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African Elephant

A rock fortress
In gaze's path of sight
The tenacious titan of the animal kingdom
Drifting through corridors of space and time
Seeping the grace of a celestial angel
The innate serenity of a Dominican friar
The noble poise of a Lusitanian fidalgo
The effervescent spirit of a Kikuyu warrior
An august creature idyllically plodding on the endless savannahs
With an indomitable dominance
Bestowed by the herculean muscle of her dental boughs
As giant elastic flaps flutter in a karmic cadence
To be one with the svelte curves of a buxom Aeolus
As he unleashes his trumpeting voice, a reverberating call
An offering of peace, a plea for compassion
To the callous ears of man, entwined
To the misery of deed's warped exploitation
As humanity gazes through the eye of a needle
Through narrow straits of indifference, in the hollowness of a heartless gun barrel
As a mighty boom silences the call of the wild
The crucifixion of a saint, god's enigmatic envoy
As the chill of apathy drapes the warmth
Of an African summer

poem by Dilantha Gunawardana
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Friar Lubin. (From The French)

To gallop off to town post-haste,
So oft, the times I cannot tell;
To do vile deed, nor feel disgraced,--
Friar Lubin will do it well.
But a sober life to lead,
To honor virtue, and pursue it,
That's a pious, Christian deed,--
Friar Lubin can not do it.

To mingle, with a knowing smile,
The goods of others with his own,
And leave you without cross or pile,
Friar Lubin stands alone.
To say 't is yours is all in vain,
If once he lays his finger to it;
For as to giving back again,
Friar Lubin cannot do it.

With flattering words and gentle tone,
To woo and win some guileless maid,
Cunning pander need you none,--
Friar Lubin knows the trade.
Loud preacheth he sobriety,
But as for water, doth eschew it;
Your dog may drink it,--but not he;
Friar Lubin cannot do it.

ENVOY
When an evil deed 's to do
Friar Lubin is stout and true;
Glimmers a ray of goodness through it,
Friar Lubin cannot do it.

poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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My African Damsel

Skin shimmering of molten ivory
Scorching in Ra's immovable gaze
As bountiful locks flow to Amun's whispers of sweet nothings
In copper's opulence of a zesty auburn patina
Tantalizing curves of a Rhodesian ridgeback
A spectacular heritage of an imperial Grevy zebra
Proudly sporting her colonial stripes and her Zulu roots
Yet bearing an unscathed legacy, the poise of an Ethiopian wolf
Absent of feudal conquests, toil's buxom union with hemorrhagic outpour
As love's enduring labor shunned alcoves of segregation
For white man's seed to be sown on sable soil
As she, an African princess, matured like a diamond in a mine
To sprout in the savannahs of my psyche
As she dances to the Congo beats of my heart
My breathtaking beauty, my African damsel

poem by Dilantha Gunawardana
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Rhinoceros

The clamor of shields of armor
As the quintessential knight
Of the animal kingdom
Plods on the boundless savannahs
An ungainly grace yet a ferocious roar
As twirls of fir pirouette like a feisty tornado
To capture the embodiment of her heritage
The grandeur of an indomitable horn
Standing tall on the shadow of Kilimanjaro
As fairy tales and folklore reverberate
Of the greatest of them all, the albino
The one that leaped from the heavens
To be captured by a wandering virgin
To unscramble the fallacy of a cardinal myth - the fountain of chastity
As to the beholding eye, the enigma of the celestial unicorn
Blurred in to a sprightly Rhinoceros

poem by Dilantha Gunawardana
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Ka-Boom Ka-Boom

Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
We're a death marching band, peter pan off the wagon
Entertain but never trust anyone sober
What tastes less but tastes good, my stop hats top hating
Unsane cheerleaders porn poms in pipe bombs
I won't do it with you, I'll do it to you
I hope this hook gets caught in your mouth
I won't do it with you, I'll do it to you
Don't say no, just say now
I like a big car cause I'm a big star
I'll make a big rock and roll hit
I'd like to love you but my heart is a sore
I am, I am, I am so yours
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
I'd like to la-la-la-la love you
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
I'd like to la-la-la-la love you
I'm the leader of the club, and I've shrugged off my mouse ears
We fly no-class Dumbo jets, and drive hardcore-o-vettes
We fight war with drugs, and our sex always formal
We wear lawsuits when we get high, high, high
I won't do it with you, I'll do it to you
I hope this hook gets caught in your mouth
I won't do it with you, I'll do it to you
Don't say no, just say now
I like a big car cause I'm a big star
I'll make a big rock and roll hit
I'd like to love you but my heart is a sore
I am, I am, I am so yours
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
I'd like to la-la-la-la love you
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
I'd like to la-la-la-la love you
Inhale exhale, lets all hail
It's a depraved new world
Inhale exhale, lets all hail
It's a depraved new world
I like a big car cause I'm a big star
I'll make a big rock and roll hit
I'd like to love you but my heart is a sore
I am, I am, I am so yours
I am a big car, and I'm a strip bar
Call it fake, I call it good as it gets
And nothing in this world is for real
Except you are for me, and I am so yours
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom
Ka-Boom, Ka-Boom

song performed by by Marilyn Manson
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Boom Boom

Boom boom boom boom
Is the sound your heart makes
When your relaxed, calm and at ease
Boom boom boom boom
Is the sound of your life beating away
Boom boom boom boom
Is the thing we hold close
because without it we are heartless

Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom
Is the sound of your heart
When your speeding, playing, or fighting
It's the sound of your heart
When you pop the question to your one and only love

Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom
Is the sound of your heart
When your looking into someone's dying eyes
Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom
Is the sound of your heart
When you're facing death yourself

How is it that the same feeling of adrenaline and happiness
Makes your heart beat the same way when you are scared and afraid

How is it possible for something that we are unable to live without cause us both sadness and happiness

People say that the brain is the strongest muscle in your body
Because without it we will not be able to live a normal life
But I don't believe so because if your heart is able to withstand all those emotions I think that the heart would be considered the strongest muscle in your body
Because without a heart you (find something)

Because no matter what happens it just keeps on Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

poem by Ahmed Elbadri
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The Southern Equinox

The roof is leaning a bit
While the eaves are listening close
It's a mighty wind come to call
Swirling and whirling
Flower blossom are curling
Me thinks, it's the calling card of Fall;
August so snug in it's comforter of warmth
Holding, holding on, ever so tight
Keeping September at bay with her sizzle
Promising not to give up her fight;
Alas, Summer's last hurah is about to be
As claimed by this mighty wind's way
Around the corner in latter September days
Autumn will arrive, crisp and ready to play;
Gone will be the green grass and comforting warmth
And the blue skies endless bend
Sunshine will give way to a Firmament of Grey
Hence, Summer will surely come to her end!

poem by Theodora Onken
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Kingdom Come

I tell you what!
They dont mess with me, Im a wild man, son
I got me my very own anti tank gun
I got a jack rabbit with it, guess he was a mean one
Yeah, Ive always been a sportsman
Now, there wasnt much left when I got to him
Them big old shells didnt just go through him
Just lumps of fur and that was it
Guess you could say he sure took a hit, alright
Yeah, you want to see my fire power, see my collection
Cause thats my thing, man, perfection
Now Im talking power in the barrel of a gun
Ill blow anything I want to kingdom come
Ba ba boom
Ba ba ba ba bomb
And Ill blow anything I want
To kingdom come
Yeah, all you got to do is sqeeze on the trigger
And a little bitty human get a whole lot bigger
Cause theres a time for talking and a time to shoot them down
And this mama-jama [? ] dont pussy foot around, alright
Yeah, let them laugh, let them say were strange
Me and my buddies on the rifle range
But you wont be laughing when it hits the fan
Youre going to want to be a survivor, man
Yeah, you got to see my fire power, see my collection
Cause thats my thing, man, perfection
Now, Im talking power in the barrel of a gun
Ill blow anything I want to kingdom come
Ba ba boom
Ba ba ba ba bomb
And Ill blow anything I want
To kingdom come
Ba ba ba ba boom
I say we ought to drop the bomb
Yes, and Ill blow anything I want
To kingdom come.

song performed by by Dire Straits
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Sonnet XIX

