In My World
in my world
there are no goodbyes
only hellos
when fed up
i just leave silently
like a fog
at carl sandburg's harbor
of that lonely city
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
quote by Carl Sandburg (1916)
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
poem by Carl Sandburg
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Phainomenon
i like it when it is like it
i see you when i see you
i perceive you and i will not use any word
and reduce you as a poem
or a piece of literature
you appear to me and i look at you
i will say nothing but i will only feel you
when you leave you leave and i will not say goodbye
because it is this philosophy that works for me
that must work for me
i see you when i see you and there will be no goodbyes
there will be no plans for the next tryst
there are no schemes for the next hello
perchance we see each other again in a dream
or in an illusion
then it will be like it as we feel liking it
for i am a bound man and you are a chained woman
and next time when we see each other again
we may always pretend that there was never was
so it is like this, i see you when i see you
there are neither hellos nor goodbyes
and it is this kind of arrangement and understanding
that we shall keep this love burning
till then, somewhere, somehow, when the feelings remain
to be true to their respective callings.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Hellos and goodbyes
Ne'er feel need to say hello
Nor ne'er need bid to one goodbye
In it's stead, show love
And touch the shoulder of…
Greet and leave them
With a smile in one's eye
Greet them…as had ne'er parted
Only for a moment but had stepped away
Take one's leave
As in arrival
With friendly face
And heart on sleeve
Hellos and byes be simple lies
When one's heart ne'er in truth …
Arrives or parts
One can ne'er stray
Too far away
from those who dwell
within thoughts and hearts
Are they not in one's mind wrought
Full and warm in mind's misty eyes
So to me, you see, it's
Happenstance of hypocrisy
These rituals that be given life
Happy greetings, sad leavings
Cheerios, toodleoos,
God be with you's,
Fond adieus
…Hellos and goodbyes…
poem by David Whalen
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Do me wrong, do me right
Tell me lies, but hold me tight
Save your goodbyes for the morning light
But don't let me be lonely tonight
Say goodbye, woman say hello, say hello
Sure enough good to see you, oh but it's time to go
Don't say yes, but please don't say no
I don't want to be lonely tonight
Go away then damn you,
Go and do as you please, go and do as you please girl,
You ain't gonna see me getting down on my knees
Cause I'm undecided, and your heart's been divided
You've been turning my world upside down
Do me wrong, do me right, do me right baby
Go on and tell me lies but hold me tight
Save your goodbyes for the morning light
But don't let me be lonely tonight
Save your goodbyes for the morning light
But don't let me be lonely tonight
I don't won't to be lonely tonight no, no I don't
want to be lonely tonight
I don't want to be lonely tonight
song performed by by Isley Brothers
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Blacklisted
Why shall I keep the old name?
What is a name anywhere anyway?
A name is a cheap thing all fathers and mothers leave each child:
A job is a job and I want to live, so
Why does God Almighty or anybody else care whether I take a new name to go by?
poem by Carl Sandburg
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Remembering Carl Sandburg - The Fog
The fog descends
in the wee hours of dawn
like a sacred thing
moves slowly to the ground
the way mom would pour milk
from a half frozen can
in the newspaper plant
the reel has just started running
the words go so fast
they are the process of thought
reenacted on papers
millions and millions of information
precipitated to get to the right one
not all news are accurate as
we would love them to be
the fog plays with them before
the sun shines through it
what remains after are little
lovely jewels on leaves
and - our eye lashes
to help us weigh the day
by john tiong chunghoo
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Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Carl Sandburg
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Heart In Hand
I know its been a long road
To get these towns behind me and i
Will gladly reap what we may sow I am
There for you and youre there for me
Pictures and photographs
Memories and windows
Goodbyes and epitaphs
Heartbeats and hellos
Chorus
Are you waiting for
Heart in hand
Woman and man
See me where I stand I am
Heart
Heart in hand
These fields may hold a hunting ground
But the wolves are far behind me and i
Hear the howls and the distant sound
Of the messengers lost at sea
Into the morning light
Followed by madness
Reach through the empty fight
Searching through sadness
Chorus
I know its been a long road
To get these fears behind me and i
Will gladly reap what we may sow I am
There for you and youre there for me
Pictures and photographs
Memories and windows
Goodbyes and epitaphs
Heartbeats and hellos
Chorus
song performed by by Vertical Horizon
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Nightmares
So you will leave me now?
Goodbyes are dreadful nightmares
Unsaid but felt somehow
The sad discovery is there.
For Love was comatose
Not hearing nor speaking
With eyes that had been closed
Dead cold and so unfeeling.
Covered morbidly in white
Now quite ready to depart
With no flame to ignite
This nightmare kills my Heart.
So bury me with goodbyes
Leave me frozen in this state
Your love is where I die
This crushed dream is my fate.
October 31,2009
Tarlac City
Philippines
poem by Cynthia Buhain-Baello
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The Urn
ashes spilling
from the urn...
a thousand hollow goodbyes
and hellos dissolve.
it's been said:
death makes all men equal,
so what of life?
and why the tears
o'er an unmarked grave?
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Dont Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
By james taylor
Do me wrong, do me right, do me right baby.
Tell me lies but hold, hold me tight.
Save your goodbyes till the morning light,
But dont let me be lonely tonight.
Say goodbye, woman say hello, say hello.
Its sure enough good to see you, but its time to go,
And dont say yes, but please dont say no.
I dont want to be lonely tonight.
Go away then, damn you, go on and do as you please, do as you please,
But you aint going to see me getting down on my knees,
cause Im undecided and your hearts been divided.
Youve been turning my world upside down.
Do me wrong, do me right, do me right baby.
Go on and tell me lies but hold, hold me tight.
And save your goodbyes till the morning light,
But dont let me be lonely tonight.
Save your goodbyes till the morning light,
But dont let me be lonely tonight.
cause I dont want to be lonely tonight.
I dont want to be lonely.
Dont do it, dont do it, dont do it, dont do it.
song performed by by Eric Clapton
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Harbor Lights
(words & music by h. williams - j. kennedy)
I saw the harbor lights
They only told me we were parting
Those same old harbor lights
That once brought you to me.
I watched the harbor lights
How could I help it?
Tears were starting.
Good-bye to golden nights
Beside the silvery seas.
I long to hold you dear,
And kiss you just once more.
But you were on the ship,
And I was on the shore.
Now I know lonely nights
For all the while my heart keeps praying
That someday harbor lights
Will bring you back to me.
song performed by by Elvis Presley
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Nothing happens unless first we dream.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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Nothing happens unless first a dream.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
quote by Carl Sandburg
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