Long Fischer Poems

A boy and board in Brooklyn
bedeviled by the breath of baroque battles
bemused with a belligerent brain beauty
and befriended by battlefield bravado, 
the chessmen championed his ego
wickedly warring to a visionary's voodoo,
those soldiers of black and...

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freedom day 
(april the 27th 1994)


far too many brave compatriots died

and

flooding rivers of tears were cried

far too many families ripped apart

with

daggers cutting into their heart

the pain is felt still deep today
on this glorious sun-splashed South...

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1.

On the 27th day of April in 
Nineteen Ninety-Four,

Freedom was won, at long last.

The battles were many, the foe 
brutal,

Apartheid tore our southern tip 
of the continent of Africa apart,

it’s notions of racial-superiority,

its religious fundamentalism,

its...

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There was a king once reigning
Who carried a great, big flea—
And far from him complaining,
The flea filled the king with glee!
For to him that flea was dearer
Than even his only son,
And to make his preference...

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Child of darkness, child of scorn,
the devil danced when you were born,
for demon seed from Morphy passed,
would haunt your days ‘til everlast.

Predestined to die derelict,
an iso-pawn so cynical,
how cruel a fate awaits the one
that conquered...

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We as American Citizens can through observation learn!We can learn why "Racism"is a "Health Issue".Racism is a "Mental Health Issue that cannot be denied,because we see "Racism" in every group of people who compose "The...

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It was in eighteen eighty-six in the streets of Chicago,
where the greatest miscarriage of justice people would know
transpired in an infamous labor-police rendezvous.
Albert Parsons led eighty thousand people on revue.
The strikers marched down Chicago’s Michigan...

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The day you were born you are mother and father's miracle,
You were a very calm baby boy.

Walter brought baby Erik and mom home from the hospital,
Mom could stay at home with you for a few...

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Our youth needed,and got a "Hero",in "The summer of 2014,15,16,17,and 18.Our youth needed and got jobs for those summers to help them fortify there dignity,and self esteem!The youths ages were 21 down to the age...

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thy macbook pro 
   contracted a ungrateful deadly virus 
disallowing communication 
   between you Pink Floyd, and us
Tom MacDonald (the head 

   hombre honcho) didst tuss
sup hiz hands in...

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There's a game known as Chess that I learned as a lad
But in spite of the passage of time I'm still bad.
I can not see ahead seven moves like some do;
If you say, "Bobby Fischer"...

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The past becomes a lesson
All of them had a session with destiny
In their century they stood firm so
Here is a toast to the three that died 
And to the One who is living!

First a toast...

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The content of "The Character of "The Two Greatest Mayors of Louisville Kentucky: Gregory Fischer,and Jerry E. Abramson. Here is "The Content of there combined "Character"!  They both realize the "Truth".Here it is!! The...

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Strategizing your next move
In our little game of chess
That we have been playing
Against each other for so long
Precious one, don't you
Realize that I already
Know your next move
My teacher was Bobby Fischer 
He taught me how...

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You were the man who reached the summit of chess
This was a mammoth task
I appreciate the fact that you played chess without a mask!

Your work ethic is something to admire
As a chess player, you were...

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She's lost in thought, 
Childhood memories flash through her, 
They come like torrents, 
Opening the door to her mind, 
In her, her past finds a place. 

She reminisces on fond and bitter memories, 
A deluge...

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The Game Of Chess
Life and chess being analogous
The game for us all really matters
And I aver,watching games of Karpov and 
Fischer,I emerged wiser and stronger
Learning from them to manoeuvre
shrewd strategies of capturing power
And to vanquish...

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Haley Rose, my beautiful girl,
Do you know you are my world?
The stars above can never compare
To my love for you through the years.

I think about you every single day
And each night I bow my head...

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A colorful bantam rooster perches atop
The open-air “Blue Heaven” bar in Key West
Red, yellow, green, and blue stools inviting
Passersby to imbide a salty dog or a margarita,
Slices of Key Lime pie are mouth-watering
Old-fashioned lanterns dangle...

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