Tag Archives: across the board

Spring Came

March 29, 2020Poemsacross the board, dreams, dusty chapters, embraces, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, flowers, food for thought, higher ground, Inspiration, intoxicating, joy, love, memories, moon maidens, new angle, old accounts, perfume, poem, poetry, Satori Publishing, seasons, spirit, Spring Came, timeless, translation, truth, universal, Urdu to English, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Spring came, springing anew as if from nowhere
All those dreams, all those days of youth
That had died upon your lips
But after dying, it seemed each time,
All the flowers have bloomed afresh

Theirs the perfume of your memories
Theirs the blood of your lovers
All the anguish has boiled over
Grieving friends too are in dire straits

Lying drunk in the lap of moon maidens
All the dusty chapters of the heart
Yours, mine, all questions, all answers
Spring came, and opened up once again
A new angle to figure out old accounts.

( my translation of a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz ).

By A Factor Of

July 29, 2019Poemsacross the board, brash, By A Factor Of, cutting edge, dramatic, facing facts, food for thought, higher ground, Inspiration, original, passion, personal, poem, poetry, Satori Publishing, spirit, the basics, timeless, truth, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Your land mass is 4x bigger
Your population is 6x larger
Your wealth is 10x larger
Your army is 5x bigger

Pick on somebody your own size.

Human Nature

July 5, 2019Poemsacross the board, brash, culture, cutting edge, dramatic, eternal, evolution, evolve, food for thought, higher ground, Human Nature, Inspiration, lifestyle, original, personal, poetry, round and round, Satori Publishing, the basics, timeless, travel, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Every little thing in this world
Fashion, industry, technology, science
Everything develops, moves forward
People run around, trying to keep up;
The latest titbit, the shiniest, the must have
To die for, gimmick, gadget, toy
The essential thrill, can’t live without;
So new, so modern, so civilised, a million years
A million miles away from the furthest jungle
A miracle that the ape became a Man
And the man developed a civilisation;
Things change, evolve, mature
Everything apart from Human Nature.

You think you are civilised?
Cultured? Educated? Refined?
Your hoity-toity airs and graces
A touch away from the Beast;
You are two steps away
From the darkest jungle
You are seven meals away
From being a cannibal;
The call of the wild
Bite, tear flesh, taste blood
Extreme measures taken to safeguard
Your belly, your ass, your dick
But above all your pocket;
There is but ONE truth
You are an animal, a beast
King of the jungle, you MUST rule
Lord it over every creature;
Things change, evolve, mature
Everything apart from Human Nature.

Take off, sail the stars, create new Markets
Colonize the planets, organise slave labour
Bondage dressed as Democracy, Freedom, Progress
The biggest guns rule the Heavens;
The money-men buy/create new technology
Soft/hardware to keep them ahead, on top
Their children will inherit, born to rule
Part man/machine, Time will bow before them;
Gleaming, glittering cyborgs, bells and whistles
Running around, trying to keep up, the must have
The latest stimulant, to die for
The can’t live without, the old, old story;
Things change, evolve, mature
Everything apart from Human Nature.

Life In Four Lines

June 12, 2018Poemsacross the board, dramatic, eternal, facing facts, food for thought, Inspiration, Life In Four Lines, original, passion, personal, poetic, Satori Publishing, spirit, the basics, timeless, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Since the dawn of time scratching the head to ignite
Trudging daily on the treadmill to preserve the spark
The very last thought is like the switching off of a light
No-body is conscious of the worm in the dark.

(c)Satori Publishing, 2018.

Cycle

June 12, 2018Poemsacross the board, artistic, Cycle, eternal, higher ground, Inspiration, inspire, joy, love, original, passion, personal, poetic, sacred, Satori Publishing, soul, timeless, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

I am the son of my father
I am my father of the son.

(c)Satori Publishing, 2018.

Word

June 12, 2018Poemsacross the board, culture, Elizabeth the First, Elizabeth the Second, epitaph, facing facts, food for thought, History, original, poem, poetry, Queens of England, Satori Publishing, the basics, Wordsatoripublishing2013

Elizabeth the First lived
Elizabeth the Second existed.

(c)Satori Publishing, 2018.

Radikal Yoot

February 4, 2017Poemsacross the board, brash, British Asian, cocky, cutting edge, dramatic, explosive, facing facts, higher ground, inspire, original, Paki, passion, personal, radical, revolutionary, Satori Publishing, timeless, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

I want tons of easy money NOW!
I want fast cars that go POW!
I want fast women who go WOW!!

Asshole, you must be motherfucking dumb
You think I am willing to be a walking bomb?
Blow myself up? You must take me for a bum

Every revolutionary in history blew up the enemy
The Paki is so thick he blows himself up initially?
Your own public are the victims of your sick strategy

This Paki wants tons of easy money NOW!
This Paki wants fast cars that go POW!
This Paki wants fast women who go WOW!!