But since, in all that brief Life's narrow scope,
No day pass'd by without some gentle deed,
Let us not 'mourn like them that have no hope,'
Though sharp the stroke,--and suddenly decreed;
For still, when Spring puts out her tender leaves,
And Nature's beauty seems to bud in vain,
(Since then the yearning spirit doubly grieves
With fresh remembrance of unconquer'd pain,)
Returns the precious memory of all
The grace and goodness of that creature fair,
Whom it pleased God in early days to call
From this dim world of trouble, toil, and care,--
And seldom is such bless'd conviction given
That She we mourn on Earth is now a Saint in Heaven!

poem by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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Unicorn 9

For most of those who are graced to see it, the vision’s enough –
they bring humility, are still, drink in
this creature, which for a space of time
is in this world, and yet not of this world,
who shows them who they are, and always were –
so what is known, is known; they leave its presence
as themselves.

but some find it’s quite natural to speak,
as one might bear a sacrifice in outstretched arms
of all that is and is not of themselves.
That glorious creature does not speak; but listens:
listens with, as if, the one point of its horn which brings
its ears to its eyes; gazes as it listens; a gentle, mild, sweet gaze;
listens, gazes, with its whole wise, understanding presence;

and having spoken, or not spoken, all leave
as themselves; knowing themselves to have
the whole universe as their measure.

poem by Michael Shepherd
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A Changing World

Let it be shouted to all that will hear,
We live in a world of anger and fear

A battle rages between darkness 'n light,
Aspects of creation, determined to fight

Death between brothers, war knowing no end,
To strike a balance, man's will must now bend

To end war of those that once were friends,
God intervenes, an Archangel He sends

An Angel of mercy, compassion, peace
His mighty voice heralds,

'All war shall now cease! '

Eden restored by Heaven's Envoy,
Established again love, peace and Joy

ROTMS

poem by Ray Lucero
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Boom - The Official Song Of 2002 Fifa World Cup

Complicated
Understanding what you can achieve
Under-rated
The one to win
One who believes
If I go away
Would you follow me
To that special place of tranquility
Where the..
River flows
And the fields are golden
Come on, come on
Yeah
Boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Raise up high
Boom
Oh, im
Boom boom boom boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Raise up high
Boom boom boom boom
Oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi
Yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh yeh yi yeh ya oo yeh
Yeh yi yeh ya...
Take no
Prisoners
Fight to win
And you will survive
Falling
Reason
Just be the flame and spirit come alive
If I go away
Would you follow me
To that special place of tranquility
Where the..
River flows
And the fields are golden
Oooh
Coooome on
Boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Ill free your mind, yeah
Boom
Boom boom boom boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Raaaaaise up high
Boom boom boom boom
Heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
Etc.
Oh yeah
I
I said boom
I said boom
Boom
Heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
Etc.
Boom boom boom boom
Boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Raise up high
Boom
Boom boom boom boom
Here to rock ya
Boom
Never stop, no
Boom
Raaaaaise up high
Boom boom boom boom
Heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
Etc.
I said boom
Ooooh boom

song performed by by Anastacia
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Warrior

Wasnt there a time
When no one lived in pain
Zero down to zero
But a warrior
The innocence of birth
The power of the earth
Out of all thats good
Comes a warrior
Time - is it you who changes minds
Suing us - for something weve not done
Stealing the heroes - all the guiding lights, to find the way
Justice has been gone
To pieces for so long
Some killers call themselves
A warrior
Warriors with no pride
Committing suicide
The picture of a man
Thats your warrior
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
Think about the time
Where manhood promised pride
And history was made
Just by warriors
We have to face the world
And hope that someones heard
Who could replace a man
Like the warrior
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
Time - is it you who changes minds
Suing us - for something weve not done
Stealing the heroes - all the guiding lights, to find the way
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
cause hes a warrior
Yes, hes a warrior
He fights for peace and freedom
cause hes a warrior..........

song performed by by U. D. O.
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Boom

complicated
understanding what you can achieve
under-rated
the one to win
one who believes
if I go away
would you follow me
to that special place of tranquility
where the..
river flows
and the fields are golden
come on, come on
yeah
boom
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
raise up high
boom
oh, I'm
boom boom boom boom
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
raise up high
boom boom boom boom
heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
etc.
take no
prisoners
fight to win
and you will survive
falling
reason
just be the flame and spirit come alive
if I go away
would you follow me
to that special place of tranquility
where the..
river flows
and the fields are golden
oooh
coooome on
boom
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
I'll free your mind, yeah
boom
boom boom boom boom
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
raaaaaise up high
boom boom boom boom
heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
etc.
oh yeah
I
I said boom
I said boom
boom
heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
etc.
boom boom boom boom
BOOM
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
raise up high
boom
boom boom boom boom
here to rock ya
boom
never stop, no
boom
raaaaaise up high
boom boom boom boom
heya heya yeah heya boom yeah yeah heya
etc.
I said boom
ooooh boom

song performed by by Anastacia
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Voice Of The Noble

