Long Homelands Poems

HEADSTONES AND CHATTELS 

‘Twas pure chance that I discovered
Just the other day,
A place passed 
Countless times,
Never had the thought of calling in,
Inner thoughts and misplaced fears
Oh there must have been countless other reasons
For one to...

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Every morning
When I glance into the mirror
I look deep inside
Deeper than my subtly-thinning hair
Deeper than my raven beard
Deeper than my mocha complexion
Laden with marks
Of life's wear and tear 
And high cheek bones
I see multitudes
From across...

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“They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife”
        From “Indian Reservation” by Paul Revere and...

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Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part III
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I was also with Eormanric for many years,
as long as the Goth-King availed me well;
he gave me six hundred shillings of pure gold
beaten into...

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Was it just imagining
Which brought these eyes to see inside
Another world
We could have realised
A different story
For all our lives

Looking into this stolen world
Where the peaceful dream has unfurled
Its banner of love beneath the sun
A flag...

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Homelands
Arabic poem by: Adel Said*
Translated into English by: 
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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At the end of the line I stand
As should a professional homeless do
Exactly at the end of the line
Before the committee on homelands distribution 
Among...

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Kathryn's Saga.....a work in Progress.....

History.....A lone Viking ship...with Black Sails......Pounding the waves.....in the midst of 
natures fury.....The worse the weather the more the Gods looked on with favor.
 
Gunder Nils hated and loved this journey.....
Everything about...

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If Jesus Christ were walking among humans on earth today,
he would believe that no suffering person would be thrown away.
He would tell there is a lack of compassion, he would warn us
about having  a...

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This poem was inspired by the interviews by Earl K. Pollon and S. S. Matheson conducted with native Sekanni peoples who were negatively effected by the flooding of their communal homelands by the building of...

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she carries the child on tired hips rested on chains ‘round her waist

wasted on freedom designed to serve a white man’s lustful desire

branded inferior as time repeats itself and the pain knows no end


a tattoo...

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as wars are waged in our homelands we sit out here gettin education for our 
own future,
thinkin of ourselves, we forget about the whole purpose of our mission to 
America,
we capture the American culture and...

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The Trail Of Tears.
.
The snow fell when the long knifes came
Savages who robbed the sacred homelands 
And buffalo slaughtered bloody plains
Men woman and children the old and lame
Frog marched against their will
Never to see they’re...

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The Knight

There once was a man, bravery beyond all compare
Bound to a king and kingdom, to the people in despair 
Past battles to honour his king and his homelands 
Willingly to lay down his life...

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We shall over come!
Today, Today!
We shall over come!
Right now! Right away!
We shall always over come!+++

All of us Christians soldiers in the 
Lord Jesus Christ!
Are enrolled in the peace keeping
Army of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ!...

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Tears are not just drops
That fall from the eyes 
Tears are messages
Were written with an encrypted language 
And need deciphering

Tears are not just drops
That fall from the eyes 
Tears are words
Were written with all languages
And...

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The past got a wet way of coming back
to unsettle the present
	with haunting future dreams
Who moistened the bed
with such troublesome memories?
There are dark terrors in the night
for the children 
of those whose fathers ignited the...

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Remember That We Are BEAUTIFUL

As humans, we actively help others…ALTRUISTICALLY.
Benevolently relieving burdens pleasing…BIG-HEARTEDLY.
Celestial hoping rewards souls with inner strength's…CALM!
Divine inspirations amaze; its wonder delivers mountains of DELIGHTS.
Extraordinary and ordinary folks co-exist intrinsically…EQUAL.
Faithful followers of the...

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Let us sit and talk about all the injustices of the world
And how it affects us, and every young boy and girl.
We have created a world of insecurities and doubts.
Is this what life is all...

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For This Is The Story, An Old Poet Sought Not To Miss
 (Part One)

I've ate Eden's last apple, coveted Jason's* golden fleece
chained myself in caverns of darkness, begging no release
refused mighty crowns of power, fed...

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I stand where the sunset hugely spills    
Out upon subdued but still hotly
Glowering plains...                  ...

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After the Battle of Epona Plains
Part Three

A victory celebration
Soon began.

The Fall Harvest is ours,
Let the Norselanders starve,
Our men are brave warriors 
and we are Their wives 
and mothers. 
Their daughters 
and lovers.

The women sang 
As...

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Oh! We should all pray to our Heavenly Father,
In our own words and in our own ways.  In
Order to have this particular Angel of Death.
Called appropriately the Coronavirus.
To pass over our states, regions,
And providences....

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"Oh, Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers."
"Oh, Lord in your mercy. hear our prayers."
"Oh, Lord in your mercy ,hear our prayers"

Oh, Lord in your mercy, please hear our prayers.
Oh, Lord in your mercy, come...

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AFTER LIFE: (HOPE COMES)


AFTER ALL OF YOUR RECKLESS LIFE CHOICES, 
THE ONLY TRUE ARCHILLES HEAL IS ONESELF.
REGRET NOT YOUR PATH IN LIFE,
BUT ONLY THE IGNORANT REACTIONS. 
AFTER OVER COMING QUITE HARSH CONDITIONS
OF YOUR EARTHS ELEMENTS
THE...

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It Takes A Whole Village to Raise a Child: The Farmer

It has been said that it takes a whole village
To raise a child; How does a farmer help
Families raise the children?

Farmers live near the village;...

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