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"indomitable" poems
His strong hands gripped me everywhere, he knew my sensitive places. My eyes shone due to my intense obedience and humiliation. I started to perspire in an excitable way. My legs began to shake. I could feel his affection through his endless kiss. I felt intimidated. He loved me. I can still feel his indomitable hands around me, he knows my vulnerable spots. My eyes glisten from my potent passiveness and embarrassment. I break out in nervous sweats. My legs are trembling. I can feel his devotion in an infinite smack. I feel terrorized. He's attached to me.
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Jun 3, 2016
Jun 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM UTC
Sickening Synonyms That Should Be Antonyms (will be deleted)
There's something about the sea: In feeling a force of nature, So much stronger than yourself, Surround you in its embrace. There's something about the waves, Their raw power, Their cool, demanding strength. And there's something about his hands, His voice, his eyes. The way his body pulls mine under, Like waves, Indomitable, forceful, Alive. And I'm floating. I'm sinking. I'm thrown around in the current. In his arms: the sea; The breath he steals Then grants it back. And I pray only That the tide never subsides.
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Aug 28, 2022
Aug 28, 2022 at 4:56 AM UTC
Maritime
whereas by dark really released,the modern flame of her indomitable body uses a careful fierceness. Her lips study my head gripping for a decision:burn the terrific fingers which grapple and joke on my passionate anatomy oh yes! Large legs pinch,toes choke— hair-thin strands of magic agony ….by day this lady in her limousine oozes in fashionable traffic,just a halfsmile (for society’s sweet sake) in the not too frail lips almost discussed; between her and ourselves a nearly-opaque perfume disinterestedly obscene.
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Whereas By Dark Really Released,The Modern
Open bramble gate, morning lets itself in, eyes open in welcome. Water stirs – a glance outside. A jade tiger rises, blue herons fly to South Mountain. ~~~ Forage through herb abundance on South Mountain sunlight pooled in cassia leaves. It’s why you reclused here, hermitage entwined in viridian mists. I find your footprints headed to the clouds, so I leave this poem on your wall and on a whim ascend South Mountain ridges. Sticks snap underfoot – blue herons startle away. ~~~ Boundless and empty to townsfolk, South Mountain peaks. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper crumpled clouds – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song - radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Petals scatter on crystalline swells, night lengthens slowly – coldness wanders by but I will linger here, a little longer. Version 2 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song radiant clarity – makes mountain forest sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jade and emerald rises. Petals scatter on crystalline swells – night lengthens slowly - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer. Version 3 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird songs radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust clears from rivers and peaks. Streams of ochre flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Scattered petals on crystalline swells – night slowly lengthens - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer.
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Jan 24, 2012
Jan 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM UTC
South Mountain
Open bramble gate, morning lets itself in, eyes open in welcome. Water stirs – a glance outside. A jade tiger rises, blue herons fly to South Mountain. ~~~ Forage through herb abundance on South Mountain sunlight pooled in cassia leaves. It’s why you reclused here, hermitage entwined in viridian mists. I find your footprints headed to the clouds, so I leave this poem on your wall and on a whim ascend South Mountain ridges. Sticks snap underfoot – blue herons startle away. ~~~ Boundless and empty to townsfolk, South Mountain peaks. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper crumpled clouds – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song - radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Petals scatter on crystalline swells, night lengthens slowly – coldness wanders by but I will linger here, a little longer. Version 2 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song radiant clarity – makes mountain forest sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jade and emerald rises. Petals scatter on crystalline swells – night lengthens slowly - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer. Version 3 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird songs radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust clears from rivers and peaks. Streams of ochre flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Scattered petals on crystalline swells – night slowly lengthens - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer.
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Beauty like hers is genius. Not the call Of Homer’s or of Dante’s heart sublime,— Not Michael’s hand furrowing the zones of time,— Is more with compassed mysteries musical; Nay, not in Spring’s or Summer’s sweet footfall More gathered gifts exuberant Life bequeathes Than doth this sovereign face, whose love-spell breathes Even from its shadowed contour on the wall. As many men are poets in their youth, But for one sweet-strung soul the wires prolong Even through all change the indomitable song; So in likewise the envenomed years, whose tooth Rends shallower grace with ruin void of ruth, Upon this beauty’s power shall wreak no wrong.
