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Bergen Poems - Poems about Bergen

New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

...New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

After proper manager 
distributed the latest bulletin
to all the residents at Highland Manor,
plus wrinkled her nose at noxious odor
(...
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Categories: bergen, absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTrump verses and other mild curses

...All for the price of a dozen eggs,
America stands on shaky legs.
Globally, the claim is heard ~
"The US ~ laughingstock of the world,"
as daily, we star in our very own theater of ...
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Categories: bergen, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme



Inspection will NOT take place January 21st, 2025

...Inspection will NOT take place January 21st, 2025...

but much to my relief, said mandatory inquisition (rather inspection) will take place sixty nine days later (due the math and inform me of any ...
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Categories: bergen, absence, angel, anger, destiny,
Form: Free verse

Amish, Hasids, and Mormons

...A madman pushed me off the track, lucky not much harm
I sat in the Hospital waiting room with just a broken arm.
They handed me a form to fill, 20 genders, 10 types of race -
I tore the sheet with...
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Categories: bergen, america, culture, integrity, jewish,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberSet your greenbacks loose'

...I must here expound of ( the Bradbury pound ) so bear with
Me 'soupers' and even share this around..How treasury notes, can any Nation re-deem, its a ladder to exit your
Countrys debt;  (thats obsc...
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Categories: bergen, appreciation, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme



Ruse of the evil grimace also known as Blondie

...Ruse of the evil grimace also known as "Blondie"

A real hunter (and huntress), she stands five feet
and tips the scales at most one hundred pounds.

Despite looking like a little girl, her stoc...
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Categories: bergen, abuse, anger, conflict, grave,
Form: Free verse

Still stunned with disbelief

...Still stunned with disbelief...

that our apartment unit B44
received thumbs up
meaning that we passed
the grueling, and harrowing yearly inspection
three days ago - May 28th, 2024.

About a ...
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Categories: bergen, angel, anxiety, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse

Once again the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremonies

...Once again, the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremonies...,

when triumvirate (Kathleen Bergen,
Pamela Floreen, and Richard Jett)
constitute Grosse and Quade
real estate managem...
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Categories: bergen, adventure, america, angst, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme

I also feel blase today February 19th 2024

...I also feel blasé today February 19th, 2024

Linkedin to being lax,
and shirking house cleaning tasks,
which negligence cost us
(yours truly and the missus)
a golden opportunity
to relocate to...
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Categories: bergen, angel, appreciation, blessing, crazy,
Form: Free verse

Forever doomed to reside at 2 Highland Manor Drive

...Forever doomed to reside at 2 Highland Manor Drive

A worse fate than death being hull hive,
I just realized after a surprise inspection
our opportunity to relocate cursed
after yours truly and ...
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Categories: bergen, anger, angst, community, discrimination,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSilent Scream

...Heart's silent scream
     lovers torn 
       from savaged arms

   Hunched over 
     bludgeoned into queue
       they disappear from view

    Auschwitz
      Bergen-Belsen
        Buch...
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Categories: bergen, cry, death, evil, heart,
Form: Free verse

Farewells

...Recollections were a little hazy,
His leaving party last night,
Undying friendships sworn,
That last friendly little fight.
Goodbye, Scotland the Brave,
Home of the warrior Clan,
The Batter Fri...
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Categories: bergen, farewell, goodbye, humor, journey,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberAs Survivors Dwindle To a Precious Few

...Blackened potato
            rock-hard tomato
          Piece of stale bread
            filthy mattress, a bed

          All luxuries at Auschwitz 
            Bergen-Belsen and Dachau
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Categories: bergen, food, health, horror, world
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMemorable Journey

...Let me tell you a story…

In the arctic sky of scenic Norway the midnight sun  
leaned briefly on the horizon in summer to again rise,
not known when new day would actually have begun,
in winter...
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Categories: bergen, journey, memory,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberDegradation

...“A trail of human misery and degradation”
Derives from a mid-16th century text from Old French
Illustrated best by the Inquisition and the Holocaust
But it conjures up a long history of...
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Categories: bergen, history, holocaust, horror, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

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