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  April 2021     2 years ago

Submitted Poems 8 total

Until I met You

The last years went by
One by one, day after day
And I kept on folding my fingers
One by one, day after day
Counting my lost hopes
One by one, day after day
Burying my dying smiles
One by one, day after day
Until I met You Lord
Caring for...

– by Benedictus Genty Bulu

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Conjunction

(To my wife)

When you are
With me
I stay in
Because there is
No place for me
Anywhere else
I stay with you
Inside our house
Breathing
Your presence

But when you are
Not with me
I stay out
Because there is
No space left
Inside the...

– by Benedictus Genty Bulu

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Wondering

I do not know
What after-me will look like
Baskets of spilled tears
Or bags of sunshine

I do not know
What pre-me looked like
Rivers of withered flowers
Or drops of bright smiles

But I know
What I am in this world
A bundle of...

– by Benedictus Genty Bulu

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Dreams

Let me live in my dreams
Where there are
No whys and no hows
A world full of reality
Full of love and happiness
Let me live in my dreams
For the sake of my life
Out of this world of fake
This world of violence
In the core of putrefaction
And misery...

– by Benedictus Genty Bulu

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Battling Child

Fifteen-year-old Child
Died while fighting for liberty
Under his war master’s rule
In a remote marshy bush

Of liberty he and war mates
Only knew gun shots and shell sounds
War cries and war songs
Blood splashes and brain...

– by Benedictus Genty Bulu

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Definitions.net
Highly enjoyable. I scored 10/10. Great!

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Thanks a lot for your encouragement.

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Poetry.com
With a score of 70% (7 out of 10), I did fairly well; but I still have to learn a lot about poetry and poets.

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