I Am the Voice of Your Conscience
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I am the voice of your conscience
You would bury my memory
Erase me from your history books
But I refuse to go away, I refuse to die
Here I am today, thousan...
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Categories:
lithuania, america, faith, hate, international,
Form: Personification
Some History
...you like history here you go, a list of their history in short
740. BC The Assyrians cursed them.
579. BC The Babylonians fell asleep and remained for about 60 years.
70. The Roma...
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Categories:
lithuania, history,
Form: Monoku
Europe
...The collectors' job is to get the drugs out of the container
and away from the docks,from where they will be transported
to Amsterdam, Germany, Poland, Holand, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, Finland ...
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Categories:
lithuania, abuse, addiction, drink, drug,
Form: Free verse
Not the West's Problem Putin
...Lithuania has told Vladimar Putin to keep out of our nation
They've been shifting freight to and from the Russian federation
Putin has said they'll take action, it's just another hollow threat
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Categories:
lithuania, war,
Form: Rhyme
Lands and Empires
...Kingdoms and countries fill the earth,
King and Queen, Prince and Princess wisely
Reign empire with providence sovereignty,
Royal rank, authority, and power with ties key.
Ancient Egyptian Empi...
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Categories:
lithuania, america, england, political, spanish,
Form: Rhyme
Adam Mickiewicz Translation: the Ruins of Balaclava
...Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava
by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades
of castles?once your indisputable...
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Categories:
lithuania, death, depression, grave, romantic,
Form: Sonnet
Latvia and Libya: Up For My Prayer During Global Pandemic
...LORD, I humbly greet You, return to my prayer list from near LESOTHO
Adoration is the FIRST STEP in prayer (That's how I begin) using A-C-T-S
The letters, not the word, A for adoring Him, C for con...
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Categories:
lithuania, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form: Free verse
First Annual Poetry Soup Convention- a Monumental Event
...Poetry Soup's First Annual Convention
Hi fellow Soupers,
Did you hear the exciting news?
The Soup is having their first
convention.
I can't wait. It will most definitely
be an extravaganza.
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Categories:
lithuania, community, poets,
Form: Free verse
L O L
...When texting was just starting out, my friend texted LOL to me.
Little ornery lunatic?
Lovely ordinary laugh?
Luxuriously outstanding lady?
Lobe-oriented log-splitter?
Land over Lithuania?
Li...
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Categories:
lithuania, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
One Stone Cold Heart
...My father’s funeral, a sad occasion
but his cruel actions go beyond the grave
My sister had organised a display
A silver frame contained a picture of his smiling face
Many other sm...
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Categories:
lithuania, confusion, family, father, funeral,
Form: Free verse
The Singing Revolution
...A man takes a bath in his tired apartment
Old enough to remember the deportations that never happened
Hums a careless tune - a forbidden tune. He gasps
Did the neighbours hear him? Will they repo...
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Categories:
lithuania, inspirational, political,
Form: Free verse
Fiddling About
...Fiddling About.
by The Didds
Annual Concert, DMT, Time to act, you and me,
At Dauntsey School, a painted floor, performed in the round,
with rehearsals at Sheep Street church, St Joe's school...
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Categories:
lithuania, grief, jewish,
Form: Free verse
Double Standards
...When one makes viable peace
Between erstwhile colonial whites
And erstwhile colonized blacks
To the advantage of the whites
We urge for a Nobel Peace Prize
Such was the case in South Africa.
‘It...
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Categories:
lithuania, conflict, peace, political,
Form: Free verse
The Pipeline
...absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.
it penetrates all ways of life
all borders, all villages & towns---
the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare stand in the way
of its progress...
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Categories:
lithuania, life,
Form: Free verse
The Joy of Flight!
...Ah! For the good old days when flying was a breeze!
When one could check a bag and board a plane with ease.
Now, air travel has all the charms of a stagecoach ride.
'Tis more than the beleaguered ...
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Categories:
lithuania, funny
Form: Rhyme
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