Crimean Poems - Poems about Crimean

...The Russo Ukranian War dates back to 2014, with the invasion of the Crimean peninsula and the Donbas War which was fought by Pro Russian separatists in the eastern half of Ukraine. This has been ......Read the rest...

...The western media will report less on the Ukraine As the worthy underdog.. as putin closes his grip There, there is real understanding now that Russia Is able to influence food supplies.. And ene......Read the rest...

..."The Lady with the Lamp," Florence Nightingale Icon of Victorian culture. Her life, an exciting tale White pinafore over colonial dress, she wore She served......Read the rest...

...Poems about Things that Break II These are poems about things that break and/or shatter. Water and Gold by Michael R. Burch You came to me as rain breaks on the desert when every ......Read the rest...

...Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades of castles?once your indisputable......Read the rest...

...War and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19......Read the rest...

...The Charge of Boris's Parliamentary Cohort of three hundred lawmakers I Forward the light brigade! Was there a dude dismayed? Though most should have known Cameron had blunde......Read the rest...

...My prayer for Mykhalylo Tyaglyy* in his tasks as researcher, writer, and editor: Desirous to serve God, work toward His kingdom advancement-height Be useful for His glory, with coo......Read the rest...

...Part 5 -- Si Monumentum Requiris … Some tattered banners (from the Crimean War? so who on earth was fighting – and what for?) That Holman Hunt thing, over on the right, with Jesus and His lan......Read the rest...

...No Sleep Till Death Some Russians are like insomnia. Always there and always evil. No let up on the pressure. A wave bursting out of your skull. A physical presence so real it becomes surreal. Invis......Read the rest...

...King Vlad Redux – Second Cold War Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s grimy fingerprints on current history are for him nothing to gloat about—au contraire I say emphatically: His actions bespeak one......Read the rest...

...Putin rides Russia’s pride Cheers ring nation wide Swept along by the tide No matter, Putin’s stride Putin derides all global calls Jeering at the soft flung balls High on the home-pep of it ......Read the rest...

...Like the twelfth juror in the play I must say I am not convinced For I know a recipe for trouble I have seen the double standards And I do not approve this for Kenya I will never approve ......Read the rest...

...In an effort to immortalize you, I gilded ocean size frames in gold leaf and painted your portrait with peacock feathers dipped in oils. I spelled out your name in bumble bee wings still quite at......Read the rest...