Best European Poems
There once was a man from Rome
who's head was shinny like chrome
gave the world spiritual hope
was given the title of Pope
now he wears a hat like that of a gnome
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There once was a girl that lived in Brussels
who married a man, now they're the Russell's
she was kind of a geek
he was more than weak
she with no brains him without muscles
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There once was a girl from France
who danced on stage with no pants
she showed off her tush
but never her bush
she left the crowd in a trance
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I am the queen of geography
I deserve a trophy
I am the best
better than the rest
this is why I am the queen
In Turkey I swim I skinny dip in the lake
eating some cake
because I am the queen
during my rule ,
I want to grow a forest of baobabs
for Leanne's dads
they call me vanesso
cause I am the besto
and I like pesto
sound
later peace out xoxoxoxoxox
*******Dedicated to JB and Lindaaaaa******
octave of forty words
Forty years - man and wife
long time friends celebrate life
on holiday, pure pleasure bound
four couples, eight countries found.
City ruins, castles, churches, canals,
lots of leisure, legendary locales,
river bends and mountain peaks,
whirlwind journey, two short weeks.
written 24 January 2016
dunnocks and robins
paired up and nesting
winter moths active
Turning from Christ
to disbelief;
as Satan confronts
the death
and hell…
Its expression
withering
the self and
its culture.
The suicidal genocide—
a gesture
in guilt's name
for stewardship's misdeeds:
Evil
in its self
Judgement.
© S. Wesley Mcgranor
The British Empire was built by fate
made rich advanced to stand up straight
Have knowledge and allies to collaborate
prevent Europe a Russian satellite state
Hitler became leader of countries he wished
only the French braved arm and fist
the rest conquered with little resist
be German or Russian forever exist
It was destiny calling the fall in the 40’s
two powerful empires resourceful with fortunes
long standing British and nasty new Nazi’s
destined to fall take Nazi too or see doom
200 years Had the USA walked a different route
stayed British or French or Spain had loot
French naval power remained with British dispute
Europe today would be a Russian Dilute
There'd have been one outcome
had Germans took the United Kingdom
no Yanks involved with Europe done
Russians crushing Nazi til Russians won
Eastern Europe would have been all Europe
weakened by the war be assured with no stop
they'd have reigned with aggression from the top
and it wouldn't have ended because a wall dropped
no scientists taken to the new world
with atom bombs or V2 rockets
no '69 moon landing out of this world
absorb and forget me not this
There needed be a Britain free
advancing air controlling sea
strong cultured links globally
for Freedom known by you and me
all in Europe were down and beaten
factually defeated and that would stay
had Britain not fought on though weakened
you wouldn't have free rights you live today
You and me UK and you and me EU
Hell Is a world we almost knew
together as one we pulled through
BREXIT doesn’t mean we’re not with you
I'm not saying we were the saving grace
more the counterweight in place
peacetime now our way, the lessons we take,
don't hate through BREXIT we have to stay mates
The 1990s were a great time when various artists from every European country made it to the music scene, including B*Witched and Spice Girls. As a matter fact, all of us Americans love their songs like "C est La Vie," "Spice Up Your Life," "What Is Love," "Blue (Da Ba Dee)," etc. Eiffel 65, Atomic Kitten, Play, the A*Teens, and any other European music artist have brought a lot of satisfaction to all of us American music fans and to every radio outlet right here in the United States of America, including Los Angeles, California. And add to the list of European recording artists, Dido Armstrong and S Club 7 are still the best. I may have some of their albums or not, but just like any American music fan, I'm also their biggest fan, even to this day. Those were the good days when every music superstar from Europe (including Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) had their songs played on the radio stations before and after school and we just listen to them on a daily basis ("Gotta Tell You" by Samantha Mumba, "Bouncing Off The Ceiling (Up Side Down)" by the A*Teens, "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" by Atomic Kitten, for example) and we dance to those jams every single days. Well, those were the elementary school days, the junior high school days, and the high school days. But frankly, no one makes good music like B*Witched or Liberty X right now. I'd that's the case, then we, all of us American music fans, will always remember this era as the modern-day version of the British Invasion-nay-the European Invasion.
In most cultures families are timid to show their affections
to their children, perhaps, if they were more adoring and affectionate
their children would not succumb to drug ailments,
suicide and bad company,
Some parents think over emoting makes the children too comfy,
Yet, the Europeans feel no shame to call their spawns
endearing names, smothering them with love from birth,
going beyond male-female barriers and showing their adoration
with whimsical kisses to make their children feel cherished,
While, around the rest of the globe,
many stifle their public displays of caring,
and their families wither away from lack
of attention, like flowers they disintegrate
right before their beloveds' eyes,
because they feel too awkward
to show the emotions they have been suppressing,
The feelings go unexpressed, and they succumb to lives
that are depressing.
