"kel" poems
"Suppression,
Digression.
Krosis Dovahkiin."
"The answer you seek,
Is within the Kel.
The Elder Scroll."
Staring blankly,
To comprehend thy dragons words.
I went from Dragon Slayer,
To Dragon Rider.
I was too defeat Alduin,
Saving the world.
And Sovangarde.
The Elder Scroll lies with Blackreach,
Others within Castles and Crypts.
Now to begin my journey...
Oct 17, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 at 8:40 AM UTC
what's the equivalent of the English
slang...
and American version?
rhymes and... for the latter:
acronyms.
i hate American acronyms...
GOP... DNC...
government of power?
democratic national curriculum?
what the fuse?!
now... the Americans spewing
acronyms is worse than
English slang -
because there's a definite meaning
behind it...
i remember the time
when you'd pick up a dictionary,
at a time when people would wear
clothes that had the word, duffer,
printed on them...
duffer: a stupid and an inefficient
person...
ha... people used to wear
said clothes back in high-school
on non-uniform day...
mind you...
you can't exactly have a teen
fest fetish movie surrounding
high-school at the movies...
if, you go, to a catholic school...
and there's a uniform code...
everyone's uniform...
in uniform...
no one competes via
clothing, trends, etc.
that's the closest i came to joining
the army... then again...
i might not have went to a catholic
school...
i might have been under
the jurisdiction of Ignatius of Loyola...
cardinal manifesto
of the black pope:
i.e. Stendhal -
my favorite book in my teens:
and one of the few books...
that i read, being inspired
by a movie...
who was it... Rachel (kel kel Ra-ca-ca-kel)
Weisz and Ewan Mcgregor...
i still can't read anything
by J.R.R. Tolkien...
fun fact...
how can you tell the difference
between
a Hibernian and a Hearts
or a Rangers contra Celtic fan,
i.e. a protestant Pict from a catholic
Pict?
Mc'paddy
(that's catholic)
Mac'george
(that's protestant)...
Glasgow blue (protestant)
Glasgow green (catholic)
Edinburgh green (catholic)
Edinburgh claret (protestant);
savvy? good good.
Nov 12, 2018
Nov 12, 2018 at 11:58 AM UTC
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.
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024 at 1:30 AM UTC
When Kelvin threatened to cut my throat
I thought him a little stressed,
We’d known each other for twenty years
The first ten were the best,
But I was married to Jill back then
Way back before the divorce,
Then Kelvin lunged, and married her when
Our marriage had run its course.
He seemed to think I was jealous then,
He thought he had hurt my pride,
I thought that our friendship might be saved
Despite his second-hand bride,
‘Why would I want her back,’ I said,
Hoping to reassure,
But he obsessed and was quite distressed
Each time I came to his door.
‘Keep well away from my wife,’ he said,
As if I’d not had enough,
‘What do you think a divorce is, Kel?
I’m finished with all that stuff.’
‘You had your time, you should keep away,
I know that you want her still…’
‘As much as I’d want a hole in the head,
You have to believe me, Kel.’
But he just circled the wagons round
Trying to keep her from me,
I’d been quite happy to put her down
Then live my life and be free,
He’d never heard the old saw that said
That to make her yours, let her go,
If she comes back home, then she’s yours my friend,
But if not, she wasn’t you know.
I saw Jill out in the supermart
And her face was lined and drawn,
I tried to hide by the Brussel Sprouts
But she caught me up by the lawn.
She seemed determined to seek me out,
To see if I looked like hell,
Was disappointed when I looked round
And said I was doing well.
‘I’m not,’ she said, and a tiny tear
Appeared, to roll down her cheek,
‘He never leaves me alone, I fear,
I’ve been locked in for a week.’
I waved my hand, tried to get away
‘Your life is not my concern,’
Then she clung onto my arm and cried,
‘I don’t know which way to turn!’