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Genius In Beauty
I am a white, Jewish girl from Florida. Hit me. Hit me with your white girl jokes, Your Jewish American Princess stereotypes. I will giggle and squeal right along with you. Because yeah, I do order white chocolate mocha frappuchinos from Starbucks, I Instagram pictures of my nails, I take selfies, whiten my teeth, straighten my hair, Shop at Forever21 and drink Naked Juice like it is my job. Yeah, my daddy buys me things, I don’t pay for my data plan, There’s no way in hell I would drive a sedan, I wear Nike shorts and avoid any nearby cameraman, And let me tell you, I love jamming out to old school Britney Spears. Hit me one more time, because none of that means I am any less intelligent, Any less diligent, Any less likely to face judgment Than any other slice of diversity around me – I am a white, Jewish girl My nose is not its own cartoon, I eat bagels (but I absolutely hate lox), I’m not tan or even the least bit tinted, And god knows I don’t wear Uggs. Tell me I need to get married young, Major in business, Wear clothes that leave me airless, Get some of that European gracefulness, But don’t tell me I’m dumb. Don’t tell me I’m not thoughtful. I’m a white girl. Take a glance at my resourcefulness, Understand my goals of being ambitious, Get rid of your own stereotype-inducing cockiness, And notice me in all of my flawlessness. Because I am a white girl, And I am unique, strong, inventive, Empowered, passionate, adventurous, Indomitable, unbeatable. I am an individual – Not part of some whole that you put me in to stabilize your mold, Not the example of a societally scatterbrained ***** meant to be your centerfold,   Not a previously worn-out piece of clothing thrown to the gutter unsold, Rather a human being of my own rules and my own morals A human being with ideas and intelligence and power, A white, Jewish girl, A person.
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 5:31 PM UTC
White Girl
I am a white, Jewish girl from Florida. Hit me. Hit me with your white girl jokes, Your Jewish American Princess stereotypes. I will giggle and squeal right along with you. Because yeah, I do order white chocolate mocha frappuchinos from Starbucks, I Instagram pictures of my nails, I take selfies, whiten my teeth, straighten my hair, Shop at Forever21 and drink Naked Juice like it is my job. Yeah, my daddy buys me things, I don’t pay for my data plan, There’s no way in hell I would drive a sedan, I wear Nike shorts and avoid any nearby cameraman, And let me tell you, I love jamming out to old school Britney Spears. Hit me one more time, because none of that means I am any less intelligent, Any less diligent, Any less likely to face judgment Than any other slice of diversity around me – I am a white, Jewish girl My nose is not its own cartoon, I eat bagels (but I absolutely hate lox), I’m not tan or even the least bit tinted, And god knows I don’t wear Uggs. Tell me I need to get married young, Major in business, Wear clothes that leave me airless, Get some of that European gracefulness, But don’t tell me I’m dumb. Don’t tell me I’m not thoughtful. I’m a white girl. Take a glance at my resourcefulness, Understand my goals of being ambitious, Get rid of your own stereotype-inducing cockiness, And notice me in all of my flawlessness. Because I am a white girl, And I am unique, strong, inventive, Empowered, passionate, adventurous, Indomitable, unbeatable. I am an individual – Not part of some whole that you put me in to stabilize your mold, Not the example of a societally scatterbrained ***** meant to be your centerfold,   Not a previously worn-out piece of clothing thrown to the gutter unsold, Rather a human being of my own rules and my own morals A human being with ideas and intelligence and power, A white, Jewish girl, A person.
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red stains, fading, cracked, scented      _if i kissed your prints, would they kiss me back?_ sighs, thoughts, spaces between prints      spaces between words, between parted lips and floating thoughts the world! is so crowded with space but yours is the one i want to fill .      but where are the lines? lines of loss, lines of lawns, lines of ink and rips and more stains and letters, in the hands and on the pavement where are the lines? why won't you go there? why do you hover in these foul, indomitable spaces? why do you seek that which you should not?      if the shadow of lines slinks in your quiet expression, then why are you still here?      if the echo of your soft face lingers in my hands, if the whisper of your breath and the heat of your skin still singes my own, then why do you disappear? lovely wraith, lovely memory of a thing that once was, why do you sit so alone? because i am coming to your space, and if you can see me, of shadow and fog, then i will meet you there,      on a line of our own. _>because it's a death premeditated and i can see it unfolding,_      _sharp wounding painful_ _and the discourse in the sky is telling me so, yet why do i keep walking west?_
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Aug 18, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 at 5:28 PM UTC
spaces& lines .
