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German Language Poems - Poems about German Language


a ship and Germany
...a ship and Germany Unter den Linden, I have a soft spot for the German language when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of one o......

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Categories: german language, abuse, allusion, america, break
Form: Free verse
Unter den linden
...Unter den Linden I have a soft spot for the German language when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of one of them (looking u......

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Categories: german language, addiction, age, allah, angst,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Thankful For Vorfreude
...May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life that have, for us, thus far accrued… and to begin each day with a word of thanks… and thoughts of gratitude. Today I’m thankful for ......

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Categories: german language, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
The Train To Auschwitz
...It was a glorious day in 1943, The kind of day you wish to hug your children carefree. The frozen Polish Winter winds were almost dying, The golden promise of Summer made everything sing, It wa......

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Categories: german language, 10th grade,
Form: ABC
Paul Celan Holocaust Poem: O, Little Root of a Dream
...O, Little Root of a Dream by Paul Celan loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch O, little root of a dream you enmire me here; I’m undermined by blood? made invisible, death's po......

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Categories: german language, dream, holocaust, race, racism,
Form: Free verse



Paul Celan Holocaust Poem: You Were My Death
...You Were My Death by Paul Celan loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch You were my death; I could hold you when everything abandoned me— even breath. Paul Celan (1920-1970) ......

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Categories: german language, absence, abuse, death, holocaust,
Form: Quatrain
Blitzkrieg - German Word
... Blitzkrieg= blitz (lightning) + krieg (war) The word blitzkrieg means "rapid attack" in German language. In Marketing world, same strategy is used to manage a focused campaign for a......

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Categories: german language, business,
Form: Limerick
Data
...It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Creating meta hypotheses based on observations and data, but not knowing whether they really fit or not? Quantum particles change behavior when you are looking at th......

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Categories: german language, science, word play,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member King Vlad Redux - Second Cold War
...King Vlad Redux – Second Cold War Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s grimy fingerprints on current history are for him nothing to gloat about—au contraire I say emphatically: His actions bespeak one......

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Categories: german language, betrayal, corruption, discrimination, evil,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Zapfhahn
...Der Zapfhahn has several meanings in the German language: The Spigot, The Nozzle, The Tap, The Faucet, The Hose. Without its definite article, the noun “Zapfhahn” is also the name of a local pub......

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Categories: german language, adventure, allegory, drink, fun,
Form: Free verse
It Takes Two To Make a Tear
...It takes two to make a tear It’s Christmastime so no more killing now! Let’s get together, sing some carols here. In no man’s land, we’re brothers for today. A merry Christmas, season’s greeti......

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Categories: german language, warworld, old, old,
Form: Sestina
My Movie Picks (Partial)
...Scariest:1) The Woman In Black 2) The Uninvited 3)The Exorcist Don't see these alone, esp. 1 & 2.. The Funniest: 1)Monty Python & the Holy Grail 2)My Cousin Vinny 3)The Acid Eaters (Someth......

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Categories: german language, imagination, inspirational, science fiction,
Form: List

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