Courage French Poems

When I was young,                                           ...

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Warm my heart touch the sky
Sail beneath these stars by and by
Winds carry my spirit see
Shaped clouded memory 

Sail unplanted sextant
Steer from journey’s door
Upon a...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The battles ower ,smoke settles ower the moor,
Clans are broken flying aff tae the hills.
Redcoated sodjers mingle with red Heilan blude,
Killing the wounded in Drumossie...

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It is not our war to fight
Yet onwards we go without flight
Carrying man as best we can
Through bog and trench 
Ignoring the stench
Eager to please...

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Stadacona
An ode to Quebec City

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On the green bank of a mighty stream - 
A lofty aerie - a fair city beam
With stately air a queen,...

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19th Century
French writer Emile Zola-
defender of truth






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved. 
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...

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I do not love dreams, I love reality.

I do not believe tomorrow, today I believe.

My life has been, just the relationship with the crop,

I have...

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Today I will be happy,
Happy all day long.
I won't think about my problems.
I'll fill this day with song.

I won't worry about world affairs,
Or ask the...

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La plus belle femme dans la monde,
je la vois toujours.

Parfois, elle me voit. Parfois, elle ne fait pas.

Que doit-on faire? Que doit-on dire?
La réponse me...

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Henry Morgan was an admiral of the Royal Navy
In his time, commissioned, but most found him crazy
Such that the Spanish called him a pirate rebellious
Whilst...

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Humanity grieves with Paris, comforting her with sympathetic eyes;
the brutal attacks of November have reunited the City of Lights:
pictures, flowers and candles can attest!
Let the...

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Black Friday is hovering over the wet alleys of Paris
Scratching its nails against the brick walls, holding in grimes
With his every breath, dies a red...

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There almost was an invasion
By the french but was foiled
A wench stopped the battalion
By getting them well oiled

Jemina  N  had the gumption
To take them to...

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Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
 
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*

In homage -...

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