Your Certain European Grace
by Rick Rucker
For a while, as a young man, I dated English Girls,
All of them had long straight hair, none of them had curls,
All of them had that accent, that was then the fashion,
But when it came to breeding, they certainly had Passion!
I don't know why, possibly from glories past,
I had an inkling that an English Girl might just be my Last!
Then my World changed, completely from top to bottom,
Suddenly, memories are all I had, and yes, I've surely got 'em!
I did not relish the thought of being Alone for Life,
So I cast a net, to find me a new Wife.
I dated some, from a wildly popular online "store,"
But, though not too big a burden, it still was a chore.
But, on that Sunday, my Life completely changed,
At breakfast, on that day, my Life was re-arranged!
I met You, at a neutral place, for an early meal,
Never suspecting, that my Heart you'd steal!
When I arrived on time, compared to You, I was late,
Score Brownie points, being fashionbly tardy, is something that I hate!
Looks are unimportant, I thought, before our date,
But when I saw your Lovely Face, my Heart had sealed my Fate!
I loved your speech, the accent and the meter,
The more we sat, and talked, I thought they had set, too high, the heater!
You told me that you were born in Holland, which, in my mind makes You Dutch,
I really don't know what makes me love You, oh, so much!
It might be many things, you hair, your lovely body, or your Face,
But I think I've fallen victim to your Certain European Grace!
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
Four score, nothing there
Ukraine lost the Roman hosted sporting affair
Back in London Boris raises a Saturday pint
Proclaiming success on this summer’s night
Soon the red, white boys will be coming home
Right now, Wembly is dark and alone
Waiting for Tuesday’s Spanish Inquisition
Italy goalers planning their position
But as for the Danes
Wednesday is their game
A fairy tale
Against the old guard writing the daily mail
No reason to complain
Dickens and Anderson will be talked about noting societal fame
UK will put up their best
Defending a modern-day stadium nest
While those from Denmark
Will be able to hark
Under the lights in the evening’s dark
Hollering Christian ‘we love you’
While turning Nordic Leif on Erikson too
A protagonist inside the sports book pages
Hero to those counting wages
British need to hold serve
To get what they deserve
A trip to the Championship round
And a trophy worthy of a couple pounds
Giving to the victor who wins it all
Competing in UEFA European futbol
The European Sauna Marathon does take place
during the coldest winter afternoons in each year
in Otepää in southern Estonia with no fear;
That place called the "winter capital" race takes place there.
People from around the world gather to cheer
for the marathon during the middle of the winter season;
Each team was given a race map with a specific reason
to select a list of saunas to visit before completion.
Each team is of four persons for better cohesion;
They are asked to spend at least three minutes in
every sauna; the team who goes to all saunas within
the specific shortest time period will surely win.
The winner with the shortest time (with bonus points going
to those who brave the course's ice holes and plunge pools during the race);
Participants can't afford to show any signs of slowing.
Every team tries its best to win while moving at a silent pace.
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Note:: This presentation is based on available information in Net.
Poetic form :: Oyda Sonnet
It is invented by the International poet and Writer
Alemseged Sisay on the Bulvard of Addis Ababa City.
Oyda Sonnet is a 16 line poetry with 4 stanzas of 4 quatrains each.
-Oyda Sonnet Rhyme scheme is abbb,bccc,cddd,
and the Envoy is the last stanza with rhyme scheme eaea
You always eat a sandwich with a knife and a fork
You don't think of bacon when you think of pork
You'd likely drop dead from mayonnaise on bread
You'd rather drink wine than beer with a head
You take off your shoes when you enter a house
You don't hug and kiss women in front of your spouse
You sport a clean handkerchief up near the top of your suit
You sport galoshes in the rain instead of shoe boots
You hail from a country that's indisputably European
Unlike your counterpart ~ a Mark Twain Missou-RI-an
summer’s sweetest swill
intoxicating fuddle ~
merry mendicant
(June Full Moon – European)
Do you know that European Union
lies on African division.
As some Africans start tighten their union
There is reduction of illegal productions
and distributions of African natural resources
which pushed the augmentation
of frustrations of some Europeans.
Remember, some Africans rejected neo- colonisation
Which was a new version of colonisation
That continue to ridicule many black nations
All over the World.
Many black folks must continue with oppositions,
Opposing all sorts of oppression as majority victims
of many atrocities on the planet earth from centuries.
Remember, It is not crime to continue to speak truths
about wrong things in the World.
It is always good for some people to claim their rights
whenever they are abused.
find it easy,
when millions of black people are rising peacefully
because they are marginalised globally.
The world was made for all races
to live peacefully.
If fifty four African countries move freely
It is the victory of all marginalised nations.
September 20/2023