An Imagination

intentionally i let my right hand hold my left hand
my left hand holds the branch of a tree that
holds some leaves,

my feet are on the trunk of a tree
beforehand i mentioned
there are clouds getting near us
fog that promise a cover

out there oceans sing
stars hang themselves upon a path of the horizon
all imaginary ceilings
where the moon behaves like one big chandelier

there are moment when stars and moon are simply themselves
as moon and stars without
self-imposed meanings and then all that we describe
is that it is the moon and they are the stars
no sauce for more words
nothing added nothing subtracted

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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If, in instructing a child, you are vexed with it for want of adroitness, try, if you have never tried before, to write with your left hand, and then remember that a child is all left hand.

quote by J.F. Boyse
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Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

quote by John Donne
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Does the left hand chop off the right?

Darkovan proverbs
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Faith and doubts

Faith be the accelerator
And doubts, the brake.
Apply them accordingly.
Faith be the right hand;
Reasoning be the left hand.
Use both while you are in motion..
28.07.2006

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate.

quote by Emeril Lagasse
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The left hand washes the right and the right washes the left.

Ghanaian proverbs
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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 76

The first sovereign who laid stress on costume and wore rings on his left hand was Jamshid; and being asked why he had adorned his left whereas excellence resides in the right hand, he replied: ‘The right hand is fully ornamented by its own rectitude.’

Feridun ordered Chinese embroiderers
To write around the borders of his tent:
‘Keep the wicked well, O intelligent man,
Because the good are in themselves great and fortunate.’

poem by Sa di
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If the left hand battles the right, who wins?

Darkovan proverbs
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Light is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light. Two are one, life and death, lying together like lovers in kemmer, like hands joined together, like the end and the way.

quote by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Pose Of Desire

the right arm
sits on the
left arm
the right hand
lands on the
left side of the neck
the left hand
situates itself
securely on
the right armpit
you embrace
yourself
the eyes focus
on the object
that they have
not seen
it is not necessary
that a wrinkle
be an accent on
the forehead

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Casca: A common slave—you know him well by sight—
Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches join’d; and yet his hand,
Not sensible of fire, remain’d unscorch’d.

line from the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2, script by William Shakespeare (1599)
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In The Cold

Water runs out of my right eye more than my left eye in the cold,
My right hand freezes more easily in the cold than my left hand;
Walking in the cold with temperatues of plus 3 ans minus 20 degrees!
But, who can understand this when i am from Africa?

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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I Think, I Know Myself

i think, i know
myself, ...i arrive
at the conclusion
of who i am, really,
when i look at you,
and i lift my
left hand to
hold the side of
my neck

my right hand
hidden inside
my pocket

i gaze at you that
long enough

you do not mind
there is no meaning attached

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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In(Justice)

16th century
Justitia
Went blindfolded -
To view the truth.
Her left hand
Held double-edged sword -
To drive home reason and justice.
Her right hand
Held set of scales -
To load the subject's 'two sides'
On them and decide the outcome
Based on the needle's direction.

21st century
Judiciary
Went wide-eyed -
To view the loophole.
Their left hands
Held double standard code -
To drive home corruption and injustice.

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poem by Ramesh Anand
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Yeah Man

I know you've got my back
From the way you plan your next attack
I know you've placed your bets
By the way you like to watch me sweat
If I could have my way
I'd chain you down and make you stay
'Cause you're the yes man,yes man, nobody else can
You're the best man, yeah man, nobody else can
You're my left hand,right hand, man , you're the right man
You won't let me down
You won't let me down
You won't let me
I know you in the dark
By the way your hands pull me apart
I know you in the day
By the way you're here but miles away
I know you're in the mood not to be attached or be misused.
'Cause you're the yes man,yes man, nobody else can
You're the best man, yeah man, nobody else can
You're my left hand,right hand, man , you're the right man

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song performed by Veruca Salt
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Only the fool points at his origins with his left hand.

Ghanaian proverbs
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Two hands clapped

There were two hands, alone,
Opposite each other,
Yet quite harmonious.
The left hand was stable,
Making its way open.
The right hand was active,
Having its way to reach.
They both met and clapped.
The left feigned innocence
And the right was punished
For the rape committed.
20.10.2005

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Practice with the left hand while the right is still there.

African proverbs
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Wishful Thinking

Wish on your left hand, spit in the right hand.
Tell me my good friend what do you expect?
I'll tell you, Nothing! Do you understand?
Wishing is nothing but willful neglect.
To sit awaiting your ship to come in
is just pie-in-the-sky for all dreamers.
For most if not all, take it on the chin
for the fantasies of these believers.
The spit in the hand is of little use
perhaps flattening cowlick one morning.
Yet even this task of digestive juice
has worthwhileness more useful than yearning.
Young children are known to wish on a star
but as an adult you'll never get far.

poem by Albert Ahearn
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