Best Erich Poems

“Every man’s goal in life is to give birth to himself.” –Erich Fromm

Hopes turn into dreams
Dreams into ambitious schemes
Steps are taken, paths are chosen
Time marches on unfrozen
To be successful is a goal shared by many			
Few are able to succeed
In this game we call life
Nothing’s ever...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried

After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch

Say this when you eulogize me: 
Here was a man—now, poof, he's gone! 
He died before his time.
The music of his life...

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Hello Everyone.  My entry below is a dedication to both the late Gungalo and the late Erich Goller.  These two poets left earth and the poetry world before their time.  Gungalo left us what will be three years next month and Erich...

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It was believed the last German Great War veteran died aged 107 years on 25th January 2008  in a nursing home in Cologne , Germany. His name was Erich Kaestner.  The Bundeswehr had no comment.


Erich Kaesner marched off to war
With his friends probably...

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Positive freedom,
nose in the wind
Negative freedom,
refusing within

Shaking and straining,
the spirits set free 
To pour or leave empty,
 at times disagree

Positive, Negative,
the labels of truth
Distilled combination
—like gin and vermouth

(Villanova University: February, 2021)...

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All Quiet On The Western Front


       anti-war novel of knight facing humanity being  stabbed ....

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Woodsman on a prowl 
Sneaking around like an owl 
Noticing innocents getting a fright 
Watchman you are a good knight 
Defending partiers in a plight 
Battling a monster in a murderous fight
Erich you guarded them all 
Despite the rainfall 
Where thunder clapped 
Lightning snapped 
Spotlighting...

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