The Miseries of Men...
on this meeting let us avoid
talking about miseries
what for? what is the use?
for sure, we have the same
common denominators
why talk about us? there is only
this fear, this falling out from the wings
of the plane
this ship without anchors
this sinking without a floor
let us be drunk and make merry
we are into this and we are too many
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Slender: I'll ne'er be drunk whilst I live again, but in honest, civil, godly company, for this trick: if I be drunk, I'll be drunk with those that have the fear of God, and not with drunken knaves.
line from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare (1602)
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
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She was simply looking at the bulge of my in between
I wanted something else, more than what she really wanted from me.
I want a talk, a longer talk, a sleepy talk to while my boring hours
Away,
And she looks at me differently, her eyes falling in between my legs,
Trying to unzip me by her looks, her hands busily slowly sliding in the pockets of my pants,
I did not complain, there is no reason, and it would be humiliating her
Own kind of simple joys as a woman,
She takes the first initiative that is her style, she is not recessive
She slides her fingers holding my
Bulge, respectful of her courageous tenderness,
She is heating me, I pretend I am gentle, and I keep on talking
About something else, like how I cared for her, when she’s lonely
I can be a listener
She’s drunk. And she is an honest woman, her fingers gripped
Me frankly demanding that I should not talk
I shut up and gave in. She will have no regrets. I gripped her hands
And lead it to something she really liked
She is drunk, and I am so forgiving. She will start her dinner and she need not speak
Her mouth is full.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The end in tragedy
.
A sinking ship is forsaken.
Even its owner will abandon.
A dying man is a sinking ship.
He has to see this tragedy.
28.10.2010
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Falling Down
falling down poets,
falling down rain,
falling down reactors,
falling down planes.
hollow men with masks,
hollow dreams, hollow drugs.
hollow patriots, hollow Jesus,
hollow bodies, hollow hugs.
drunk men drunk on power,
drunk preachers drunk on salvation.
drunk drivers lost in the night,
drunk politicians annebriate the nation.
lonely men carry the biggest guns,
lonely children follow behind.
lonely widows blame themselves,
lonely lovers lose their mind.
truth slaps against the glass,
truth breaks down the door.
truth never compromises....
truth kisses the vagabond,
..... and weds the whore....
truth breaks the greedy man,
.... burns down the house,
and feeds the poor!
falling down poets...
falling down rain.
falling down illusions,
falling down pain.
poem by Eric Cockrell
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The Three Lonely Faces
the rain
in trickles has arrived
at the right time
jibing with the three
lonely faces of women
arriving
in one car from a
distant city
in a few minutes
the entertainment shall
begin
breakfast is served
at the back of the house
just behind
the dirty kitchen
where a native
chicken is
roasted
i am sleepy
with my dirty clothes
on
my pants smell like
a dead rat
i am the usual
insomniac
coping up with
early morning's demands
and these
visitors too
i must
cater
and these lonely ladies
noticing my discomfort
or inconvenience
this tipsy posture
i think
do not mind at all
for they know me
and i know them well too
for quite
a long, long time
tonight
we will drink hard liquor
and talk about
the miseries of other
people
& then
we will be merry
we will be happier together
as we start
all over again
backbiting the moon
quite far
from where we are
falling
drunk, wishing
for something much worse
than death....
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Strenght Of Our Love
The first day i set my eyes
on you we bond same ship
we sail like there is no tomorrow,
In this ship we merry some time
tears drops, in the middle of
stroms and massive wind mixed
with lighting we hold on. Together
we fought the pirates, that shows
the strenght of our love. Great waves
but it just can't stop us.As the ships
around us are sinking our determination
keeps ours flowing.sailors and captains
praise the beauty of our ship and our
determination to reach our destination.