One can easily become disillusioned in a world senselessly Filled with confusion and upheaval – evil at every corner, and it appears as though good has become unsustainable Bleak as tomorrow’s tidings may, I stay on bended knees Looking upward with unanswered questions - let wisdom Rain down like libations, to quench thirst wrought off miles upon life’s rugged road, and before the end has come I want To have left behind a legacy of achievement, taking whatever Motivation I can get to buildup up conviction, until cynicism is converted into action - my spirit soaring like an eagle propels My ambition to loftier heights thought unimagined – so I wait Patiently for a windfall gain, made from choices to facilitate change For I’m indomitable, from a lineage of kings rising above the worlds condition, like a sprightly star among the constellations…
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Sep 24, 2012
Sep 24, 2012 at 2:02 AM UTC
Victory
Edifice erections surreal mistic heights Wayward excursions and catenary's bight Communal collusions of harmonies site Ethereal subsistence on exsertion's light Lingam and yoni are indefatigably tight Exponential overload was communities plight Semantic regalia is myriad temptation Finite being a mutual oblation Vicarious recalcitrance an obeisant sensation Conception's vastness like incalculable equation   Ephemeral effulgence is indomitable pervasion Treacherous traverse and eternal occasion Succinct salience is symbiotic allegory Fecundity's verve a transcendent promontory Imperative ascension the conjunctive's divinatory Audacity's exigence and fertility's invocatory Erotica's erectile like mentality's trajectory Futurity's fatidic and inherent delusory **** it fell right over like categorical imperative's contradictory
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 12:32 PM UTC
Resurrecting the Tower of Babel
An empty pub is the worst place to be, In a city, Where even gods stay a bit longer every year, Perhaps persuaded by the halcyon laughter of that half dressed street urchin, Who has learnt to celebrate her comical existence, In the pregnant underbelly of a false saint, Who refuses to give birth to anything but naked poverty. Small wonder the gods have never chosen to intervene in the city of joy, After all its the fault of these urchins who refuse to abandon their filthy smiles, And have the audacity to peak through the walls that we annually paint, With the victorious colours of human values. But why do they peek, Isn't their world filled with the unmatched profoundness of black and white photography? Isn't their world the home to poetic muses and romantic poverty ? Indeed, why do they peek ? Before the label on the bottle in front of me, Makes you judge the potency of what I utter, Let me tell you why. For them our world is a constant theatrical which has run different shows annually, Yet the only complaint they have perhaps is that the genre of the shows, Have somehow never changed. Its always been the darkest of satires, Like the running satire in which half our society, Sitting safe within the beautiful walls , We built around our indomitable prosperity and culture , Indulges, In the hysterical condemnation of a man, Who wants to build a beautiful wall on a different continent . To protect the same You know, I don't speak urchin-tongue, But I have always had the gift to read feelings I shouldn’t, And something tells me the urchins have titled this theatrical, “Moral ************ But that’s not all, An empty pub is the worst place to be in a city which refuses to let you give up hope, And gently reminds you with every drink That even when the rest of the world is out there dancing, To the drum beats of happy endings and ephemeral farewells, There’s one place that will never close its doors on you. The only thing is. The place isn’t the home you never ended up building with her, It’s just an empty pub. And that is why an empty pub is the worst place to be.
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Oct 27, 2016
Oct 27, 2016 at 3:13 AM UTC
Before The Bartender's Last Call
An empty pub is the worst place to be, In a city, Where even gods stay a bit longer every year, Perhaps persuaded by the halcyon laughter of that half dressed street urchin, Who has learnt to celebrate her comical existence, In the pregnant underbelly of a false saint, Who refuses to give birth to anything but naked poverty. Small wonder the gods have never chosen to intervene in the city of joy, After all its the fault of these urchins who refuse to abandon their filthy smiles, And have the audacity to peak through the walls that we annually paint, With the victorious colours of human values. But why do they peek, Isn't their world filled with the unmatched profoundness of black and white photography? Isn't their world the home to poetic muses and romantic poverty ? Indeed, why do they peek ? Before the label on the bottle in front of me, Makes you judge the potency of what I utter, Let me tell you why. For them our world is a constant theatrical which has run different shows annually, Yet the only complaint they have perhaps is that the genre of the shows, Have somehow never changed. Its always been the darkest of satires, Like the running satire in which half our society, Sitting safe within the beautiful walls , We built around our indomitable prosperity and culture , Indulges, In the hysterical condemnation of a man, Who wants to build a beautiful wall on a different continent . To protect the same You know, I don't speak urchin-tongue, But I have always had the gift to read feelings I shouldn’t, And something tells me the urchins have titled this theatrical, “Moral ************ But that’s not all, An empty pub is the worst place to be in a city which refuses to let you give up hope, And gently reminds you with every drink That even when the rest of the world is out there dancing, To the drum beats of happy endings and ephemeral farewells, There’s one place that will never close its doors on you. The only thing is. The place isn’t the home you never ended up building with her, It’s just an empty pub. And that is why an empty pub is the worst place to be.
