40000 cartloads of horse manure
...i printed off
all of my poems
i distributed them
at the traffic lights
no one opened their car windows
except one poem i stuffed in a dog's face
a child laughed at me from his back seat
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Categories:
cartloads, beach, best friend, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Jews Harp Twang
...there is something about
the simplistic shape of a conundrum
an ancient voice in modern mouth
in cartloads for the few to quell
where ice finding comfort in flames
many a throat bending breath
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Categories:
cartloads, dedication, feelings, music, nature,
Form: Free verse
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems Ii - Bertolt Brecht
...World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems II - Bertolt Brecht
The Burning of the Books
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books t...
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Categories:
cartloads, books, holocaust, race, racism,
Form: Free verse
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet I
...My most popular poems on the Internet (I)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lo...
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Categories:
cartloads, internet, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Burning of the Books
...Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books")
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of du...
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Categories:
cartloads, books, fire, holocaust, voice,
Form: Verse
Bertolt Brecht Translations of Holocaust Poems
...The Burning of the Books
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of dull oxen hauled huge cartloads to t...
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Categories:
cartloads, holocaust, horror,
Form: Free verse
The Legend of Leap Castle
...THE LEGEND OF LEAP CASTLE
In the dark shadows of the ancient past,
Creatures move within the kingdom of darkness,
Hidden illusions of faded forms of existence, roaming the hallowed
Halls in ech...
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Categories:
cartloads, evil, halloween, history, holiday,
Form: Free verse