Destabilize Poems - Poems about Destabilize

...The world is changing in a profound way, by the philosophy of fear and lies. You can't trust a word politicians say; they connive and editorialize. And legislate laws that legitimize cor......

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...Some folks tend to awfulize Others prefer to dramatize, There are those who fantasize Many people will improvise. I know a few who tantalize Even resort to marginalize Those who are......

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...rite of days spoiled and stagnant... half of that would be enough to destabilize the soul of things as if happiness only came to illuminate a misguided life tree without shade and useless em......

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...This is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriati......

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...I had a niece named Karen who at twenty has mapped out a plan for a 'strong, independent life', she’d be 'dependent on no man.' And, oh, she took such pride in that, her college had made her t......

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...One second you're floating on air Turn around, your cupboard's bare In April you're up on Cloud Nine Come May, the stars don't align In June you croon a sweet tune By July, life's a ......

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...Like stormy raindrops of terror sowing panic and greed; Like a dark and deadly cloud descending upon the planet whose purpose is destruction; Li......

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...The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars, his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion. His world is ......

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...Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch We cannot know the beheaded god nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still the figure's trunk......

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...Come, You by Rainer Maria Rilke loose translation by Michael R. Burch This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1......

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...Dawn has broken the thick darkness To engender the shining morning sun; I see, calm and nice is the blue sky Birds of all wings flock and fly freely Humans on the land breathe fresh air, Watch......

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...Coplas on Wine ( here, the famous AntiPoetic Chilean Poet Nicanor Parra, b. 1914, uses the more popular form of the « copla » genre that he contains in quatrains of 8 to 10 syllables with two l......

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...World, beware of the turmoil to come, don't be caught in your hiding succumbing to erratic fear, oppress all shivers and face the vile assailant with a defying glance, then bite him...be that horne......

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...Fall.. Fall in battles acts for china tyrants all by nemesis bring to them by ways of good or gods. Battle arrays come for nothing fun. Jokes about the wars are not so easy. Juggled history may hide ......

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...The menacing clouds of war Often pounce to create havoc, The pigeons of peace Scared and scattered, fly away. The storm of hatred The storm of enmity The storm of death The storm of d......

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