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She stands as pale as Parian statues stand; Like Cleopatra when she turned at bay, And felt her strength above the Roman sway, And felt the aspic writhing in her hand. Her face is steadfast toward the shadowy land, For dim beyond it looms the light of day; Her feet are steadfast; all the arduous way That foot-track hath not wavered on the sand. She stands there like a beacon thro' the night, A pale clear beacon where the storm-drift is; She stands alone, a wonder deathly white; She stands there patient, nerved with inner might, Indomitable in her feebleness, Her face and will athirst against the light.
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A Study (A Soul)
Collaboration with Alyssa Underwood! *I'm not getting much from life, it makes me want to scream! Won't achieve my smallest goal... let alone my dreams!*. **Your life's hidden in Christ's hands and your competence comes from Him. His Spirit's working His purpose in you... despite how things may seem.**. *I'm frail and I'm weak, I'm sorry. I'm not strong. You say I can handle this test... You couldn't be more wrong!*. **Frailty's the best start for watching our egos flee. Once we know WE can't do it... we begin to get set free.**. *I am sick and tired of the daily drudge! And fellow believers? All they do is JUDGE!*. **So lay it all down. Jesus died to bear the indomitable weight... of every burden you wear.**. *Does God answer prayers? I wonder if HE DOES! If you go and backslide He seems to hold a grudge!*. **I find He answers differently than what I might seek first, for what's pleasant now... May not fill my deepest thirst.**. *Alright. He makes us patient. But I can believe the lies! He has no provision to make me savvy... WISE!*. **If wisdom like the world is what the soul most craves, where's the contentment... in those who are its slaves?** *The believer is the candle Jesus is the flame. Thank you sister for your help... I'm calling on His Name! I will heed your sayings. I have been absurd! He's good to all His promises... They're written in HIS WORD.*. **It's not absurd to question or probe into our doubts. HIS WORD can stand resistance... through every skeptic's shouts. We're here to help each other find truth along the way. JESUS IS THE WAY AND TRUTH AND LIFE WE LIVE EACH DAY! Alyssa Underwood  (the voice of Truth)**. SoulSurvivor  (the doubtful believer)
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Jan 5, 2016
Jan 5, 2016 at 7:59 PM UTC
Fear vs Faith
Collaboration with Alyssa Underwood! *I'm not getting much from life, it makes me want to scream! Won't achieve my smallest goal... let alone my dreams!*. **Your life's hidden in Christ's hands and your competence comes from Him. His Spirit's working His purpose in you... despite how things may seem.**. *I'm frail and I'm weak, I'm sorry. I'm not strong. You say I can handle this test... You couldn't be more wrong!*. **Frailty's the best start for watching our egos flee. Once we know WE can't do it... we begin to get set free.**. *I am sick and tired of the daily drudge! And fellow believers? All they do is JUDGE!*. **So lay it all down. Jesus died to bear the indomitable weight... of every burden you wear.**. *Does God answer prayers? I wonder if HE DOES! If you go and backslide He seems to hold a grudge!*. **I find He answers differently than what I might seek first, for what's pleasant now... May not fill my deepest thirst.**. *Alright. He makes us patient. But I can believe the lies! He has no provision to make me savvy... WISE!*. **If wisdom like the world is what the soul most craves, where's the contentment... in those who are its slaves?** *The believer is the candle Jesus is the flame. Thank you sister for your help... I'm calling on His Name! I will heed your sayings. I have been absurd! He's good to all His promises... They're written in HIS WORD.*. **It's not absurd to question or probe into our doubts. HIS WORD can stand resistance... through every skeptic's shouts. We're here to help each other find truth along the way. JESUS IS THE WAY AND TRUTH AND LIFE WE LIVE EACH DAY! Alyssa Underwood  (the voice of Truth)**. SoulSurvivor  (the doubtful believer)
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*Stellar spirit, fearless flier to high skies, your wings are gifts of freedom, your florid songs, tug at my heart as much as those plumage, your elan, though subdued a bit by harsh weather, takes new shoots, never in disquiet, indomitable, your inner lamp, now burns with camphor light. I see you fly above the storm clouds, singing anthem of your soul, spectacular, in clear weather, cheered by your dear ones near, the hillsides, valleys and dales resound with your dulcet tunes.*
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 9:37 PM UTC
The bird of paradise on wings of freedom, arises
The serpent dips his head beneath the sea His mother, source of all his energy Eternal, thence to draw the strength he needs On earth to do indomitable dees Once more; and they, who saw but understood Naught of his nature of beatitude Were awed: they murmured with abated breath; Alas the Master; so he sinks in death. But whoso knows the mystery of man Sees life and death as curves of one same plan.
