Campfire Songs: A Journey into Freedom
...The dawn broke with a promise of freedom,
As we arose, our hearts afire with joy;
Oh hoo! The day we'd long anticipated is a mere few hours away,
From the confines of the camp, we'd soon break fre...
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Categories:
commandant, encouraging, feelings, together,
Form: Other
Lord God, You Are My Fulfiller of Impossibilities
...September 20 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 1
Key Verse – Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY FULFILLER OF IMPOSSIB...
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Categories:
commandant, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Open Peaceful Conversation
...Open peaceful conversation to dear white
and black people in the World.
Who does not have enemies
And best friends in life?
I think no one ...huh?....yes!
Accurate answer given.
I h...
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Categories:
commandant, encouraging, friendship love, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Lord God, You Are My Saviour King
...June 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 74-77
Key Verse – Psalm 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
LORD GOD, ...
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Categories:
commandant, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
My God, Thank You For Avenging Me
...October 6 Scripture Meditations Based on Luke 18-19
Key Verse – Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
MY ...
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Categories:
commandant, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
My God, Thank You For Bearing With Me
...May 26 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 105-106
Key Verse – Psalm 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation.
MY...
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Categories:
commandant, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Rangitoto College Reunion
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I
Hearken back to the old rule nazis how
Deputy Fuhrer Hart led assembly -
with his bell, megaphone and monobrow
it was more like a Hitler Youth Rally!
And C...
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Categories:
commandant, school,
Form: Rhyme
The Big Agenda
...We have all gotten used to wearing our masks just like we do our bras and panties, now we need get used to wearing a muzzle in case we rub the "Woke" and "Snowflakes" up the wrong way.
So many pe...
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Categories:
commandant, anxiety, corruption, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Narrative
The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan
...English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Enough for me to lie in the ...
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Categories:
commandant, allah, arabic, culture, nature,
Form: Verse
Bass Strait Sealing Rush
...The Bass Strait sealing rush began in eighteen-o-three,
where at least a dozen vessels were wrestling with the sea,
for the China trade was booming, for the want of skins and oils.
This was the fi...
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Categories:
commandant, history,
Form: Lyric
Happy Womens Day:The Beautiful Faith of a Woman
...She has patience that defies great despair
In the face of age eroding her motherhood, Sarah waited and gave birth to a nation
She has penitence that overcomes shame
In the face of a cruel death,...
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Categories:
commandant, africa, angel, for her,
Form: Free verse
Fadwa Tuqan Translations
...Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.
Enough for Me
by Fadw...
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Categories:
commandant, allah, culture, earth, love,
Form: Free verse
Elitists Part 3
...All these racists with their lies,
filling the airwaves with propaganda and strife,
Stalins with soundbytes, Magellan their drivebys
the pasts dead end street -topically jacknifed
like it was t...
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Categories:
commandant, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Unadulterated History
...Unadulterated History.
In 1931, a white woman accused five Hawaiian men of rape. They were acquitted. The woman's mother showed up and demanded retribution for her family's "good" name. A group of...
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Categories:
commandant, racism,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Elephant and the Ant
...There once was a little mighty ant
Who was extravagant and arrogant
Known to be exorbitantly militant
She was so combatant and petulant
They nicknamed her My Commandant
One day she came acro...
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Categories:
commandant, allegory, animal, change, cute,
Form: Monorhyme
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