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emmenay posted a new Poem titled THIS WORLD IS NOT FOR ME 23 years ago
No, this world is not for me, I feel myself trapped by fears, To be, where I was not meant to be, On this stage of impostor players. A show...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled THOUGHTS ON A NEW YEAR'S EVENING 23 years ago
The last sun of the year has set, And the sea reflects the reddened gloom; Beyond those unseen purgatory shores, Awaits the quicksand of per...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TIME 23 years ago
Ticking away fast, stealing everything, possessing nothing. All is mine, O selfish time! the present, the past, the future, all are mine: Gi...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TIME'S SWAY 23 years ago
Why is the day so gloomy and sad? Is it because he who made me glad, Has gone away? Why do my eyes long to see, Him, who is now a memory, O...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TO A CANDLE 23 years ago
O candle! Tell me how you burn, What is it that makes you glow, A formula of the wax and flame, Or a miracle of God's great love? O candle!...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TO DENISE LEVERTOV 23 years ago
I agree with you Denise: "Some people, no matter what you give them, still want the moon." But there is a difference: Adam was content, happ...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TO MY AUNT KHALAJAN 23 years ago
O my dearest Khalajan* Why have you left me without saying good bye! O my dearest aunt of aunts, What more did this heart of mine want! From...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER 23 years ago
Mother, O my dear mother: In your loving arms, my infancy played, Mother, O my dear mother: Patting and singing, lullabies did you, Gently h...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TO SHAKESPEARE 23 years ago
Life is neither a tragedy, nor a comedy, nor a comedy of errors. Life is not a walking shadow, Nor a poor player, That struts and frets his...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled TO NOOR JAHAN 23 years ago
It is a blessed night of Ramadan, It is the Night of Peace, The "Melody Queen" is dead, May her soul live in peace! For years did her songs...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled VIEWS ON THE DAY'S NEWS 23 years ago
What a day, a bride has died, While walking to take her vow! The wedding becomes a funeral, Will the groom survive the blow! A woman who bor...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled VOICES OF THE HEART 23 years ago
These voices of the heart that float in the air, though for a while, they make this world fair; some sweet words from you, some sweet words...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled WHAT REALLY MATTERS 23 years ago
The trains come and go, and people wait, at the railway platforms, and the walls of interchangeable lights, flash a signal, closing the doo...
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled WHEN TIME STOOD STILL 23 years ago
How can I forget the day we met, The day when time simply stood still, When I was completely entranced, Unable to control my heart, my will....
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emmenay posted a new Poem titled WHERE ARE WE GOING? 23 years ago
At the start of the new millennium, I asked myself: where are we going? There was a void, no reply forthcoming, everything still, unfathomed...
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