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Thanatos Basileos
The Great Outdoors Doors open every which way and it's impossible to escape you since you are behind everyone of them. The overflowing cascade that is your hair the splendor of the sun at noon that is your smile and the ever present flawless work of art that is your body. The gorgeous landscape of your chest needless to say how much I love the view. The great outdoors lives and breathes within you. Let me take you indoors so I could breathe you at dawn take off the weight of all those weary kisses and slowly nourish me in your lips. Let me spend an eternity attached to your hips. Let our anatomies condense into one another creating record setting heat. Let me taste the warmth of your mouth and feel the cold of your feet. Your implacable thighs, your indomitable abdomen the pearls of your eyes, your button nose and pillow cheeks. The softness of your hands as your fingers run all over me. The flirtatious ways of your walk inhaling your fresh essence in the air with your aura by my side knocking down the door to my lair and awake from my self-imposed hibernation to dedicate this loving prose in ode to Mother Nature's greatest creation. Like an impatient Great White I can still sense your flesh when I can't see devouring everything in sight and this hunger towards you it leads because my waters are yours I can smell your thick blood algae, seaweed or other life forms are not nearly enough to keep me from craving you and fulfilling this unfulfilling love to find a way to repress what my flinching body has become from the Savannah to the Sahara I can't suffice this longing night, afternoon or morning for your great outdoors.
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Dec 26, 2009
Dec 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM UTC
"The Great Outdoors"
The Great Outdoors Doors open every which way and it's impossible to escape you since you are behind everyone of them. The overflowing cascade that is your hair the splendor of the sun at noon that is your smile and the ever present flawless work of art that is your body. The gorgeous landscape of your chest needless to say how much I love the view. The great outdoors lives and breathes within you. Let me take you indoors so I could breathe you at dawn take off the weight of all those weary kisses and slowly nourish me in your lips. Let me spend an eternity attached to your hips. Let our anatomies condense into one another creating record setting heat. Let me taste the warmth of your mouth and feel the cold of your feet. Your implacable thighs, your indomitable abdomen the pearls of your eyes, your button nose and pillow cheeks. The softness of your hands as your fingers run all over me. The flirtatious ways of your walk inhaling your fresh essence in the air with your aura by my side knocking down the door to my lair and awake from my self-imposed hibernation to dedicate this loving prose in ode to Mother Nature's greatest creation. Like an impatient Great White I can still sense your flesh when I can't see devouring everything in sight and this hunger towards you it leads because my waters are yours I can smell your thick blood algae, seaweed or other life forms are not nearly enough to keep me from craving you and fulfilling this unfulfilling love to find a way to repress what my flinching body has become from the Savannah to the Sahara I can't suffice this longing night, afternoon or morning for your great outdoors.
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The twilight speaks of greater Greatness, for your spirit soars Across the horizons of life and The living--- leaving an era of Idealized legacy of redeemed Human equality and possibility. The indomitable soul you once Wore under your colored skin Fuels our aspirations for a better World of kaleidoscope of faces, Races, and happiness. Nelson, Now that you have entered The narrow door of immortality, Let our tears be a vindication to Your ideals of freedom and Democracy. Rest in His peace Our dear old man. For the world You toiled to change is now our burden Just as how we are burdened with Your humility and humanity.
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Dec 6, 2013
Dec 6, 2013 at 2:25 AM UTC
Sunset in Africa
All so grave and shining see they come From the blissful ranks of the forgiven, Though so distant wheels the nearest crystal dome, And the spheres are seven. Are you in such haste to come to earth, Shining ones, the Wonder on your brow, To the low poor places of your birth, And the day that must be darkness now? Does the heart still crave the spot it yearned on In the grey and mortal years, The pure flame the smoky hearth it burned on, The clear eye its tears? Was there, in the narrow range of living, After all the wider scope? In the old old rapture of forgiving, In the long long flight of hope? Come you, from free sweep across the spaces, To the irksome bounds of mortal law, From the all-embracing Vision, to some face’s Look that never saw? Never we, imprisoned here, had sought you, Lured you with the ancient bait of pain, Down the silver current of the light-years brought you To the beaten round again— Is it you, perchance, who ache to strain us Dumbly to the dim transfigured breast, Or with tragic gesture would detain us From the age-long search for rest? Is the labour then more glorious than the laurel, The learning than the conquered thought? Is the meed of men the righteous quarrel, Not the justice wrought? Long ago we guessed it, faithful ghosts, Proudly chose the present for our scene, And sent out indomitable hosts Day by day to widen our demesne. Sit you by our hearth-stone, lone immortals, Share again the bitter wine of life! Well we know, beyond the peaceful portals There is nothing better than our strife, Nought more thrilling than the cry that calls us, Spent and stumbling, to the conflict vain, After each disaster that befalls us Nerves us for a sterner strain. And, when flood or foeman shakes the sleeper In his moment’s lapse from pain, Bids us fold our tents, and flee our kin, and deeper Drive into the wilderness again.
