Long Europe Poems
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The Amistad MutinyThe Amistad Mutiny
Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced:
Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade.
To be tossed in chains below deck on the Portuguese ship Tecora,2
Sailing the Atlantic Middle...
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Categories:
europe, africa, america, history, racism, slavery, world,
Form:
Verse
RumorsRumors
How we arrived at where we are
By Franklin Price
05/03/2020
By now you've heard the rumors
How Covid-19 came to Earth
How it did not come here naturally
How Wuhan, China gave it birth
Maybe aided by our government
To make...
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Categories:
europe, america, health, hope, leadership, perspective, recovery from,
Form:
Rhyme
Summer
“SUMMER”
Where
has Summer
gone?
The world
has lost
Summer
Sweet
little
dream
missing
all those other
beautiful
small dreams
seen as toys
small and
inconsequential
casually tossed aside,
disposable play,
things
pure shining lights
smiling eyes once so bright,
switched off,
'neath...
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Categories:
europe, abuse, child abuse,
Form:
Epic
Blue Sky, Why
"Blue Sky, Why?"
stories speak to us.
inside our heart
is crying.
Blue Sky, Why?
why do children
holding sunflowers
watch their parents die
why do sweet children,
now war torn,
some the battle's orphans,
daily lose their lives
lying in their sick beds
bombed in...
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Categories:
europe, courage, humanity, leadership, light, peace, truth, war,
Form:
Narrative
An Ordinary Girl - Translation From TagoreSharing my translation of a famous poem (Sadharan Meye) written by Rabindranath Tagore, who won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. It's one of his story-like poems, written in Bengali, which is one of the...
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Categories:
europe, life, loss,
Form:
Narrative
A Letter in Forewarning of Melancholia--Part I(Somewhere in late 18th-century Europe a friend, Laetitia, by way of a letter warns her beloved girlfriend, Euphoria--a young, gay and unsuspecting mistress--against the almost inevitable seductions of the infamous and maundering philanderer, Melancholia.).
Dear Euphoria,
...
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Categories:
europe, depression, friend, metaphor, philosophy, psychological, uplifting, wisdom,
Form:
Prose
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
europe, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Used To Go To This BarRed light, the neon beer sign on the distant wall reflects off the long expanse of polished bar top, overpowering the quiet brown wood. It’s after lunch, only a few people in to stir the...
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Categories:
europe, addiction, beauty, drink, religion, society, solitude,
Form:
Prose
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama NasserThe Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...
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Categories:
europe, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Truth Is All An Act In Government ExposedOne small little country which houses
one of the highest paid governments
in this modern world joke ran upside down
A big part of our life existing reality
when the backbone is gone snakes appear with...
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Categories:
europe, betrayal, ireland, political, rights, society, truth,
Form:
Political Verse
Noneastern Family PoliticsI began reading Jane Anna Gordon's "Creolizing Political Theory"
from the back toward the front,
as usual,
because if I appreciate where this narrative journey will end,
then I probably will find we start off with similar questions
of...
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Categories:
europe, culture, health, power, , literature, , western,
Form:
Political Verse
Connected - Part 1 - See Part 2 For This Poem's Ending"How ya' doin''" the youngster asked...a girl I'd never seen..."you're lookin' pretty good for a guy your age."
"I'm on the 'final chapter'," I surprised her, "of my life"...and not that long before my final page!"
She...
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Categories:
europe, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
What Kind of People Are WeWhat Kind of People Are We
In a Shakespearean sense of tragedy and doubt the well-used
“To Be or Not To Be” from Hamlet is not the question I shall
discuss in this narrative. Rather, I shall consider...
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Categories:
europe, conflict, fear, humanity, immigration, international, poverty, war,
Form:
Narrative
Put Your Thoughts In Rhyme - Both Audio and Text VersionsI'm very lucky...writing poetry soothes my soul -
Rhonda was the only child of Ron and Debby Baker.
Debby was a widow. It was 1952…
And having been away from ‘41 to ‘43 -
fighting on the...
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Categories:
europe, father daughter, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Resistance On the Iberian PeninsulaResistance On The Iberian Peninsula
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity),”
Scream French revolutionists as they guillotine monarchists heads, 1
Then crown Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France, 2
Who commands the French forces in wars raged across Europe.
The Grande...
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Categories:
europe, education, freedom, history, irony, patriotic, war,
Form:
Verse
Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas - Fiction
Grandma died when I was 18 years old, on Christmas day. I never really got to know her well, since the family had pretty much kept their distance from her due to her 'weird religion.'...
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Categories:
europe, christian, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
A Most Courageous American President For the AgesA Most Courageous American President for the Ages
I thought it would be most appropriate for me to take a moment to
share some of my reflections on the life and distinguished public
service of the late 41st...
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Categories:
europe, america, celebration, character, inspiration, patriotic, political, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Being AmericanI live in America, as in the United States of America, and that used to mean something. At least to me it did. And it’s not so much in how I was raised but in...
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Categories:
europe, america, class, how i feel, introspection, patriotic,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Easter Origins"Worship in spirit and truth"
With Easter approaching, many people Christian and non-Christian are exposed to this celebration and may have questions concerning the various teachings, rites, rituals and traditions that are promulgated by public worship...
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Categories:
europe, bible, christian, easter, god, gospel, jewish,
Form:
Didactic
Freedom of the PressABOUT THE PRESS
The media, the press was established as an institution to fight for humanity and human right as well. To serve as a mediator between the people underground and the...
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Categories:
europe, freedom, , western,
Form:
Ballad
Speaker, Subject, and Theme In Edna St Vincent Millay's ''Women Have Loved Before As I Love Now''“Women Have Loved Before As I Love Now”
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Women have loved before as I love now;
At least, in lively chronicles of the past-
Of Irish waters by a Cornish prow
Or Trojan waters by...
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Categories:
europe, betrayal, desire, literature, love, passion, poetess, sin,
Form:
Prose
Georges Scoriety BashPicture this..? Seedy joint.'mediocre comedy one Kiev night.
Hunky billionaire bored and sour, joins his guests Uneventful hour.?
A pan faced man is on the stage, mocking life with inward rage.
George faintly get the vibe, listens more...
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Categories:
europe, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Traditional Solitaire potential combinationsTraditional Solitaire potential combinations...
that clenched another win today
February 20th, 2024
(eight hundred and ninety yesterdays ago
since June 13th, 2021)
original crafting date of following poem,
when yours truly
single handedly trumped computer,
for umpteenth time,
which saw...
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Categories:
europe, 12th grade, 8th grade, adventure, age, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Exits Exist
"Exits Exist"
prophecies materialised
bad dreams of tomorrow
arrived vaporising today
the higher ones
prepared their exit plans
they thought they were gods
but they were just
children playing
at being man
insanity is a monster
who no longer sees
exits exist
on bended knee
dark...
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Categories:
europe, humanity, peace, religious, symbolism, war,
Form:
Free verse
Seeking SanctuaryDiaspora Dwellings
On my way into our sanctuary
this past Sunday morning
a woman I had met in choir
was strangely inclined
to share her family history.
Her dad came over from Ireland
because he wanted better business opportunities
for his healthy future.
Here...
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Categories:
europe, earth, family, green, health, history, home, travel,
Form:
Prose Poetry