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Emigrated Poems - Poems about Emigrated

Premium MemberMr Macron Thinks Things will be Fine

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        Mr. Macron now recognizes ‘Palestine’
           a country that never was, that never had borders
        He somehow thinks that things will be ‘fine’
           with Hamas in charge of ...
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Categories: emigrated, imagination, immigration, jewish, violence,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberAnna Liisa

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Anna Liisa was Great-grandmother's name. She emigrated from Finland at the beginning of the 20th century. 
I have only one memory of Anna Liisa from back when I was 10. She was elderly then and ha...
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Categories: emigrated, family,
Form: Haibun



Premium MemberJacqueline Trestrail

...On this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won best...
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Categories: emigrated, mother, tribute,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberLittle But Oh So Mighty

...She was little but oh so mighty
She had to be
From a family of fourteen
Self preservation the key

Left home at sixteen
Joined the army
Married at twenty four
Widowed at thirty seven with a y...
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Categories: emigrated, appreciation, character, inspiration, strength,
Form: Rhyme

Negligent Grooming Habits Unbridled

...Negligent grooming habits unbridled

Apathy toward mine personal hygiene
i.e. relinquishing attention
linkedin with bare toiletries,
cuz I rarely spruced myself up
nor never maple leave
to cea...
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Categories: emigrated, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberHeavens On the Phone

...Born into a family of fourteen
Never heard the words “I love you”
She left home a girl with little education 
An army life she did pursue

She fell in love and married a soldier 
Soon a mum of ...
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Categories: emigrated, appreciation, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMolay Wins Day and Dairy

...We emigrated from England to Rhodesia, I was just 
Seven when I began grade two,
My wonderful father always there if I wanted a 
Cuddle or a good old boo-hoo,
My English still rocky as I was most...
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Categories: emigrated, school,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHeaven Called

...Born into a family of fourteen
Never having heard the words “I love you”
She left home a girl with little education 
An army life she did pursue

She fell in love and married a soldier 
Soon a ...
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Categories: emigrated, child, mother,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCurriculum Vitae

...She calls herself Bunny Boucher, but she was born Veronica Chermak. She’s tall and leggy with a body that looks tidy, yet lived in. She’s high and tight, but flexible like a strong rubber band in a t...
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Categories: emigrated, sensual,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberFabrizio Dies

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I can tell you of the most infamous thing that happened to me.
It occurred while I was hiding in Sicily.
For persons I should trust, there is always room for doubt.
If offered enough mon...
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Categories: emigrated, murder,
Form: Rhyme

Renee Vivien Translations

...Renee Vivien Translations


Song
by Renée Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

When the moon weeps,
illuminating flowers on the graves of the faithful,
my memories cr...
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Categories: emigrated, analogy, image, imagery, love,
Form: Sonnet

A Glencraig Boy

...Note: This is about me and the struggle to find out who my dad was. I was never told and at the age of 67 I had a DNA taken and found out to late he died when I was only 9. My mother even on her dyin...
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Categories: emigrated, age, anger, birth, childhood,
Form: Rhyme

Hungry Zengo

...Hungry Zengo
Zengo is the star from Canada. He emigrated to Russia and drank Neo Soviet vodka dry. Then he went to Pakistan and India to eat kebab, samosa, japati, onion bargi, curry and chips with ...
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Categories: emigrated, fantasy, sick, silly, surreal,
Form: Blank verse

Rendered Self Lame Courtesy Obsessive Compulsive Behavior

...Handy dandy blues clues plain
all purpose favorite refrain
i.e. "impossible mission"
courtesy complimentary doppelganger
G.I. ("Government Issue", "General Issue",

or "Ground Infantry") Jane
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Categories: emigrated, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberKefalonia

...On the twelfth of August in nineteen fifty three
Tectonic plates moved in the Ionian sea
A massive earthquake bringing destruction and death 
Caused kefalonia to draw her last breath.

Buildi...
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Categories: emigrated, holiday, mountains, natural disasters,
Form: Narrative

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