Best Lif Poems

1.I AM SUCCESSFUL.

I AM SUCCESSFUL 
LEARN TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT 
AND NOT THE PASS 

I AM SUCCESSFUL 
ALWAYS HEADED TOWARD THE FUTURE. 

I AM SUCCESSFUL 
WHAT I CAN BE AND WHAT I CAN DO IS 
THE DETERMINED BY THE DEGREE OF 
OF SELF DETERMINATION...

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These are modern English translations of poems by the German poets Hannah Arendt, Ingeborg Bachmann, Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim and Heinrich Heine.



Heinrich Heine

The Seas Have Their Pearls
by Heinrich Heine
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

The seas have their pearls,
The heavens their stars;
But my heart, my heart,
My heart...

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In these days and times
Women are not having 
Large family's anymore because
They can't raise their kids properly
Without constant interference
From the laws and unfair rules
As a parent you love your kids
And some are a holy terror
But still why would any person
Go back in time and change
A...

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