Let us heed to the voice of the noble
No matter however weak and feeble
Deserves to be carried all through the cable
Without keeping the message just on the table!

Voice of the noble cry for peace
Peace, multiplied peace all with ease
Curse of the world should surely cease
Look at the world as one and not in pliable piece!

Voice of peace is sure the soul of wisdom
Choice of the world is to reach God's kingdom
Where love and peace is bound to rule
Where faith and truth is every one's tool!

Voice of the noble seeks the world of peace
Noise of the wicked breeds the world of war
Peace indeed is the nature's choice
Peace indeed is the right man's voice!

Birds and trees sing for peace
Cruel and the wicked stink with strife.
The senseless inflicts war on nature
Least worried about grace of future
Nature revolts with quakes and storms
Millions suffer in pain and grief!

Let us heed to the voice of the noble
No matter however weak and feeble!

poem by Subbaraman N V
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The Antelope & The Black Sheep

I removed a wall
Brick by brick
Year on year
Stone by stone
And I did all this with a constant
Endless self-deprecation
And I did all this without doing,
A tyrannical untrusting man any wrong.
Any harm: Until one day,
His eyes lashed gentle his ears roof
Opened up his mocking mouth
(Into an unstoppable—
Avalanche…!)
Into an Arcadian mountain gorge,
Now, revealing a noble antelope's spirit.
A relief cave painting,
2 thousand years old.
And like the black sheep
Of a Nigerians family,
I was extended a welcome back into
The sweet savannahs of his African fold.

poem by Mark Heathcote
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A Mahout's Tale

Gazing at a colossal giant standing gracefully tall
The heart rallies to engage a rare humanity's call
To free from a tether a bosom ally, from harrowing chains
For a walk towards freedom, to the vast opens of the forests and plains

My heroic breadwinner as displaced are the boughs and stubs
Yet the sorrowful heart valiantly wallops and clubs
My giant ally my livelihood's knight in shining armor
I've treated with scant respect at the dearth of heart's enamor

I remember the day when I encountered this giant's might
As the villagers fled in flocks in a frenzy of fright
Yet I remained strong against the delicate creature in front
As with a tranquilizer and net, I did encounter a creature to affront

As the days passed the creature metamorphosed to an angel
Like platonic lovers in a fairytale the beast in me with my mystical belle
Belle looks at me with her colossal eye lashes waving in the breeze
As I put on a shirt in creamy white sans a single crease

As dawn welcomes, a walk to where the trees are felled
As we walk to an ominous canyon where humanity is held
To the call of the few who rampage innocence in their natural glory
To uncover a tale that irks the listeners to a fate rampantly gory

As the jungles fall victim to humanity's call
As the jungles are felled to trigger biodiversity's fall
As the jungles are ravaged by rapists with their guards unbuckled and down
The heavens gaze at the unfolding hell with a raging frown

Yet she moves the stubs graciously like a ballet dancer
As the music of her trumpet bamboozles the queuing listener
As stubs are moved from the jungles to the dorsal fins of metallic giants
The lacrimals crumble to shed a river of tears as the heart valiantly pliants

Yet from the corner of this unfolding dessert there is an awakening of sprouts
As there are the conscious driven that battle the betrayers with colossal clouts
Even my savior Belle sometimes, in her defiance, storms to the edge of the wilderness
To rub her trunk against the springing sprouts for a soothing caress

Yet she silently sheds tears, that only those who gaze at her witness
Like a child sans a parent tethered to a cot in her loneliness
No kith or kin, just a master who occasionally sheds silent tears
A poor man's ally partaking a destiny sprinkled with monetary fears

