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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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muganda wrote: Lord My Woman Is Talking Oluoch Madiang'
Lord, my woman is talking Give me four ears to hear her…
Lord my woman is talking and speaking Give me six ears to listen to her…
Lord my woman is talking and speaking and saying things Give me eight ears to understand her…
Give me more ears Lord. She is saying this and that, that and this… That I this and that she that. Blah, blah, blah, my woman’s bleating.
Lord, she is saying that in 2004, January 4th, in the morning, at 4 a.m. I… Lord, how does the morn of early 2004 matter today? She is saying that I don’t listen, never give her an ear… Lord, add me ears I share with my woman in coming years!
Lord, my woman is speaking in tongues About hair and love, pink and lollipop, black and forest, ooh and aah; My woman, she says Tina is a bitch and Ali is a bitch and I bitch and… Oh Lord, more ears please: my woman is bitching!
Lord lend me ten, twenty, thirty, hundred ears (or cut off my woman’s tongues) Quickly my Lord, because my woman just called to say:
We need to TALK!
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Rank: Hello Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 4
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'Timothy Winters'
Timothy Winters comes to school With eyes as wide as a football-pool, Ears like bombs and teeth like splinters: A blitz of a boy is Timothy Winters.
His belly is white, his neck is dark, And his hair is an exclamation-mark. His clothes are enough to scare a crow And through his britches the blue winds blow.
When teacher talks he won't hear a word And he shoots down dead the arithmetic-bird, He licks the pattern off his plate And he's not even heard of the Welfare State.
Timothy Winters has bloody feet And he lives in a house on Suez Street, He sleeps in a sack on the kithen floor And they say there aren't boys like him anymore.
Old Man Winters likes his beer And his missus ran off with a bombardier, Grandma sits in the grate with a gin And Timothy's dosed with an aspirin.
The welfare Worker lies awake But the law's as tricky as a ten-foot snake, So Timothy Winters drinks his cup And slowly goes on growing up.
At Morning Prayers the Master helves for children less fortunate than ourselves, And the loudest response in the room is when Timothy Winters roars "Amen!"
So come one angel, come on ten Timothy Winters says "Amen Amen amen amen amen." Timothy Winters, Lord. Amen
Charles Causley
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/20/2009 Posts: 1,402
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the bible..Song Of Songs Chapter 1
1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.
She 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. 3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you! 4 Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine.
She How right they are to adore you! 5 Dark am I, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon. 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother’s sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I have neglected. 7 Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
Friends 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.
He 9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh. 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. 11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
She 12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance. 13 My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. 14 My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
He 15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
She 16 How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
He 17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/23/2009 Posts: 2,375
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Quote:During the closing ceremonies the president of the International Olympic Committee had issued the traditional call for the next Games, requesting "the youth of every country to assemble in four years at Tokyo, there to celebrate with us the twelfth Olympic Games."
But there would be no more Olympic Games for a dozen years. The 1940 Games scheduled for Tokyo and the 1944 Games were both canceled. Instead of competing with each other on athletic fields, the youth of many countries wound up killing each other on fields of battle in a new world war – a war Adolf Hitler was already planning. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt... -Mark Twain
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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The Mother Adolf Hitler, 1923
“When your mother has grown older, When her dear, faithful eyes no longer see life as they once did, When her feet, grown tired, No longer want to carry her as she walks -
Then lend her your arm in support, Escort her with happy pleasure. The hour will come when, weeping, you Must accompany her on her final walk.
And if she asks you something, Then give her an answer. And if she asks again, then speak! And if she asks yet again, respond to her, Not impatiently, but with gentle calm.
And if she cannot understand you properly Explain all to her happily. The hour will come, the bitter hour, When her mouth asks for nothing more.”
Hitler's Dream Amateur, UK, 2011
Now here is a story, strange as it may seem, Of Herr Hitler the Nazi and his terrible dream.
Being tired of the allies, he lay down on his bed and amongst other things, he dreamnt he was dead.
He was all straightened out and lying in State and his little moustache was frozen with hate.
He went from this earth and up to Heaven went straight and he proudly stood at the Golden Gate.
But Peter looked out and in a voice loud and clear, Cried.. "Herr Hitler the Nazi" you can't come in here.
So Hitler turned back and away he did go, with the greatest of speed to the regions below.
But the lookout angel was well worth his hire, He flew through to Satan and gave him the wire.
So Satan said "Fellows", I'll give you a warning, we're expecting Herr Hitler down here in the morning.
Now I'll tell you straight and I'll tell you clear, we're too blasted good for that fellow down here.
O' Satan, O' Satan, Herr Hitler cried, I heard what you said, while standing outside.
Oh give me a corner,I've nowhere to go, But Satan said no, a thousand times no.
So he kicked Hitler back, then vanished in smoke and just at that moment Herr Hitler awoke.
He jumped right up in a lather of sweat, Shouting, Doctor oh Doctor, its my worst dream yet.
To Heaven I'll not go, that I can tell, But it's a dammed awful thing, to be kicked out of "Hell".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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A Suspended Blue Ocean Hafez
The sky Is a suspended blue ocean. The stars are the fish That swim.
The planets are the white whales I sometimes hitch a ride on,
And the sun and all light Have forever fused themselves
Into my heart and upon My skin.
There is only one rule On this Wild Playground,
For every sign Hafiz has ever seen Reads the same.
They all say,
"Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun, In the Beloved's Divine Game,
O, in the Beloved's Wonderful Game."
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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A Smile Author unknown
It costs nothing, but saves much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich that he can get along without it; none so poor that he is not enriched by it.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sick, and Nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, borrowed, or stolen, for it is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away.
If you meet someone too burdened with grief or worry to smile, just give him one of yours.
For nobody needs a smile so much as he who has none left to give.
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/5/2008 Posts: 532 Location: Nairobi
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muganda wrote:IF Ruyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son Thanks a ton Muganda for this sweet gem, and the dude who started this thread.I've cherished this poem, over and over.... Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Allow me to sneak in this sad song GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMEThe old home town looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home Yes, they'll all come to meet me Arms reaching, smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green, green grass of home The old house is still standing Though the paint is cracked and dry And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home Then I awake and look around me At four gray walls that surround me And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre On and on we'll walk at daybreak Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home Yes, they'll all come to see me In the shade of that old oak tree As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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Valentine Carol Ann Duffy
Not a red rose or a satin heart.
I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love.
Here. It will blind you with tears like a lover. It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief.
I am trying to be truthful.
Not a cute card or a kissogram.
I give you an onion. Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips, possessive and faithful as we are, for as long as we are.
Take it. Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring, if you like.
Lethal. Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife.
How Do I Love Thee? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
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