An Antique Script
topaz tiger
runs thunderingly
grasps fallen star
so alluring so amazing
ruby snake
bows so low
touches dry dessert
so enchanting so exciting
turquoise eagle
descends eagerly
scratches moonlight
so enthralling so beguiling
jaded whale
swims deeply
searches for oasis
so mesmerizing so refreshing
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Danse des Nympheas
(dedicated to Ms. Gitti Pirner, a talented pianist)
J'ai mis du temps à comprendre mes nympheas
water lilies
iris, willows
a little estate
in the country
a water garden
how magical
revelation
model
vision
pond
sensitivity
suggestive
at times fluid
a flow of colors
sometimes sigh
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Lullaby for Lovely Baby
(dedicated to Ms. Ruth Palmer, a talented violinist)
suavely
tenderly
con amore
ornamentally
very gently
con grazia
flowing hug
slowly sway
pianissimo
caring touch
softly voice
delicatezza
sleep my baby
sleep into deep
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Talent is usually
Talent is usually
Twenty percent inspiration
Thirty percent chance
And fifty percent hard working
It's a matter of trial
Error and trying again
Providing the ideal, the image
Is already in one's mind
And possible according
To the given light
People tend to think
They have you in your pigeonhole
And then are so surprised
To find there is another element
In your life
It is always difficult
To transcribe or describe
Emotion and understanding
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Fantasy Acacia
seven maidens sang a longing song
with blessed joy it rang in pagoda
they shouted too for eternity
that human was free from hell
and as purple acacia stand on the pond
with its nine leaves and spread among butterflies
the saint said: 'Why do you stand there?
When I talk to you, you are crying! '
'And should I not cry, divine one?
I have broke the harmony of love
I wander and scream bitterly!
O come and mercy me! '
'If you have broke the harmony of love
then take a bow and pray sincerely!
Love only Heart for all time!
so will you accept heavenly truth'
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Lovely St Lucia! ! !
sun
rum
food
music
orange
yellow
green
whi te
exotic
pleasure
freshness
adve nture
beaches
heritage
natural
be auty
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A Lesson of Life (Thanksgiving)
(dedicated to Ms. Elī na Garanč a, a great mezzo-soprano)
This autumn is so relief
I hope it is a purely day
I have spiritual sense
Inside my very heart
I would like to attend
The ceremony or travel
Long distances with my family
I hope we have a large dinner too
We are as a family
Gather together
Yes, it’s the time
To a family reunion
I invite my all family, all friends
We are happily cooking together
We are happily eating together
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A Lesson of Life (Mother)
(dedicated to Ms. Sandrine Piau, a great soprano)
whom I must dedicate my best love?
whom I must dedicate my best deed?
whom I must dedicate my best heart?
your mother, your mother, your mother
whom I must give my best food?
whom I must give my best home?
whom I must give my best vehicle?
your mother, your mother, your mother
whom I must send my best regard?
whom I must send my best greeting?
whom I must send my best welcoming?
your mother, your mother, your mother
who will never leave me?
who will never reject me?
who will never forget me?
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Humble Lamb
a.m.
six o'clock
again and again
time comes back to me
definitely your buoyant dream
walks along crisis of identity of love
when you grasps those elegant emotion
I hope you can puts your illusion
into a distinctive magical box
which full of tenderness
and simply caresses
you may senses
at dusk
for a while two blind children are giggling on a pine corner
they can't turn around because their hearts are tied
with mischievous controversy and jigsaws
but when lunch time is coming
and no one is starving
suddenly
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Wayang Kulit
the unique world of myths
symbols and religious beliefs
most difficult to understand
the puppet master, or dalang
tells his story by projecting
the shadows of the puppets
he manipulates behind
a white screen and a large lamp
he plays several characters at once
basically an epic narrative
shifting from Old-Javanese
to the High-Balinese
singing and hitting a box
to mark the rhythm
a good dalang
is a one-man-show
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