Yet she goes on moving the stubs in to distant-bound piles
As grows the logs in their monster stockpiles
Yet the grief piles in my temple for the cruelty within
How can I enslave a nature's wonder in such a cruel awakening

Yet when I think of my children running back from school
With a toffee in their mouth bathing in juvenile drool
Money matters for the raring of budding human innocence
Even for a master holding the life of a colossal slave in essence

Yet the call of the heart too heavy to ignore
As her trumpeting calls playfully implore
As the monsoons scatter with many a humongous droplet
I walk towards my colosseum to yield her an outlet

I slowly unfasten the chains that bind her, her tether
For freedom to secure, to rejoin a strolling life, outright stellar
To join her group of brothers and sisters walking pass the conservation corridor
The final provision of freedom, for a colossal life gazing at her destiny's door

She marched hastily past towards the jungle meters in front
Then stopped short, as if a giant boulder was there to affront
Gazed back at me even my tots and shed an ocean of tears
She was after all far more human than us, in colossal light years

As the tears unfolded in a story of a slave raging in Stockholm syndrome
There was a trumpeting call from over yonder from where the jungles dome
She opened her ears to the call of the wild, her home not far away
As the tears subsided she walked towards her jungle getaway

As human loose their sense of loyalty to humanity
As our four-legged allies are held in chained captivity
There are stories like this that liberates the burgeoning heart
To earnestly seek justice to those enslaved from cruelty's dark

poem by Dilantha Gunawardana
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Alchemy of a Foolish Heart

Trekkers and prospectors
In the quest for that elusive place
Of the unbolted heart, El-dorado
Where all matter shimmers in the shadow of Midas
To soar in heart to where Seraphim roam
Where mountains cease to exist to gaze's capture
To the cardinal belief that man, in his labor and toil
Can be tapped for his residual traces of humanity
To sap maple syrup from stubborn boughs of apathy
To bestow sweetness to lips left bitter
By sodden mists of warped endeavor, devilish and seductive
To bestow on the dented heart, a leprechaun's bounty
To prospect gold in the direness of mines, pits of worldliness
Blinded by greed, deafened by indifference, muted by misdeed
To be untarnished of an infective sophistication
To prosper in the alchemy of a foolish heart

poem by Dilantha Gunawardana
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Fortess of Grace

You are my refuge,
my strong and safe high tower,
The source of all my strength.

Everlasting strength,
Unending power,
Unassailable peace,
Mighty, perfect love.

Your passion overwhelms me,
Your love washes over
my spirit like a wave.

I hear you in the quiet,
I hear you in the storm,
The clarion call in battle,
The whisper that brings the calm.

Tower of Peace,
Tower of Love,
Fortress of Grace.

© 2008

poem by Jeffrey Stultz
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Independence

it is a matter of disposition,
nothing binds us if we do not allow it
inside our minds,

it is attitudinal, direct the eyes
to gaze upon those
that liberates not those that
encloses us to a narrow path
a box a compartment foul and full

go beyond what you see
create meanings innate in the coatings
of realities
jump beyond the fences of this being
this temporary house
what doors will last here?

nothing, these are but our illusions
of doors where there are none
of bars of steel where there are but vines
and tendrils

imagine a self, where skin and bones bare
undress, skulls are actually dusts
refined particles of bluntness,
try the spirit of the bird that flies away

and comes back as a leaf a twig
a truck with roots
and sap, the leaves where dew
resides

do not stay, always prepare to go
and when you go, do not tarry,
follow the path of light and then
be the light itself piercing what

was not there before, that which
we dream and hope for
that which we are not in touch
but so deeply entwined.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Animal Boy

Gonna kill and destroy
I'm not an Animal Boy
Why don't they understand
I'm not an ape man

Don't have brain damage
I'm not an a wild savage
Don't push me around
Don't bring my head down

Animal Boy
Animal Boy
Animal Boy

I'm not an imbecile
Don't treat me like an animal
I'm not a creature in the zoo
Don't tell me what to do

Animal Boy
Animal Boy
Animal Boy

You don't know what it's like
You don't know how I feel
I don't have a monkey's brain
I'm not an animal

You can't lock me in a cage
This ain't the Stoneage
Better get out of my way
Someone's gonna have to pay

Animal boy
Animal boy
Animal boy
Animal boy

song performed by by Ramones from Animal Boy
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