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All Saints
All so grave and shining see they come From the blissful ranks of the forgiven, Though so distant wheels the nearest crystal dome, And the spheres are seven. Are you in such haste to come to earth, Shining ones, the Wonder on your brow, To the low poor places of your birth, And the day that must be darkness now? Does the heart still crave the spot it yearned on In the grey and mortal years, The pure flame the smoky hearth it burned on, The clear eye its tears? Was there, in the narrow range of living, After all the wider scope? In the old old rapture of forgiving, In the long long flight of hope? Come you, from free sweep across the spaces, To the irksome bounds of mortal law, From the all-embracing Vision, to some face’s Look that never saw? Never we, imprisoned here, had sought you, Lured you with the ancient bait of pain, Down the silver current of the light-years brought you To the beaten round again— Is it you, perchance, who ache to strain us Dumbly to the dim transfigured breast, Or with tragic gesture would detain us From the age-long search for rest? Is the labour then more glorious than the laurel, The learning than the conquered thought? Is the meed of men the righteous quarrel, Not the justice wrought? Long ago we guessed it, faithful ghosts, Proudly chose the present for our scene, And sent out indomitable hosts Day by day to widen our demesne. Sit you by our hearth-stone, lone immortals, Share again the bitter wine of life! Well we know, beyond the peaceful portals There is nothing better than our strife, Nought more thrilling than the cry that calls us, Spent and stumbling, to the conflict vain, After each disaster that befalls us Nerves us for a sterner strain. And, when flood or foeman shakes the sleeper In his moment’s lapse from pain, Bids us fold our tents, and flee our kin, and deeper Drive into the wilderness again.
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In the Church, I met a woman so old Bending under the weight of years I wonder what made her steal my attention Was it her struggle to hold back her tears? In spite of her frail stooping figure She seemed to have an indomitable will Defeating all infirmities of age, she stood With a face though sad, yet tranquil and still Strange enough, she recalled to me The determined, but decrepit old man beside the pool Whom Wordsworth had once encountered Gathering leeches so scarce, but resolute and cool I watched the woman humbly prostrate And feebly rise and straighten her aged form Surrendering herself at the feet of God Imploring grace for life’s little tasks to perform In her gnarled hands, she firmly held a prayer book With the other supporting her frail figure on a staff And with a sigh of relief, she left the church As if her afflictions were reduced to half As the Congregation dispersed in all directions She feebly walked to her accustomed haunt At the rear side of the church was a Cemetery unkempt Where the ancestors slept, devoid of earthly cares and want Among all the tombstones in marble and granite Erected in memory of the kindred dead There was a newly dug up grave That stood aloof as a heap of mud I watched the old woman approach this spot Where she knelt down with a calm demeanor Her withered hands clasped together in piety And her eyes closed in silent prayer With a convulsive motion of her lips She rose up and once more knelt down As if searching for a face so dear Whose memory she could never ever drown Within that mound, slept her only son Who died in his prime, a month before Leaving his widowed mother behind To brave the shafts stinging, so sore As Time by seconds and minutes ticked away The bereaved mother stood up at last And heavily yet quietly walked away Leaving the one who was once her own part *** *** ** While the wounds of the young are quickly closed and healed And their ductile affections entwine around new passions The aged withdraw to the silence and desolation of life Once when deprived of the love that life no more sanctions!
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Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 7:09 AM UTC
Frozen Grief
In the Church, I met a woman so old Bending under the weight of years I wonder what made her steal my attention Was it her struggle to hold back her tears? In spite of her frail stooping figure She seemed to have an indomitable will Defeating all infirmities of age, she stood With a face though sad, yet tranquil and still Strange enough, she recalled to me The determined, but decrepit old man beside the pool Whom Wordsworth had once encountered Gathering leeches so scarce, but resolute and cool I watched the woman humbly prostrate And feebly rise and straighten her aged form Surrendering herself at the feet of God Imploring grace for life’s little tasks to perform In her gnarled hands, she firmly held a prayer book With the other supporting her frail figure on a staff And with a sigh of relief, she left the church As if her afflictions were reduced to half As the Congregation dispersed in all directions She feebly walked to her accustomed haunt At the rear side of the church was a Cemetery unkempt Where the ancestors slept, devoid of earthly cares and want Among all the tombstones in marble and granite Erected in memory of the kindred dead There was a newly dug up grave That stood aloof as a heap of mud I watched the old woman approach this spot Where she knelt down with a calm demeanor Her withered hands clasped together in piety And her eyes closed in silent prayer With a convulsive motion of her lips She rose up and once more knelt down As if searching for a face so dear Whose memory she could never ever drown Within that mound, slept her only son Who died in his prime, a month before Leaving his widowed mother behind To brave the shafts stinging, so sore As Time by seconds and minutes ticked away The bereaved mother stood up at last And heavily yet quietly walked away Leaving the one who was once her own part *** *** ** While the wounds of the young are quickly closed and healed And their ductile affections entwine around new passions The aged withdraw to the silence and desolation of life Once when deprived of the love that life no more sanctions!
