Long Bavaria Poems

His name is Joseph Ratzinger, the new pope Benedict XVI,
Installed as the two hundred sixty-fifth pope since foundation;
he’s a staunch defender of orthodox Catholic doctrine;
he’s German, an accomplished polyglot and theologian,
a good friend with sincerity...

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I.
It was in 1554
that young Liesel watched her little nice die,
a fever had swept through Bavaria,
and from her tiny frame all life did fly.

She wasn’t the first, many died that year,
but at the funeral for...

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I.
In the year sixteen hundred and thirty-five
I was a fool young man known as Ludwig,
back from the wars and flush with new money,
spent it on fine whores and copious drink.

One pale lady led me out...

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Cinematic overture
Chagall’s whimsy
Dracula and the dinner guest
Dessert invitational
Dueling hearts
A thousand mirrors old
Stories from the pages of history
Abracadabra
Hungarian rhapsody
Mountains of Bavaria

Tiger eye quartz
Falling from the heights
A storm is brewing
The earth bleeds
The doomsday clock
Eyeing the hour glass
Of...

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My name is Iris
And I got the virus
You say you've got it too
But you can't sneeze
With the greatest ease
And your lips aren't turning blue

My names Freedy
And I'm good and ready
For to give you what I...

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A wizened little old man hunkered over his bench.
Gnarled hands wielded screwdriver, hammer and wrench.
Hung on the walls of his shop, all types of clocks were arrayed.
He'd been a clock maker for decades - he...

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Its sonorous tone has struck the hours for well over a hundred years,
But time hath surely taken its toll on its weary wheels and gears.
'Tis built of sturdy oak by craftsmen who took pride in...

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~ The Swan King ~
 (Key To My Heart) 





 Dream 
 Within 
 A dream 
 Breathless 
 Symphony 
 Castle********Of dreams 
 Romantic  King of Bavaria 
 King Ludwig II was that...

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Cinematic overture
Masquerade ball macabre
Stories from the pages of history
The winter cemetery
Abracadabra
Mountains of Bavaria
Hungarian rhapsody
Pearls of perpetuity
Threads of deceit
Born with two left feet
The shakiest gun in the west
Dracula and the dinner guest
Chagall’s whimsy
Frost like filigree
A snowqueen...

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~The Swan King~ 
(Key To My Heart) 



Dream 
Within 
A dream 
Breathless 
Symphony 
Castle********Of dreams 
Romantic King of Bavaria 
King Ludwig II was that 
Yes was that and more 
Tender hearted tortured soul 
Unforgettable 
His...

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In the summer months, Neuschwanstein Castle hosts six thousand visitors a day.
Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria’s ghost cannot keep these sightseers away.
He does his best to make them feel uncomfortable, inserting sadness in each...

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MOUNTAINS OF BAVARIA

climbing,
higher and higher.
a breathtaking scene.

horse and carriage clomps past us.
an extraordinary castle
in the mountains of Bavaria.

lingering patience, as my thighs
motivate their muscles,
climbing ever higher to Ludwig’s sky.

taking time to catch my breath.
Neuschwanstein,
 fairy...

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"Mein Kampf" held the clue for you and Europe
You hoped Hitler would destroy Soviet Russia, then itself

Game Theory, realpolitik, so-called political scientists say, "realism"
O how many ways we refused to help Jews - US refused...

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Our Cats Jack and Henry

(There is a Henry Horn in our family
who lived in Bavaria, Germany.)

Cats were asleep in our each seat
(This is actually true.)
And both of them looked so sweet
While comfortably lying there
Waiting to...

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Brenda penned a story about Brennan the boatswain in Bermuda
Who had bought a Bavaria 43 barque for a sailing adventure.
The story began with the ballad of Brennan:
'Come sail with me, on see-saw sea
Becapped, bedecked, emblazoned...

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Beer Sonnet

I have a bottle of German beer in the fridge
and naturally cloudy, first brewed in some small town
in Bavaria in 1624.
They didn’t make the beer clear and decided to call
the brew Dunkel (cloudy), PR,...

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The canons thunder,
the rifles rage,
and the horses
like swarms of bees
storm the plains
of feudal Europe.
Her princes tremble
and willingly
capitulate.
Prussia's undoubtedly mine
from Bavaria to the Rhine.
Russia's dreary wintry plains
will be where my scepter reigns.
Italy is my inheritance
as Portugal...

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London. A fourth floor hotel room. Nightfall. Lawrence Talbot.

misty blue moonlight
shirt in shreds silver sinew...
howling for the hunt

Bavaria. The edge of the Black Forest . Midnight. A Creature Named Adam.

from grave to castle
pursuing a perverse...

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