poem by Enyinwa Okechukwu Enyinwa
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HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) freefall insertion (Terzanelle
Falling through space with rushing air
you dropp from a plane as if flying on wings
with wind blowing everywhere, sweat in your hair
with the morning glow radiating between things
and the sun creeping over the horizon in a red ball
you dropp from a plane as if flying on wings
with oxygen feeding through the mask you feel small
seeing the earth rushing in at great speed
and the sun creeping over the horizon in a red ball
and your eyes watch the altimeter spinning, taking heed
trusting implicitly on the gear
seeing the earth rushing in at great speed
you are falling at terminal velocity with fear
and sensing the distance
trusting implicitly on the gear
and you pull the drawstring, expecting enemy resistance,
falling through space with rushing air
and sensing the distance
with wind blowing everywhere, sweat in your hair
poem by Gert Strydom
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Murmur Upon A Self During The Party Meeting Some Unauthentic People On The Row
most of the time
we hide anger
about almost
anything
to anyone
and we say hello
ask
how's life doing
and go to the
details about
their kids
and dogs
and then the conversation
moves on
like a home
pet, a bird, a vine
that we
hang and
see and appreciate
upon all these common
denominators of
i own this one
and i am
happy with what i have
and shall
leave to this earth
layer upon layer
the talk
settles like
we are all the same
but somehow
some rise above the
rights to property
higher
than what the state
can take pride of
as though
this world has no end
as though
this is the only
place
permanent
everlasting
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.
quote by Walter Legge
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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My wishes
I want to live, I want to love,
I want to value someone,
I want to be just brave enough
to tell you how much I love you.
-
I want to value all my friends,
to give them love and joy,
I want to visit merry lands
where no one is annoyed.
I want to live, I want to fly,
in all to be the best,
and may be one day go as high
as to the alluring Everest.
I want to have a magic wish
and always to be young,
I want to catch a goldfish
and learn her mother-tongue.
I want to ask it for the wings
and never let me cry,
and to avoid all crappy things,
to love until I die.
I want to know victories,
don't want to know troubles,
don't want to know miseries,
to live with no double.
I want to live and be myself,
to learn another culture,
to meet one day with kind elf
and sing the songs of nature.
Those are my wishes told above
but the main one is certainly love.
I'll try to manage with them all
without anyone's control.
poem by Larisa Rzhepishevska
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Talk About Love
Talking real world, all that pain
Try to fix it still comes out the same
Get down to rosies
Wont you pull that plug
Last week
Someone made a mess of that rug
Talking big house way up town
One day one day
Ill put the money down
All that baby talk its for the birds
Lets make some honey
Honey in so many words
Oh no
Dont want a serious conversation
I just want to get you serious
Serious
I want to talk about love
You talk about the weather
Rain or snow
Talking cold wind
The way its going to blow
Talking good times night and day
Talk talk a stronger man
Could lose his way
Aphrodite now theres a girl
Good good loving
She spreads around the world
Forget your dancing all that boogaloo
Drag that purse over here
I got to talk to you
Oh no
Dont want a serious conversation
I just want to get you serious
Serious
I want to talk about love
song performed by by Deep Purple
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2x4
Yeah
Im gonna make you, shake you, take you
Im gonna be the one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, my way
Yeah, cmon, cmon come and make my day
Make my day
Yeah
Got some hell to pay you, steal your thunder
The joy of violent movement, pulls you under
Ooh bite the bullet, well hard
Yea, but I bite harder, so go to far
To far
Friction, fusion, retribution
I cant hear ya... talk to me
I cant hear ya... so talk to me
I cant hear ya are you talking to me
I cant hear ya are you talking to me
I cant hear ya trying to be my lord
I cant hear ya talking 2 by 4
Yeah
Im gonna make you, shake you, take you
Im gonna be that one who breaks you
Put the screws into ya, my way
Hey cmon, cmon, come and make my day
Make my day
Friction, fusion, retribution
I cant hear ya... talk to me
I cant hear ya... talk to me
I cant hear ya are you talking to me
I cant hear ya while your talking to me
I cant hear ya trying to be my lord
I cant hear ya talking 2 by 4
Friction, fusion, retribution
Im going to make you... talk to me
Im going to trick you... so talk to me
I cant hear ya are you talking to me
I cant hear ya are you talking to me
I cant hear ya trying to be my lord
I cant hear ya talking 2 by 4
song performed by by Metallica
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Wider
Missed the meeting, missed the meeting
Where my friends discussed why
I'm not around, i'm not around
You say i don't know who my real friends are
All i know is my real friends aren't
Talking behind my back, talking behind my back
Chorus:
Assuming things before they even ask me
Why i'm not behaving like i should
