Never Smile at a Crocodile
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“Times have passed cheques (checks) are surpassed
We now have online banking. In my day
if they didn’t wanna pay, all you heard was The last line of this poem” ...
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Categories:
czechoslovakia, river,
Form: Senryu
Beware the Ides of March 2023
...Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fift...
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Categories:
czechoslovakia, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part I
...Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
Smithsonian Magazine history buff
Tom A. Frail
posted March 4, 2010 iss...
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Categories:
czechoslovakia, adventure, celebration, conflict, death,
Form: Rhyme
Soviet Story
...Hungary 1956
The innocent flowers peered gingerly
Through the stench in the iron pavement
Hesitating, then stretching the petals greedily
To drink of the sunlight of Possibility...
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Categories:
czechoslovakia, freedom, happiness, hope,
Form: Free verse
My Prague
...As I watch this radiant space
Beyond cloud’s torch, prayers retrace
Where the ledges of Prague’s border
Adorns steeples touching moonlight.
In Lesser Town of holy rites,
Infant Child ...
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Categories:
czechoslovakia, places, spiritual,
Form: Rispetto