Long Approachable Poems

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...

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"FALL"



I wrap
my Autumn world
around you

Calliope turning
raising the 
season’s poetry, 

I am she
returning 

dancing 
with Summer’s 
dying leaves 

Twirling you up into 
my warm golden brown 
symphony

hear me sing, 
whispering notes,
holding keys 

towards you 
you're approachable
reaching...

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Part I

Rock n Roll came through the slave trade
The Hippies and Moonies said “We’ve got it made”
“Rock n Roll sounds came from the jungle” [Lennon said]
The blues helped through the struggle
The rhythm and the movements...

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Speechless love

She did not tell me she is in love, he said
Until he left her...for a lady that admires him
He did not admire her beauties in her presence, she said
If he had done that she...

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That look of fierce disdain, nobility! 
That regal plume of chestnut ruddy-brown 
with speckled breast! No hint of weak servility 
besmirched the falcon's fine, imperious frown. 
He loved the way it sat in proud tranquility...

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What is human nature and how can we define?
Human nature is adorable and understandable.
Human nature is actionable and appreciable.
Human nature is appraisable and affectable.

Human nature is affable and affectionable.
Human nature is admissible and admireable.
Human nature...

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,,What do you mean?", I say while running after Josh, my uncle.
He likes to drink wine so it's not unusual for him to be like that.
Don't worry, I am 27, I can handle that.
I broke...

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Holocaust Poem: "On The Slaughter of the Jews"
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Merciful heavens, have pity on me!
If there is a God approachable by men
as yet I have not found him—
Pray for...

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Dear Marshall, I'm writing this knowing you don't know who I am
You've heard it millions of times, You'd probably laugh and call me Stan
But growing up, your music prevented me from committing suicide 
I just...

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Quilled into the scriptures of the earliest greek mythology
I was a girl. Beaten.

She uttered this in the moonlight of my room
Appearing on my balcony, atop my red sofa just as I was reading of her...

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August 28 Scripture Meditations Based on Jonah 3-4

Key Verse – Jonah 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, … I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and...

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Where ever you choose to set your fortress                           ...

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I have a couple of ‘research for credit’ classes this semester and I’m spending a lot of time with my TAs. Teaching Assistants (grad students) are essentially approachable professors with longer office hours, faster response...

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Early one morning a group of rookie's and veteran's ballplayers emerge onto the prac-
tice field destine to began an grueling season of hardwork and a dedication to an common-
goal of Superiority.  They come out...

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Right now I'm struggling and my heart is hurt
I'm trying to find a way to get my scars to reverse 
I'll pour a glass of brandy to calm my nerves 
Will it make me feel...

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It doesn't seem real, someone please tell me this is a joke
I'm sorry for being selfish, but I wasn't ready for you to go
I'll always hold dearly all of the advice you gave to me
For...

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Upon his throne he sits
Pondering the magic of the universe that he and his Father created
Wondering what it will all look like at the end of this era
He is the King of the Universe and...

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God's God's only Love,
Be it separate, integral,
More than idea
Can Holiness be who He is?
Or perhaps who God wants to be?
Dream somehow bigger than He is?

As only my purpose
Has chance to outlive me,
If God does exist...

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'How long will you keep me waiting'
That's what she said
well at least in my head
'How long will it take
for you to say what's on your mind
It's okay if you make a mistake
I won't laugh, I...

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Yes, He is approachable.  No, He is not hidden or isolated.
Yes, He is an Infinite and Awesome Supernatural Being.
He introduces himself to us in the form of our own humanity    ...

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Here I am sitting waiting for a prince charming that is hardly galloping, I must watch 
too many fantasies, I must read too many romances because in the real world nothing is 
like you want...

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Just who dreamed up
these chubby little charmers
with no clothes on?
Their wings seem so inadequate
for flying.  Certainly
their full-grown angels must despair
that they will ever be of use to them.

So there they are, the lighter touch
to...

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When a person is child, he is under care.
When a person is old, he is under care,
When a child is growing up, he is adolescent,
When he is young, learning care, what is fair?

When he has...

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I have made my list and checked it twice,
Now it is time to give my advice,
So, get out your recording device.

All the good leaders I have known,
Have always shown,
How not to frown,
And not put me...

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Germany is sinking, Germany wallows low, 
Having swallowed the (green agenda) they've
Nowhere else you know.? Into the swamp in
Free fall, covered in old geen slime, they didn't 
Look round about them, or check that all...

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