Donkey Love
The new the new the new
crowd’s bay
its great its wonderful its fab
crowds say.
Future fads
espouse condemnation
deny past
has been prophets.
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fad – short-lived fashion.
fab – as in fabulous.
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Ataturk was wonderful.
Ataturk was great.
Yet if Ataturk
was so wonderful?
Why did he drink raki
every night so late?
If he had been a
Winston Churchill?
He might have partaken
of brandy and cigars?
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) was a soldier, statesman, reformer, founder and first president (1923-1938) of the Republic of Turkey. He was given the name Ataturk (‘Father of Turks’) by the National Assembly in 1934.
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Grim Reaper Creeping
melancholy serene pallor
wrinkle-less sour lip
telling complete tragedy
confessed contempt
who commissioned artist
a youthful death accepted
or bitterly pierce felt sorrow
shadow death contemplated
impending parting agony
approaching death steals
souls taken in youth blood
life pulse short struck down
life acts play short lived
final curtain scene haunts
bitter fruit to savour
is putrid plaintive flesh
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Written in 2nd February 1996.
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Temple Lusts
“Temper loss is not the end
For a man’s lust.”
I had a friend once
who claimed;
he looked forward
to his future
temple loss;
in hopes of freedom
from compulsive emotions.
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Quotation from ‘Urge Survives The Organ’ by RM.Shanmugam Chettiar.
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Michelangelo Mozart Picasso Transcended
artist
to excel
to be
preeminent
beyond
standard
limit
to surpass
past
superior
performances
to transcend
as Michelangelo
Mozart Picasso
transcended
as only great
art transcends
mere rules
of mortal
composition
to outdo
to outstrip
all others
leaving behind
past
boundaries
is to
artistically
achieve
immortality
many will
try
few will
attain
genius
symphonies
inspirations
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apj Indonesias Police Perks
torturing suspects
'the norm' in Indonesia
routine police perks
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
Source: Associated Press, Jakarta | Fri,12/31/2010 12: 24 PM | Headlines
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apj Indonesian Confession Technique
routine law enforcement
torture suspects convicts
extract corrupt confessions
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Source: Associated Press, Jakarta | Fri,12/31/2010 12: 24 PM | Headlines
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Where Unknown Ancestors Died
at indifferent mercy bestowed
by time tide wind
have many sailing ships sailed
to past distant lands
awaiting perilous mist coastlines
locals know a quiet scenic place
deceptive inlet harbour
where ebb rip drowned swimmer
out to sea be swift sucked
body never to be washed ashore
myths lost imbue tidal surround
landfall peril an ancestor
colonial here lived legend depicted
a captain harbour master
drowned here a century more ago
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See also the poem ‘Birth Of The ‘Shepherdess’.
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A Child’s Toy
a whirl of sunshine and cup of blue
within a single line of poetry
our world becomes a spinning top
First prime line written by Miroslava Odalovic.
Title, second and third lines written by Terence George Craddock
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Wavelets Of Light
enlightened darkness an embryo upon the horizon
is the birth of light the breath
taking dawn with possibilities waking
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Inspired by the poem ‘You just have to go out’ by Miroslava Odalovic.
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apj Indonesian National Police Spokesman Col. Boy Rafli Amar
police intimidation beatings raping suspects
few terrorized victims lodge complaints
Boy Rafli Amar to make changes if necessary
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Source: Associated Press, Jakarta | Fri,12/31/2010 12: 24 PM | Headlines
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apj Jakarta-Based Legal Aid Foundation Report
Restaria Hutabarat said the group's report
found police beatings intimidation rape
are commonplace considered routine norm
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Source: Associated Press, Jakarta | Fri,12/31/2010 12: 24 PM | Headlines
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The Sacrifice Of A Perfect Soul
Our Heavenly hope was prize won
with an offering given of free choice
through the blood gift of the Lamb
'Deliverance Through Life Choices'
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Inspired by the poem ‘Earthly Vessel’ by Brian Kilpatrick.
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Defining A Good Life
lifeline written
in the palm
of your hand
a secret humanity
finds hard
to understand
a long life
is not necessity
a good life
if a short life
is a good life
a better life?
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
Written in August 2011 on the 1.8.2011.
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Eagles Soar On High Thermals
eagles soar
on high thermals
fly through
such wonderous
freeborn skies
a multiversality
kaleidoscopic
sensual
spiritual
ever changing
seasons
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See also complete mosaic concept in the poem ‘Eagle Spirit’.
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The Poet Junkie
I am the poet junkie
writing my fix
anytime of everyday
each sacrifice day
throughout daylight
throughout night
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Written in September 2010 on the 17.9.2010.
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Tune In
pulse transmit send
time radio waves
era age capsules
space signal bound
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
Written in September 2010 on the 23.9.2010.
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swr Chasing Down Rainbows
bold Sir Walter Raleigh
new world explorer
chasing down rainbows
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Written in January 2011 on the 5.1.2011.
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Flight At Kitty Hawk
assumes new dimensions
aeronautical aspirations
tiny dreams flowers seeds
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Written in May 2011 on the 4.5.2011
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Humane Great Political Leaders?
God said the master
to the slave is equal
politicians today need
to remember history
previous past generations
humane great leaders
who worked
not for themselves
who worked
for the good
of their nation
their people
who believed in
peace at home
peace in the world
Splitting image from the poem ‘Injustice In Politics’ by Terence George Craddock.
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Drowned Within Lea Of Land
at indifferent mercy bestowed
by time tide wind
have many sailing ships sailed
to past distant lands
awaiting perilous mist coastlines
where storm raging
awaiting submerged shipwreck rocks
turn of rushing tide
left a wave of grief in their leave
to endure survive
an ocean crossing die within land lea
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
lea - a meadow or sward land; a grassy field; common land; a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. -Gray.
First five lines quoted from the poem ‘Where Unknown Ancestors Died’ by Terence George Craddock.
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