tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45543095181798070022024-03-13T11:56:18.449-07:00poemsbyninotazizI just sit upon a writing desk, and write. And then, I tell stories. Legends of long ago.ninotazizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491437553562159354noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554309518179807002.post-11022548813118664252020-03-29T19:56:00.004-07:002020-03-29T20:01:24.650-07:00SURREAL IS OUR LIFE TODAY<span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"></span></span><br />
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<span aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption" style="background-color: white;">There is a quiet acceptance of our new way of life</span></span><br />
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as we return to earth</div>
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we return to earth’s natural rhythm. waves. thunder. seasons. that heals all catastrophe. we hope and pray as this new order takes over...</div>
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if only we learn. if only we learn.
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<span class="s2">poetry left me at the door</span></div>
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<span class="s2">it felt final, i was not quite sure</span></div>
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<span class="s2">she was truly not</span></div>
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<span class="s2">coming back </span></div>
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<span class="s2">anymore</span></div>
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<span class="s2">i was caught in life’s net</span></div>
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<span class="s2">of such important things, you bet</span></div>
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<span class="s2">that mattered not, actually</span></div>
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<span class="s2">i was one to fret</span></div>
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<span class="s2">when to step back</span></div>
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<span class="s2">into the life i have chosen</span></div>
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<span class="s2">i pay tribute to this passion</span></div>
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<span class="s2">over words, over stories</span></div>
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<span class="s2">yearning to return</span></div>
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<span class="s2">word woven</span></div>
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<span class="s2">poems to embrace</span></div>
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<span class="s2">is the true life of grace</span></div>
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<span class="s2">i </span><span style="text-align: center;">crawl over pages</span></div>
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away from blase</div>
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<span class="s2">finding my grace</span></div>
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<span class="s2">poetry, my life</span></div>
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<span class="s2">by ninot aziz</span></div>
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<span class="s2"></span>Note: Finding inspiration from 7th century poet, Li Bai, Tang Dynasty</div>
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frozen in time, but never undone</div>
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there were words</div>
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spoken in haste, and forever hanging</div>
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in that space between the dimension</div>
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of forgiveness and pain</div>
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laughters that echo</div>
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through the tunnels of time</div>
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there is love that is overwhelming</div>
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but still not enough</div>
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it is not emptiness that remain</div>
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what will never be replaced.</div>
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disappeared to? Do we say hello to one another down the street? Does Friday
appear almost as soon as Monday is here? The weekend passes by in a blink...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">city is alive and aware<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been doing? Do we still write emails and letters to each other? Does
December appear almost as soon as soon as January arrives? The months pass by
in a blink...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">autumn to autumn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">to sea without hesitation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">When did all the children
go silent? Do we hear their laughter ringing in the street? Does winter appear
as soon as summer is over? The seasons pass by in a blink...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">snowflakes fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">all sleep even as the
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">the earth renews itself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Why are all the babies
announcements unfamilliar? Did we attend our best friends' baby showers this
year? Does Christmas appear almost as soon as we celebrate New Year? The year
passes by in a blink...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">a lone sprig grows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">spring brings hope and
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Where is that mountain
over yonder? Did I miss the horizon while the city grew taller? Did a concrete
jungle appear over busy years? Did the decades pass us by in a blink...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">summer is relentless<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">like the morning glory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 13.0pt;">a kingdom to climb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ninotazizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491437553562159354noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554309518179807002.post-77419101586771515452015-11-12T08:12:00.001-08:002015-11-12T08:12:30.259-08:00River dreams<div style="text-align: center;">
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step into my dream</div>
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it meanders like a never-ending river</div>
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the river of my youth is a rock</div>
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it anchors me to my childhood</div>
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there is a place</div>
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where the clouds are mirrored</div>
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in flowing water</div>
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crocodiles lurk</div>
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floating islands invite play</div>
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riverbanks merely </div>
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a gateway to secrets below the water</div>
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there is a place</div>
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where bamboo reeds are growing</div>
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reaching to the sky</div>
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Copyright © 2015 ninotaziz</div>
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for <a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.my/2015/11/poets-united-midweek-motif-river.html">poetsunited</a></div>
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Bill's post takes me to the time at least 40 years ago. Dad was a manager at a timber company. We had to venture hinterland to see him.</div>
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today I celebrate Eid, after a month of fasting. And our dear Brian, is back within our fold after many months of staying away. hence, the above poem.</div>
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played images of the vast open. But beware! The sea severely punished
those who forgot her or her mighty powers. Even the lofty coconut trees
shook this way and that in the wind, but they were hardy and did not give way
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This is an excerpt from my novel, NAGA - A Legend of Tasik Chini. I should not say more, but at least I am happy I have the chance to share a little bit about our monsoon. It is strange and magical, devastating and powerful.<br />
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The picture was taken in Terengganu, where this portion of the story is set, and the poem was inspired by the actual waves I heard on this beach the night we arrived.<br />