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Words…..because words are all I have……..:) Edgar endearments generosity incantatory new sagacity surprise heresy dissipation violating abyss language warning culminates dalack obdurate serving waiter ossuary occurrences tortured beware silence calm bow physiognomy paucity occurrence exegeses transmogrification effectuation Adjunctive dairy tenure contention tenner reins happy indomitable, connoisseur artifice concatenation vivacity voluptuous solemnity enigmatic burdened glorious line huge……………………some I made myself…..:) Edgar
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Nov 2, 2012
Nov 2, 2012 at 4:07 PM UTC
Words
Hypnotizing Swirl The last time I saw you, my mind was an intensified and frigid blast from the polarized north. I held onto your body and our breath emitted a spiritual corona which enveloped us in love. We dwelled within a single abode intertwining our illuminated vessels. Within this shrine resides the sacred enamorment that placed me in a trance… -A hypnotizing swirl.- Spirited away, in this moment, I moon the time away awaiting the evolution, the bloom, the metamorphosis, the efflorescence of your quintessence. Like a delicate orchid of the brightest evergreen stem. An exuberant and illustrious flower, a symbol of our love, it has intertwined our beings with the seeds of rejuvenation sown into our souls. Today when I see you, like a broken record in my mind, I am detached. I am a juggernaut, a sentinel who guards sanity within the confines of an indomitable fortress. My dream has been nurtured in a pink dreamer’s chest; my treasure is a myriad of aromatic petals sealed away. Upon this parcel, the benediction of amor has been bestowed. Moonbeams and iridescent butterflies dwindle upon its rosy and stout exterior. The Universe’s tears glimmer upon the castle walls housing my fantasy, my tenuous and ethereal hope bound to break at any moment. -An epiphany can change things you know.- “How do I know that my beseeching cries shall reach the Transcendental in the Realm of the Tenuous and Divine?” -Only faith and virtue can allow me to reach the pinnacle of my desires- To a Shattered and Reassembled Dream. By, Sanders Maurice Foulke III
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Apr 7, 2012
Apr 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM UTC
Hypnotizing Swirl(April 7th, 2012)
Hypnotizing Swirl The last time I saw you, my mind was an intensified and frigid blast from the polarized north. I held onto your body and our breath emitted a spiritual corona which enveloped us in love. We dwelled within a single abode intertwining our illuminated vessels. Within this shrine resides the sacred enamorment that placed me in a trance… -A hypnotizing swirl.- Spirited away, in this moment, I moon the time away awaiting the evolution, the bloom, the metamorphosis, the efflorescence of your quintessence. Like a delicate orchid of the brightest evergreen stem. An exuberant and illustrious flower, a symbol of our love, it has intertwined our beings with the seeds of rejuvenation sown into our souls. Today when I see you, like a broken record in my mind, I am detached. I am a juggernaut, a sentinel who guards sanity within the confines of an indomitable fortress. My dream has been nurtured in a pink dreamer’s chest; my treasure is a myriad of aromatic petals sealed away. Upon this parcel, the benediction of amor has been bestowed. Moonbeams and iridescent butterflies dwindle upon its rosy and stout exterior. The Universe’s tears glimmer upon the castle walls housing my fantasy, my tenuous and ethereal hope bound to break at any moment. -An epiphany can change things you know.- “How do I know that my beseeching cries shall reach the Transcendental in the Realm of the Tenuous and Divine?” -Only faith and virtue can allow me to reach the pinnacle of my desires- To a Shattered and Reassembled Dream. By, Sanders Maurice Foulke III
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If the clouds went away, far away from me, they would continue to rain on my parade. Nobody should march to the beat of someone else's drum; I will always be a disappointment to somebody. They come they go- the compliments and sacrifice. How inconsistent they always are. How can I firmly establish my identity, when my identity is what they disapprove of?