And that’s when Kelvin himself appeared
And threatened to cut my throat,
It looked as if I had interfered
‘And that,’ I said, ‘is a joke!’
But Jill still clung to my arm beside
The beans, and packets of stew,
‘I wish we hadn’t divorced,’ she said,
‘It was so much better with you.’
You’d think a friendship of twenty years
Could overcome such a jest,
But Kelvin suddenly burst in tears
And beat a riff on my chest.
I’ll soon get over the broken ribs
And the eye, with a lump of steak,
But Kel’s still married to Jill, thank god,
That’s the icing on the cake.
David Lewis Paget
Oct 4, 2015
Oct 4, 2015 at 5:30 PM UTC
rem yeri
mağduruyum uzun zamandır
imarlı ifrazlı
hatta
ifrazatlı uykularım var
geçer diyor mütehassıs
saatleri geçirme
bir poşet leblebi yazıyor rengarenk
otanı için depresif günlere
koridor...
dar ve loş
ne güzel de bakmış o yıllar
susçu cazibe
kreşondo çakıp durdu
yüzdü denizlerimde
su dalgası
perma
küt
hepsi içimde
kalıcı yaralar gibi
devşiriyor her defasında
yeni bir kesiğe
son geyşa da gitti
şeyla bakıyorum maziye
dün de
kalsa da dikiş izi
sırıtıp
tepemi attırıyor
makas unutuyor kimi
ölmezsem bir ümit sözde
ama geçti bor’un festivali
woodstock gündem’de
eski kayıtlara bakıyorum
jimmy esrarla sahnede
ama tırmalamıyor kulağı
üflüyor sadece
kim anıyor beni bilmem
belki hapın etkisinde
yürüyorum
yollar buz
başım kel
gözüm perde
ne zaman kliniğe gelsem
kayıp oluyorum bu evrende
akşam soğuk bir odam var
bir mum, biraz meze
bir de şarap olur mutlaka
gülümser plaktan zeki
göçerim hayallere
yakışıklı ölümdür tek arzum
şişmeden kafa, gövde
uzatırlar bir şarkıya kefeni
usulca girerim içine...
Mar 9, 2019
Mar 9, 2019 at 11:49 AM UTC
I see her
Tubed up and drugged
Up where
She's telling me
She loves me
But I see she's somewhere
Else.
Anxiety of her
Own self.
Who could blame her?
The roads we've walked before
Is the same as that meteor shower
Haling from above
Without any kind shove
And what you've got what you wish forever more;
Fragile as a dove;
Delicate as imagined love.
Take real life
And paint it.
Let it rain on top of you
Like hail
In the Spring
Unsuspecting and
Unknown.
She told me there
Was nothing to worry about,
Yet then,
The story took a turn
For the worst.
The young go to battle
For they think
Death will never
Cross their path.
A bullet sails grazing
Just like they say it does
In Time
Magazine.
You know...it pays to worry
Every now and again.
Have you ever read Céline?
It's ironic,
When you hate life,
And He lays in strife because of life,
Yet are so protective
Of life
When you realize it is your own.
Lord knows,
He knows,
She knows,
You know that without life
One would be
Without it.
Oh' then,
Who then,
Who would we
Be then?
If the golden hen never
Told us to wake, no,
Never told us to wake.
Who would we be then
If the naked sun never set or the
Shallow moon never set?
Kel:
You are the love of my life.
I'd go round the world as long as I could be
Your howling hound.
You make the sound and I'll
Be your pound.
Grant me the notes and I will tote
Your grievances, your mishaps, your mistakes, for I'll
Only smile, sometimes in ill confidence, taking yours as mine
And mine as yours; taking you in like honey dew in the
Spring time, bees buzzing like a thousand and one dimes.
A bell behind the mirror; a prayer behind the box; a thousand years from now when we're dead and buried, we'll still talk.
Yeah, babe,
We'll still
Talk.
May 31, 2014
May 31, 2014 at 3:43 AM UTC