I dream I saw an eye, a pretty eye, In your hands, Glittering, wet and sickening Like a dull onyx set in a crown of thorns. I did not know you were dead When you dropped it in my lap. When horrors of human sacrifice Have you seen, executioner? What […]
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Short story about a poor widow
“Let me explain” said he. “I am actually the Royal Prince. When I was a small boy, I was kidnapped by the dwarf. He promised to return me for a bag of rare gems. My father gave him the gems, but the wicked fellow changed me into a bear. My own people could not recognize me when I went back
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Ascend Your Throne
Take a break For their sake, Not a take, Just a wake. Leave the dust, Get the lost, Kick out lust, Make a burst Take the crown, Mute the frown, Stop the pawn, Control the town. Frightening mercy, Give the messy, Even the lazy, Without heresy (c) Praise Ayano
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What Will You Do, Love?
“What will you do, love, when I am going, With white sail flowing, The seas beyond? – What will you do, love, when waves divide us, And friends may chide us For being fond?” “Though waves divide us, and friends be chiding, In faith abiding, I’ll still be true! And […]
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The Angel’s Whisper
A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping, For her husband was far on the wild raging sea; And the tempest was swelling Round the fisherman’s dwelling, And she cried, “Dermot, darling, oh! Come back to me.” Her beads while she number’d, The baby still slumber’d, And smile in […]
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The skin I live in
The skin I live in Is more than the color it shows It’s the scars and blows I’ve covered it with The skin I live in Endured more than I anticipated The self-hate, the constant loathing The necessity to be other than what I am The skin I live in […]
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A clock with dying batteries
Everyday the clock was there Just there, for everyone to feel The passing and anticipation of time Everyday the clock encountered billions of souls Of tired ones who anxiously contemplated The passing of time Mother’s weeping and waiting for their sons To return home after adulting Blue collars waiting for […]
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I want to be married and cannot tell how
To the field I carried my milking pail On a May day morning early, And there I met with a smart young man, Who said that he lov’d me dearly. I made him a curtsey, he made me a bow, He kissed me, and promised to marry, I vow, Oh! […]
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The Happy Beggar Man
Of all traders agoing, begging it is my delight; My rent it is paid and I lay down my bags ev’ry night: I’ll throw away care and take a long staff in my hand, And I’ll flourish each day courageously looking for chance. With my belt round my shoulder […]
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The true seduction
Who said none will get aroused By seeing you off your clothes? Take off your gowns let him see Not nipples but brainy seas Flowing through nudity That gives you authority In matters concerning hearts, Seduction is who you are. When it rains it surely sprouts Your brain will always […]
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Genealogy Dream By Robert Okaji
To recall but not recall: family, the swift curve of evolution’s arc. One moment your knuckles scrape the earth’s surface, and the next you’re pinpointing mortar fire by satellite phone. Or, having plowed the field by hand, you fertilize with human dung (no swords in this hovel), only to wake […]
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Love Will Find A Way By Frank Solanki
Well you’ve locked and sealed the door You think you’re smarter than before About this fuss you are quite sure You don’t want it anymore Not a person is included You get yourself secluded When you act like you’re deluded And you’re far from being concluded For Love just needs […]
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My Mom’s A Superhero By Frank Solanki
I never realised She loved me selflessly So blind of me to ignore When she loved me endlessly She never ever got tired Did all her work on time Helped me when I needed When I couldn’t find a rhyme She never had a wrestling match Still I know that […]
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Can you hear me?
I know 24hrs makes a day; And each day of my life needs you, Cos without you 7 days makes me weak,
Can you hear me now