Long Bavarian Poems

THE MAD MAN IN THE CORNER
By Roy Merritt

A mad man in the corner was ranting on insane
A man who was blinded wracked with mental pain
He couldn’t believe they lost couldn’t believe this be true
No they...

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My heart shrivels dry, blackened rose in bitter anguish, ...
 Do you feel my pain? 
   Why must the flame of day dwindle dim? 
    O' fortune, like the moon,...

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When Fall arrives in Munich, Germany,  
Exciting times bring visitors from far and near,

With people dancing, singing, mugs of beer held high,
In halls or tents, saluting so rambunctiously, and
Loving our Oktoberfest with heartfelt cheer...

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Incredible Candidates

They say that a candidate named Fiorini
Happens to think that she is a Houdini
But what she is liable to pull out of a hat
Is destined to led us into mortal combat.

Then there is Trump...

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2021 Oktoberfest cancelled, thus babel of voices not heard

Ordinarily approximately sixteen days
of barley, hops and malt brew
to ale any even those who cannot chew
the cud subsequently most foods I eschew
courtesy maxiofacial malady
or lack of teeth...

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we strolled midtown for awhile
hints of sun followed us beneath the 
bavarian alps i was taken by 
the snow capped mountains creating 
a brilliant show of diamond crystals 
calmly reflecting from storefront windows 
holiday displays...

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I found a toasty taverne
on a Tuesday night in Athens
whose name in Greek translates 
as "The Good Wolf." 
The name resonated with me 
and George Harrison's solo songs
poured from the speakers,
so I had to stop...

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OKTOBERFEST

Wielding the power of the hefty beer stein,
Energized with viking-like biceps,

We lift the suds in veneration 
In front of our patriotic hearts.
Lively band plays Ein Prosit,
Lips coordinate, resounding louder and louder.

Parade of dirndls and lederhosen...

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Sometimes I think the way we view the world is a little antiquarian
for instance we have words to label everyone…from Capricorn to Sagittarian…

Take Deborah and I…we don’t eat meat…we are proudly vegetarian
though occasionally we will...

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Boast brownies baking
in dirty palm oil bacon fat
Sugar-coated swine vanilla cupcakes;
pineapple upside down snout snacks,
so coconut phone hasty ...
Sound-byte puff pastry

Flour-face teflon pan —  
tart marshmallow mint muffin
Silver tongue baguette 
spooning out citrus acid...

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The Virgin Maid of Orleans, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s La Pucelle
					To Robert Caze* 

Even as the blaze crackled around the stake’s pyre,
Joan was deafened by the clergy’s brutal chanting,
Harsh eyes with hate from all the...

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Partnachklamme
The most beautiful place


Above the Bavarian resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
There winds a country road which leads to the Partnach gorge.

Hikers are passed by less hearty tourists transported in hay wagons.

On the left side of the...

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The Unholy Donut

Void, vacant, empty is my life 
Of cream filled treasures
More value there than is the princess virgin
On Sunday where the need’s more urgent
After church and prayers
And rushing with a crashing passion speed
To donut...

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I awoke before the magnificent light glazed the earth,
I stood out side on my balcony,
And gazed as the moon faded into morn,
I felt the cold air petting my face,
With eyes closed and I absorbed the...

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KEY:

A: An American Man
B: A British Man


*It be a late evening in a semi-lively lightly plastered crowded pub near Bavarian Village in Hyde Park, London, England, UK.
 

A: "Charlie 'Ole England, hey, my friend!"
B: "Eh,...

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Bushes and More Bushes

Moses was in the wilderness with a broom in  his hand. 
When asked what he was doing he said he was beating 
around bush trying to put out the flame in burning...

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Not being promised
To nobody,
wanted court
Artemis... but Artemis
  the protected of the moon, fled
with Prince Solar ...
I returned my commoners
looks at Helena
superb and serene girl ...
I even did a serenade for her ..
Neptune raged
so much...

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I saw magical faeries. 
Tripping in and around
Sparkling wings shining 
In the dazzling sunbeams
That transversally filtered
Through the mighty beeches
Of a Bavarian forest.

A royal feast proclaimed.
The mighty Queen arrived.
And took her place on a throne
In a...

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Written April 1, 2014


I hear the piano pounding through the years
From the old bohemian man across the way
Who's clearly lost his way
In the old abandoned attic above Mr. Guthrie's railway
The strands of lightless lights across...

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I like smiles,
I like fresh bread,
I like good music,
I like to keep a "cool head"...

I like Sci Fi,
I like words that
never die,
I like movies that
make us cry...

I like a fluffy cloud,
I like the shore,
I like...

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Ludwig ii 

A Bavarian King with no bone bad 
A Bavarian King introverted not mad 
A king who lived life by night 
A king who stayed out of sight

The Swan king was his given name...

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you'd awakened my soul again
as my dying  mind drifted beyond
the tall  pines of perlarcher forest
I'd mingled aimously about

the falling leaves as my heart roared
of a distant thunder that henceforth
became a solemn song of...

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The days of 
wine and rose's 
enchanted pose's 
I think of you 
nothing added 
nothing taken away 

my thoughts follow you 
wandering about 
what's left from 
the midst of your 
melancholy mannerism 
captured beyond 

wholly...

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you'd aroused my Bavarian senses 
the burning pine incense the smell 
of raw lavender nectar I was taken
 by the blustery rush of floating pollen 
daintily i hummed while sheep skin 
and wool fabric hung...

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Bavarian beauty, she reigned as queen,
Sisi her name, had no love for the court,
with grace and beauty she captured a scene,
a free spirit her courtiers couldn't thwart,
as hearts were won, where ever she was seen,
the...

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