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Poetry or Lyrics that Inpire you
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"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari 
Old Men, by Ogden Nash
People expect old men to die, They do not really mourn old men. Old men are different. People look At them with eyes that wonder when… People watch with unshocked eyes; But the old men know when an old man dies. Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
 RE: Poetry or Lyrics that Inpire you
December 10, 2018 at 6:05 pm
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2018 at 6:09 pm by Jackie.)
EDIT, copy and paste didn't let me print the entire poem.
"Cut" by Sylvia Plath, is what I tried to post the entirety of.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari  RE: Poetry or Lyrics that Inpire you
December 10, 2018 at 10:12 pm
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2018 at 10:12 pm by LadyForCamus.)
Anything by Mark Doty:
A Green Crab’s Shell Not, exactly, green: closer to bronze preserved in kind brine, something retrieved from a Greco-Roman wreck, patinated and oddly muscular. We cannot know what his fantastic legs were like-- though evidence suggests eight complexly folded scuttling works of armament, crowned by the foreclaws' gesture of menace and power. A gull's gobbled the center, leaving this chamber --size of a demitasse-- open to reveal a shocking, Giotto blue. Though it smells of seaweed and ruin, this little traveling case comes with such lavish lining! Imagine breathing surrounded by the brilliant rinse of summer's firmament. What color is the underside of skin? Not so bad, to die, if we could be opened into this-- if the smallest chambers of ourselves, similarly, revealed some sky.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken. 
Roses are red.
Marijuana is green. It' s legal here now. .... Somebody order a pizza?? 
 RE: Poetry or Lyrics that Inpire you
December 11, 2018 at 2:33 am
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 2:36 am by Maketakunai.
Edit Reason: translation note
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"River" by AKB48 (This is the official Studio48 translation from Japanese, which is why it seems a little... off... in English.)
Advance forward! (Got it!) Don't you dare to halt! (Got it!) Our aim is that place where the sun rise Walk on the path of hope! What blocked this path is River! River! River! A stretched-out River! The fated River! River! River! An ordeal River! Throw away all your doubts! Show your willpower! Don't hesitate! Immediately One step forward! Believe yourself! Forward forward! Go straight ahead! Cross the river!! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! A dream is always Looked so far away Feels like its distance could not be reached Pick up that stone Under your foot And with all your might Throw it away! Just before your very eyes A river is flowing Broadly, such a great river Darkly, deeply, even so The current is fast, even so Do not be scared, OK? Do not wander off That's right, the opposite side is there So more, believe in yourself Inside the darkness Just keep swimming! Don't turn your head! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! When you extend your hand, there Future exists, you see Don't give up on the thing you can not reach! The stone that you toss Is the dream granter Somehow its falling sound could not be heard Inside your heart too A river is flowing So painful, a river of trial Maybe it doesn't go smoothly, even so Sometimes you're almost drown, even so It's OK to repeat again Do not give it up The bank exists just there Someday your struggle will bring you to it Get over it! RIVER! AH-AH-AH-AH- Stop telling excuse to yourself! AH-AH-AH-AH- Can't do nothing but keep going! AH-AH-AH-AH- Gotta keep moving forward! Keep going keep going keep going Keep walking on The path you've decided! Just before your very eyes A river is flowing Broadly, such a great river Darkly, deeply, even so The current is fast, even so Do not be scared, OK? Do not wander off That's right, the opposite side is there So more, believe in yourself Inside your heart too A river is flowing It is, a river of sweat and tears! Even if you make a failure Even if it makes you cry It is OK to start over Don't say any complaint Cling onto your dream, yeah Until the day where your wish come true Cross the river! You can do it! 
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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