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Jun 26, 2010
Jun 26, 2010 at 10:06 AM UTC
Indomitable Spirit
I am indomitable, untouchable I am wrath embodied The rage of the downtrodden made flesh Nothing will stand in my way Their corpses torn apart by my hands Their blood soaked into the soil I have wrought destruction upon them And brought ruin to their hearth They dared to provoke me To spit upon me when I was weak And what was sown They have reaped I am the berserker Blood streams from my wounds The horde overwhelms me Yet I refuse to be defeated I smash through their lines A roar ripping from my throat As I rend my enemies asunder And cover myself in their gore I see terror in their eyes As they see the blood frenzy in mine I lay waste to all who oppose me And still it is not enough My lust for battle can not be sated It will not be satisfied Until I have annihilated them Until I have erased every trace of them
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Oct 11, 2015
Oct 11, 2015 at 9:08 AM UTC
Berserk
When Death resolutely comes Abrupt with his deadly summons Tarry not like a galley slave But like a courteous warrior behave Do not waver and do not droop As if you are to be hung on a loop Never dread lying under the dust With the body in a narrow vault ****** Know, it is only when seeds rot That fresh and florid lives sprout So when it is time to go Strut like an indomitable foe, With swinging hands and head held high To be welcomed by angels of the sky With the music of clanging cymbals And the rising rhythm of sounding bells Into a kingdom, bright and cheerful And a state far radiant and blissful Where the sun shall never set Where blessed souls will joyously meet Where Truth and Beauty preside Where peace and bliss abide Ousted out of terrestrial space You’re enfolded in God’s sweet embrace
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Jun 2, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 at 9:36 AM UTC
When Death Comes
An old man sits in an even older rocking chair. His skin was midnight, as was his hair once upon a time When it had adorned his head Within its very curl was a diamond, a ruby, Like the crown of the richest king But now the only thing that curled Was his back Hunched in that old chair You couldn’t tell by looking at it But it was once a strong body Yes, the old man was young once He was strong, He was beautiful He was proud As he should be But he was too strong His exterior was that of ice and steel Not the fieriest touch Nor the most jagged of cries Could penetrate And he was too beautiful His boisterous laugh, his perfect smile Most found loud Obtuse And blinding His greatest sin was his pride He thought himself a mountain Indomitable But when the valley burned All he could do was watch The old man sits in the even older rocking chair Weak, ugly, and disgraced He once dared to think God was proud to have made this body He wondered what He thought of him now
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 12:09 AM UTC
Reminiscent
what is this love for I have beheld it cast in metamorphosis a love that makes transformations on the mind permissible transformations improvisations of the self in ****** intensity which emphasises the drama of sometimes, dark, violent and repressive potentials vicious energies of hate and ambition that propel the enactment of intense and exhausting experience of vigorous vertiginous chaos indomitable in its desires what is this love is it a registered predicament made memorable by vivid language that would butcher in ritual gratuitous memories and testify to an urgency of unwisely relinquished emotion what is this love does it flourish in flawed and unreasonable understandings accumulated upon the mind in vicarious thrill of sympathy where traits are highly exaggerated and eagerly anticipates the oppressive weight of the past that functions upon a common collapse of distinctions or does it manufacture artificial precepts pretending in attractive collaboration to associate fiction rather than fact what is this love is it that by treaty or inheritance with loving ferocity would embalm all tears and hide all those collaborations in flared conflagrations of the heart and yes create a turmoil in the mind hotter than a thousand summers and vividly stamp upon a twisted body a moral viciousness of fathomless malice that wouldst close its ears to the admonitions of conscious and thus through an improbable incantatory verbal rite touch the hidden order of all things in disassembling nature what is this love if only it was known
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Aug 17, 2013
Aug 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM UTC
What is this love?
what is this love for I have beheld it cast in metamorphosis a love that makes transformations on the mind permissible transformations improvisations of the self in ****** intensity which emphasises the drama of sometimes, dark, violent and repressive potentials vicious energies of hate and ambition that propel the enactment of intense and exhausting experience of vigorous vertiginous chaos indomitable in its desires what is this love is it a registered predicament made memorable by vivid language that would butcher in ritual gratuitous memories and testify to an urgency of unwisely relinquished emotion what is this love does it flourish in flawed and unreasonable understandings accumulated upon the mind in vicarious thrill of sympathy where traits are highly exaggerated and eagerly anticipates the oppressive weight of the past that functions upon a common collapse of distinctions or does it manufacture artificial precepts pretending in attractive collaboration to associate fiction rather than fact what is this love is it that by treaty or inheritance with loving ferocity would embalm all tears and hide all those collaborations in flared conflagrations of the heart and yes create a turmoil in the mind hotter than a thousand summers and vividly stamp upon a twisted body a moral viciousness of fathomless malice that wouldst close its ears to the admonitions of conscious and thus through an improbable incantatory verbal rite touch the hidden order of all things in disassembling nature what is this love if only it was known
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