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ninotazizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491437553562159354noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554309518179807002.post-67918642225288608782015-05-11T05:57:00.000-07:002015-05-11T06:56:13.104-07:00There was a Woman<ol></ol>
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There was a woman who wrote all night<br />
We wonder why she wrote all night<br />
Perhaps she wanted to do what she felt was right...<br />
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There was a woman who wrote all night<br />
We wonder why she wrote all night<br />
She wrote all night to capture thoughts<br />
We wonder why she captured thoughts<br />
Perhaps to remind those who forgot<br />
Perhaps to stop the rot...<br />
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There was a woman who wrote all night<br />
We wonder why she wrote all night<br />
She wrote all night to capture thoughts<br />
She captured thoughts to shape her actions<br />
Perhaps she wanted to share the notion<br />
Of all that was good and beautiful and ancient<br />
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There was a woman who wrote all night<br />
We wonder why she wrote all night<br />
She wrote all night to capture thoughts<br />
She captured thoughts to shape her actions<br />
She wanted to share the notion<br />
Of all that was good and beautiful and ancient<br />
Perhaps she truly believed<br />
In the wisdom of the old manuscripts<br />
Lie buried under fathomless seas<br />
Unless we seek to unravel mysteries<br />
Legends long past hold the key<br />
To our coded history<br />
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It was never mere fiction<br />
Fuelled by imagination<br />
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Copyright 2015 © ninotaziz<br />
All Rights Reserved<br />
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The Hikayat belongs to all of us<br />
To love. To share. And to cherish.<br />
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thousand days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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self diminished<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">II </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">haibun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We
walk the hours that make up our lives. Talk to the minutes - the hand, the
dial, the markers of time. Capture the seconds, stored for days, labeled
eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Time,
past summer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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measured in the flight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the butterfly, so free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We
take the path that leads us home. Talk to the trees - the leaves, the flowers,
the gifts of the seasons. Capture the fruits, ripened and sweet, labeled
health.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">We
face the reflection that shows us truth. Talk to the man in the mirror - the
eyes, the lies, the carefully painted image. Capture the truth, staring back
accusingly, labeled proper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">III </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">to
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Copyright
© 2015 ninotaziz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">______________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Until the world forgets</div>
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Ours.</div>
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<i>Dedicated to my daughter, Inas, who just turned twenty</i></div>
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discovering little treasures of your own</div>
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while you build your treehouse on sturdiest boughs</div>
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hopes and hard work and love... for now</div>
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Ever since Inas was ten, she decided she wanted to become an architect to 'build a treehouse hotel'. She is in second year university doing architecture and I miss her.</div>
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to understand the world and the how the wind lifts us up high, </div>
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still endless summer</div>
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to grasp the importance of the wind at sea, climbing mountains</div>
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laden with rain to nourish the earth - perceive a time</div>
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no ships to sail across</div>
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to imagine legends long forgotten, the absent wind</div>
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I imagine this is better as four poems. It seems a tad too clumsy being strung together like this. But the idea behind this poem was to show how the wind influenced so many aspects of our lives.<br />
Our psyche. Our history. Our traditions.<br />
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Someone will convince me to fight</div>
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if you have never been to this enchanted land, you would not be able to visualise the grace of hands brought together, to signify respect and welcome. the flick of fingers in rhythmic response to the gamelan brass orchestra - anger. love. goodbye. in a drama that unfolds through dance. and dance alone.</div>
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hands, beckon</div>
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anger. love. goodbye</div>
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the music begins</div>
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if you have never been to this legacy of romance, you would not be able to listen to the million fables brought
together, to represent centuries of storytelling. or the flick of fingers in
rhythmic response to the voice of the penglipurlara - makyung. wayang. mulung.
in a drama that unfolds on stage. alone.</div>
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stories, beckon</div>
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makyung. wayang. mulung.</div>
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the show begins</div>
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if you have never been to this world of grace, you would not be able to smell the million scents brought
together, to represent centuries of tradition. or the flick of fingers in
rhythmic response to the brass pots and wooden stove - cloves. curry. cinnamon.
in a drama that unfolds above the fire. and fire alone.</div>
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spices, beckon</div>
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cloves. curry. cinnamon</div>
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the feast begins<br />
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My list, that did not make the linky.<br />
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Inspired by Tony Maude at <a href="http://dversepoets.com/2014/10/23/meeting-the-bar-ive-got-a-little-list/">dVersepoets</a><br /><br /> </div>
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I wonder why the clouds are grey</div>
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With not a sight of raindrop all day</div>
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Rivers no longer rush with thrill to sea</div>
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Amidst sluggish crawl to break free</div>
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From all the hazards from the towns</div>
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From way up high, down to the ground</div>
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Is it time for mother earth to retreat</div>
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Abandon all of us to our own beat<br />
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Shall we be like moths to the flame<br />
When no one is left to take the blame</div>
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As she rises in all her fury and might</div>
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And we will be defeated in this fight.<br />
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For <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com/2014/10/mag-242.html">Magpietales</a><br />
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mother earth sighs with apprehension as she tries to break free,<br />
no more<br />
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For <a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2014/10/poetry-pantry-223.html">Poets United</a><br />
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Earth - beauty, unrivaled<br />
Ever faithful sunrise<br />
Each moment, like crystal<br />
Evermore as we part<br />
Evening, a hallowed treat<br />
Expansive starry night<br />
Earth - beauty, unrivaled<br />
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For <a href="http://dversepoets.com/">Dversepoets</a><br />
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three poems by ninotaziz</div>
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<i>I haven't been writing for a while. But I miss poetry so much. And what better muse, than mother earth, herself?</i><br />
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