Kai Michael Neumann Poet Rhyme

European Union

I used to be German of true Prussian decent

These days I am European to my content

Travel without passport for thousands of miles

Meet people of all kinds who offer their smiles

Am free to live work and enjoy in 27 countries

Which is how it should be and is rather funky

No customs control no one inspects my trunk

Whether I seem established or look like a punk

Don’t need traveller’s checks or money conversion

Use what little Euros I have on all my excursions

Journeys are user friendly for the average folks

Just think what supreme liberation that invokes

One extra bonus if you want to voyage up to an old age

These days we are not fighting wars and hostile rampage

We may happily live and not die for some sort of madness

Ideology foreign conquest or industrial military apparatus

The EU brought decades of Peace to a once belligerent place

‘No  ... Sherlock’ to understand that we are one human race


05th June 2019

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Lindsay Laurie June 6, 2019 at 6:47 PM G'day Kai …. let's hope the situation stays like this for a very long time for the sake of the European populations. Look at the problems with Brexit in Britain - thanks Kai - Lindsay Kai Michael Neumann June 7, 2019 at 3:18 AM Thank you Lindsay. Brexit is not do until that fat lady sings (the fat guy Boris screams). There is still hope. Kind wishes, Kai

Paul Callus June 6, 2019 at 4:32 PM You highlight the many advantages of being a member of the European Union, Kai, and yet, unfortunately...Brexit looms on the horizon! Regards // paul Paul Callus June 9, 2019 at 7:05 AM I have a Maltese passport, but my wife has a British one. Yes....there is still a chance of a reprieve! ~ regards // paul Kai Michael Neumann June 7, 2019 at 3:19 AM Are you on a British passport? You live in Malta, do you not? There is still hope, that the whole thing topples. Hope dies last. Kind wishes, Kai

Arturo Michael June 5, 2019 at 3:13 PM It was rough to to say it kindly...for this moment in time you can enjoy your status...A peaceful write of gratitude...Enjoyed it... Kai Michael Neumann June 7, 2019 at 3:21 AM Thank you Arturo. Much appreciated. Kind wishes, Kai

Vijay Pandit June 5, 2019 at 2:59 PM So true about the freedom of movement in EU countries..I have experienced that on my travel. Much to appreciate for those who live under difficult circumstances..great sentiments..well expressed, Kai. Kai Michael Neumann June 5, 2019 at 3:57 PM My wife travels on a Green Mamba (South African passport). Trouble all the time. Only place where she and not I can go without visa is Russia ...