Take This Stone ( Place It Upon Your Heart )

July 19, 2016Lyrics/Songsacross the board, apple of your eye, artistic, betrayal, creative, dramatic, end of the line, facing facts, grief, heart of stone, heartache, love, lust, major surgery, original, passion, personal, poetic, regret, romantic, Satori Publishing, sensual, stone heart, taboo, Take This Stone Place It uPon Your Heart, timeless, treason, universal, vengeance, visionary, voodoo rhythms, your one true lovesatoripublishing2013

Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt
Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt

Gently, calm the frantic beat of your aching heart
Release the valve before it blows itself apart
Ease the pressure on that pump in your breast
Weigh it down before it tears a hole in your chest
It cannot reason with the scale of her treason
The mask is off, the hate is out in the open

Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt
Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt

She stabbed repeatedly, with a song on her lips
She danced over your body, with leaps and skips
She checked the recipe all the while
She watched you bleed with a smile
Whatever took place she did it willingly
The look on her face!! She did it killingly

Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt
Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt

Your own flesh and blood now smear you with mud
Their natural love ran dry as you drowned in the flood
The apple of your eye is the one who twisted the knife
Your one true love casually switched off your life
You are all alone, turn your heart to stone
Build a wall around, turn your heart to stone

Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt
Take this stone, place it upon your heart
The less it moves the less you will hurt.

The Knowing

February 27, 2016Poemsacross the board, artistic, aspire, brash, creative, cutting edge, dramatic, end of the line, facing facts, higher ground, inspire, joy, lifestyle, love, major surgery, original, passion, personal, poetic, Satori Publishing, self-development, The Knowing, the vision thing, timeless, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

You know
You can SEE it or it’s invisible
If it’s possible or impossible
You know
If you can or if you cannot
If you will or you will not
You know
If you will fail or succeed
If you have a fertile seed
You know
If you will be rich or poor
It’s an open window or a closed door
You know
If by the gods you have been blessed
If by fickle Fate you have been cursed
You know
If it’s to be a famine or a feast
If you will have many or the least
You know
If you will be laughing or crying
If you will be living or dying
You know
If your time is coming or going
It is all in the knowing

And you know it.

The Power Of Compounding

February 27, 2016Poemsacross the board, aspire, creative, facing facts, higher ground, inspire, lifestyle, money matters, original, passion, personal, Satori Publishing, self-development, The Power Of Compounding, timeless, two plus two, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Earn a penny, earn another to rub against
Earn and rub till the pennies are a pound
Earn another pound to double your money
Turn 2 pounds into 4
Turn 4 pounds into 8
Turn 8 pounds into 16
Turn 16 pounds into 32
Turn 32 pounds into 64
Turn 64 pounds into 128
Earn and turn, keep on turning
Once you are adding Zero after Zero
That is when you are really in the money.

Godfathers

December 29, 2015Poemsacross the board, brash, cannibals, cocky, conspiracy, criminals, cutting edge, dramatic, elected to office, facing facts, gangsters, Godfathers, major surgery, original, passion, personal, puppet masters, real power, regret, rulers of the world, Satori Publishing, taboo, timeless, universal, vampires, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Gangster One wants control of Gambling, Roulette of Dreams, Lottery of Illusions, etc;
Gangster Two wants control of Porn, Prostitution, Moral Values, etc;
Criminal Three wants control of Drugs, War on Drugs, Rehab Clinics, etc;
Crook Four wants control of Modern Slavery, Minimum Wage, Trade Unions, etc;
Felon Five wants control of the Arms Industry, Peacekeeping Forces, etc;
Charlatan Six wants control of the Food Industry, Weight Control, etc;
Cunt Seven wants control of Marketing, Advertising, Shopping, etc;
Dickhead Eight wants control of Freedom, Democracy, Equality, etc;
Psychopath Nine wants control of the Police, Spooks, Thought Control, etc;
Serial Killer Ten wants control of Oil, Gas, Water, Minerals, etc;
Scumbag Eleven wants control of Pharmaceuticals, GMOs, Cancer Research, etc;
Geekygoon Twelve opens the gates to Mandatory Vaccines, ID chips, for Profit, to Control, etc;
Motherfucker Thirteen wants to control Our Way of Life, Civilised Values, Border Control, etc;
Deviant Fourteen wants control of Politicians, Lobbying, Counting Votes, etc;
Douchebag Fifteen wants control of Lawyers, Judges, Parliaments, etc;
Vampire Sixteen wants control of the Internet, Data, Social Media, etc;
Rapist Seventeen wants control of Prisons, Torture Chambers, Debt Collection, etc;
Paedophile Eightteen wants control of Religion, Crowd Control, Cannon Fodder, etc;
Cannibal Nineteen wants control of Printing Money, Banking System, Charities, etc;
Necrophile Twenty wants control of the Tax Revenue.

Baa! Baa!

December 29, 2015Poemsacross the board, Baa! Baa!, common people, cutting edge, dramatic, facing facts, higher ground, like sheep, original, passion, personal, poetic, regret, Satori Publishing, timeless, universal, visionarysatoripublishing2013

Kindly I say, people are sheep
Blindly they will follow the Man
Who is certain of his destination —
Who promises them safe, warm shelter
Who sets boundaries, issues guidelines
Draws a clear map they must travel
A mirage of salvation for the worthy —
They will offer their throats to his knife.