In their mind's eye, but they don't even know me
And i don't think they ever could
Missed the meeting, missed the meeting
Where my friends discussed why
I'm not around, i'm not around
If it's really important for you to say
Then you can say it to my face
Stop hiding out, stop hiding out
(chorus)
Maybe you fear what you don't know
And it hurts too much just to let it g
song performed by by 8 Stops 7
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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You Are Going For Good
this meeting will be brief
like twilight we will talk agree on departures of
hands waving in the port the ship blows a big sound
the ears of the shorelines are
deafened
you are going away for
good like twilight
on that ship
all your promising mornings are taken away
take the noontimes then for your survival and evenings too,
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Toy Drive Public Service Announcement
Oooooooo
Merry christmas, children
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooooooo
Well, down in eugene we got girls and boys
Who wake up on christmas morning but dont find any toys
If theyre lucky their healthy mom and dad come to chat
About how theyre missed, but you can change all that
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooo, for the children
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooo, for the children
Yeah, were the beach boys for crystal ship and toys
cause this christmas we want you to help spread the joy
It would feel so good, it would make them feel well
It would cheer em all up at childrens hospital
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooo, for the children
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooo, for the children
Oooooooo
Merry christmas, children
Bring your toys to crystal ship
Oooooooo
Merry christmas, children
Christmas toys to crystal ship
Oooooooo
song performed by by Beach Boys
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Lost Horizons
The last horizons I can see are filled with bars and factories
And in them all we fight to stay awake...
Drink enough of anything to make this world look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
She had nothing left to say so she said she loved me
I stood there grateful for the lie...
Drink enough of anything to make this girl look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
Turn summer trees to bones and ice
Turn insect songs against the night
With words we build and words we break
Im drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves...
Drink enough of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves
song performed by by Gin Blossoms
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Money Is Not Everything
at the party
they are not drunk yet
and they are talking
about money, and i begin to brag
about pisyu,
how i
caress the bottom of pisyu
who eats anything
and keeps everything
but does not
expel anything,
rich pisyu knows where the
money is,
and all you have to do
is please it
with your
ringfinger
and money comes in bulk
inside your
trunk,
at the party
they never talk about
my own
peculiar
loneliness
they avoid my eyes
because my gaze is deadly
and transforms them
into stones.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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This Boat Is Sinking
Why, oh why? !
Why do i have to struggle on this earth like this?
For i am on the high sea and my boat is sinking;
Yes, this boat is sinking! !
How many rivers do i have to cross?
For the boat i am using is now sinking;
Do i have to dive into the sea or walk over it?
Why, oh why? !
I don't even know how to swim and,
How many rivers do i have to cross?
Why, oh why? !
Do i have to sink and see the ocean floor?
This boat is sinking,
This boat is sinking,
This boat is sinking!
Why, oh why?
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Merry-Go-Round
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
Up in the sky.
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
Soars me high!
Breeze rustles,
cloud's castles,
Roam round and round!
I shriek in false fear,
Seeing the thing near,
which I never have found.
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
Brings the fun to me,
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
Fills mind with glee!
Moving round, round,
Touching the ground,
Almost kisses the sky.
Merry-go-round, merry-go-round,
Takes me up in the high!
poem by Nilakshi Das
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Life Is What We Make It, You Are Saying That Again
and how many times will you tell me that
once, in your pocket poetry
once, you read it when you were so drunk
unable to take the right step
and say the right syllabication of your words
tipsy, you fall all alone by yourself
while i watch you
telling myself that this is another kind of life
wasted
then you are telling me again this time
when we are together going to the fields
of our own wars
as we hold our guns and read the maps
and trail the ways of the forest
life is what you make it
there seems to be an error somewhere
life is what we make it brother
we work as a team, a community, a nation, a country
a wall stronger than just anyone of us
we shall make it
we shall keep this struggle
as a nation, not just anyone of us, tipsy and drunk and hopeless
and falling alone
with the mere whisper of the wind, the whimper of the common enemy
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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