Favorite Poem/Poet? Do You write?
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Re: Favorite Poem/Poet? Do You write?
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Dire Desires
Migrants, searching for a new life
Desperately traveling through borders
Hoarders, carrying all their hopes, dreams, and things
On their backs
Sweating, crying, exhausted
Desperately searching for a running faucet
Of water, love, riches, and freedom
Crying out for help but do we see them?
Equipped, they have strength and faith as their armor
To defeat this treacherous battle
Stripped, suddenly they are captured
Their strength and faith are ultimately fractured
Whipped, now they are being abused
Not only by life but by tyrants too
Ripped, their human rights are ripped from their right hands
As they are sold into enslavement and pushed on the pavement
Raped by life and also by disturbed individuals
Robbed of their belongings and of their dignity
It’s invisible
Guns drilled into their temples
They are forced into complying
Suicide, exhaustion, abuse, malnutrition
They are forced into dying
Auctioning off souls
To use them then dispose
A small fee captivated a human life
My eyes closed
Cannot witness this tradition
That keeps cycling without permission
We need governments, people, and bravery
To stand up and commission
Let’s place them on our backs
Break every chain
Unleash them from the pits
Emancipation never occurred
Slavery still exists
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from the same dough
rolled us out as one on the baking sheet
must have suddenly realized
how unfair it was
to put that much magic into one person
and sadly split that dough in two
how else it that
when i look in the mirror
i am looking at you
when you breathe
my own lungs fill with air
that we just met but we
have known eachother our whole lives
if we are not made as one to begin with
- our souls are our mirrors "
This is my favorite poem by rupi kaur featured in the book the sun and her flowers.
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Thank you so much for the introduction to this poet. The piece you shared is stunning. I am going to seek out this poet. Absolutely!Kdg483 wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 11:12 " god must have kneaded you and i
from the same dough
rolled us out as one on the baking sheet
must have suddenly realized
how unfair it was
to put that much magic into one person
and sadly split that dough in two
how else it that
when i look in the mirror
i am looking at you
when you breathe
my own lungs fill with air
that we just met but we
have known eachother our whole lives
if we are not made as one to begin with
- our souls are our mirrors "
This is my favorite poem by rupi kaur featured in the book the sun and her flowers.
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Also, a little poem by Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. The Place Where You Are Now begins:
"This place where you are right now
God circled on a map for you...."
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I don't have a favourite poet but do like a variety of styles.
I am a poet & song writer but would like to improve my skills. I have published my first small book of poems just last year. Very exciting but also expensive.
Any positive response would be appreciated.
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Hi. I am new to the site too. It takes a little while to figure everything out. There is a lot to explore. I write poetry as well and have learned about a couple of talented poets through this site. Enjoy.Diane Walter wrote: ↑07 Jan 2018, 22:59 This is my first use of this site. Not sure what I'm doing. Not much detailed info on how to do this. I think I'm responding to "Favourite Poem/Poet? Do you write?"
I don't have a favourite poet but do like a variety of styles.
I am a poet & song writer but would like to improve my skills. I have published my first small book of poems just last year. Very exciting but also expensive.
Any positive response would be appreciated.
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I write poetry more than I read it, though I can't claim to be very good at it.
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