Weekly Poems: A Columbus Day Poem and More | ArticlesBase.com
Posted on October 8, 2009 - Filed Under poetry | Leave a Comment
CLEAR AWAY THE COBWEBS FROM YOUR EYES
Clear away the cobwebs from your eyes –
Old ways of thinking, doing, wanting, dreaming!
Learn that present truths are future lies,
Undone by what is now well past redeeming.
Make of life a vast experiment
Blessed by passion, toil, terror, pain,
Unafraid to scuttle what you meant,
Sure only that no failure is in vain.
Do this, and you will have a chance to be
A sailor at the edge of what you see,
Yet yearning for what no one can attain.
ACCIDENTS ARE RARELY ACCIDENTAL
Accidents are rarely accidental,
Nor can one sparrow fall but all is changed,
Giving rise to ripples rearranged,
Evidence, albeit circumstantial,
Leading to one's living less estranged
As one finds sense in something sentimental.
WHAT MAKES STARS ROMANTIC
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Posted on September 28, 2009 - Filed Under poetry | Leave a Comment
Italian Translation of Afzal Shauqs poetry By: Stefania Paluzzi
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LALTRA MET
(Second Half)
Quella, una
che mi sveglia
la notte tutta
ma ad occhi chiusi.
Quella, laltra
che mi addormenta
il giorno intero
ma ad occhi aperti.
Stefania Paluzzi
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>> Original Poem Second Half of AfzalShauq in English Stefania Paluzzi / Perugia / Italy >>
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SECOND HALF
The one,
who makes me awake
whole the night
but with closed eyes,
The one,
who makes me sleep
whole the day
but with open eyes.
Afzal Shauq
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Italian Translation of Afzal Shauqs poetry By: Stefania Paluzzi
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LALTRA MET
(Second Half)
Weekly Poems: An Independence Day Poem and More
Posted on June 30, 2009 - Filed Under poetry | Leave a Comment
I WISH THERE WERE A WASHINGTON
I wish there were a Washington
For every failed state,
A Jefferson or Madison
To guide them through the gate.
I wish there were a Lincoln
For those now ripped apart,
A Roosevelt or Kennedy
For those that have no heart.
I wish each had the fortune
With which we have been blessed,
And found in their own founders
Fit heroes for the quest.
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
But such things none can will.
One can only plant the seeds
And shape the soil well.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR MOTHER IS CRAZY
What do you do when your mother is crazy,
Hysterical, selfish, abusive, and cruel?
What do you do when really you hate her,
And it's all you can do to be distantly cool?
