Best Stein Poems

-- Re:  Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Rue de Fleurus #27, Paris --

What would Gertrude. What, Gertrude.What, Gertie?Have thought.Have thought what thought?Thought thought...

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not not
do do
Gertrude Stein...

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Manchmal träume ich davon,
ein Stein zu sein,
der einfach nur so
am Wegrand liegt,
ohne eigenes Leben
und ohne Vergangenheit,
Gegenwart
oder Zukunft

Manchmal träume ich davon,
ein Baum zu sein,
der fest im...

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I sauntered in an evening mist
   A midnight's heaven, magic-kissed
      Lamp-lit raindrops pattered, awesome
    ...

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Starring into the dross of amber brew
no face see I reflected, simply hollow I.
The stein of crystal tells no fortune spare,
nor one of bounty, yet...

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My Two German Beaux,On a TVCooking Show

Oh, how I love sauerbraten 
and that divine apple strudel!
But it was even better to see
Guy Fieri with my...

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I opened up the window,
the street noise came crashing in.
Pushing sadness in the hole 
where my heart once should have been.

I see the crumpled bed...

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This is the best beer I've ever had. 
Yes, The best beer I've ever had. 
No beer is really bad, but 
This is the best beer I’ve ever...

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I had many teachers like that!!
When I was in college
I had a calculus teacher who talked like Ben Stein
"If you have dry scratchy eyes get...

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Don't ask me how it happened; I have no clear recollection. I have always had this brazen habit of coming right out and directly asking...

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OKTOBERFEST

Wielding the power of the hefty beer stein,
Energized with viking-like biceps,

We lift the suds in veneration 
In front of our patriotic hearts.
Lively band plays Ein...

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Du Einsame, 
in den Bergen getrotzt,
versteckt in den Wolken
getragen vom Geist des Inka,
hochgepriesen,
wie von Geisterhand
überragst du das 
zerklüftete Tal des Urubamba.
Stein auf Stein,
gebaut mit großem...

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Ever wonder why we giggle
How exactly does it start
What makes it uncontrollable
Perhaps it's a silly fart

You see a goofy stranger
Like a dude from outer space
Before...

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I know belamour means lover;
but a flower too is defined.
Webster puts it undercover -
a flower, who knows what kind?

Gertrude Stein penned famous words we've heard,
"A...

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We hired the neighbor kid
to put it all on eBay. He started
with the train-set you bought me on a whim, 
Santa Fe, like the locomotive...

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