desanm 2024, Hébert Logerie, Tout dwa rezève Hébert Logerie se otè plizyè koleksyon powèm.
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Stop wasting my time, Let us go and unwind Fete over, then rewind? Stop messing with my mind. Don't stop one more time No secret, it ain't a crime, Just for me? You're so kind Yes, I know, I'm sublime. Your love's abiding, You got what I'm craving You're there when my world's caving Cause of you, I'm still surviving. When I'm abominable Your love's like a cradle Whoa, don't break the table **** you know you're able. You are heaven-sent, Hate it when you're absent, So accustomed to your sent, Of your love, I'm absorbent.
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Jan 15, 2018
Jan 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM UTC
Sublime