Erich Poems - Poems about Erich

Woodsman on a prowl Sneaking around like an owl Noticing innocents getting a fright Watchman you are a good knight Defending partiers in a plight Battling a monster in a murderous fight Erich you guarded them all Despite the rainfall Where thunder clapped Lightning snapped Spotlighting your heroic stage Heralded by the girls maturing in age...

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All Quiet On The Western Front anti-war novel of knight facing humanity being stabbed ....

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It was believed the last German Great War veteran died aged 107 years on 25th January 2008 in a nursing home in Cologne , Germany. His name was Erich Kaestner. The Bundeswehr had no comment. Erich Kaesner marched off to war With his friends probably not knowing the score And there was mud blood bullets and...

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Positive freedom, nose in the wind Negative freedom, refusing within Shaking and straining, the spirits set free To pour or leave empty, at times disagree Positive, Negative, the labels of truth Distilled combination —like gin and vermouth (Villanova University: February, 2021)...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried After My Death by Chaim Nachman Bialik translation by Michael R. Burch Say this when you eulogize me: Here was a man—now, poof, he's gone! He died before his time. The music of his life suddenly ground to a halt... Such a pity! There was another...

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Hello Everyone. My entry below is a dedication to both the late Gungalo and the late Erich Goller. These two poets left earth and the poetry world before their time. Gungalo left us what will be three years next month and Erich left us a year and a half ago in November....

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“Every man’s goal in life is to give birth to himself.” –Erich Fromm Hopes turn into dreams Dreams into ambitious schemes Steps are taken, paths are chosen Time marches on unfrozen To be successful is a goal shared by many Few are able to succeed In this game we call life Nothing’s ever as it seems The path you thought you could take Has become...

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