Long Iraq Poems
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Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which we do
and do not see,
believe
answers embedded
in tablets read...
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Categories:
iraq, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
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:
iraq, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
America 101When I was born in 1949, Harry Truman was the President of The United States. Of course I do not personally remember him. Mr. Truman was followed by Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, but I...
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Categories:
iraq, celebration, patriotic,
Form:
Prose Poetry
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:
iraq, conflict, fear, humanity, immigration, international, poverty, war,
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:
iraq, america, celebration, character, inspiration, patriotic, political, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Give Peace a Chance Part 1Like the twelfth
juror in the play
I must say I am not
convinced
For I know a recipe
for trouble
I have seen the
double standards
And I do not approve
this for Kenya
I will never approve
it, and neither
Would you, dear
friend of...
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Categories:
iraq, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Cameron DiazHerpetologist meets actress (Cameron Diaz).
If he's funny he's me.
South America or Africa (on location).
In a diamond mind.
The protagonists (lovers), the diamonds, the miners and the minders.
By minders we mean watchers, organizers, supervisors.
As all art must:...
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Categories:
iraq, america, beauty, funny, happiness, peace, political, science,
Form:
Verse
Sad Seasonally Affective DisorderSAD Seasonally Affective Disorder
Some are prone to depression in winter when days get shorter when
less light enters the brain through the eyes and thoughts become darker
I am also affected and when news gets explosive when...
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Categories:
iraq, conflict,
Form:
Light Verse
Exclusive Birth RightsExclusive Birth Rights
I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral perpetration
though I propose without any diminution that systematic genocide is...
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Categories:
iraq, humanity, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
Sinai Campaign, 1967Sinai Campaign, 1967
“Operation Focus” sees Israeli jets streaking, 1
Attacking Arab fighter jets and air force bases, 2
Thus attaining dominance over Middle Eastern skies,
While IDF ground divisions launch into action. 3
Israeli tanks (Pattons, Shermans, and Centurions)
Blitzkrieg...
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Categories:
iraq, education, history, jewish, war,
Form:
Verse
Letter To a Soldier - a TrilogyLETTER TO A SOLDIER
A Trilogy
I. SONGS OF LOVE
Love walked with me
In the crisp fall air
In a shower of gold and red.
Love showed me the print
Of a doe’s foot
And where she made her bed.
Love sat...
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Categories:
iraq, absence, america, death, emotions, hero, longing, war,
Form:
Ballad
Poetical Journey of Pizzaz: Not For ContestPoetical Journey Of Pizzaz
Apple Blossom Orchids are spreading across my grandmother's land like a whiZ
Zestfully all around one's earnest expectations like the smallest of fleA
Bites a person's imagination like they're singing a song and plaY
Years...
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Categories:
iraq, appreciation, beautiful, poems, , memorial,
Form:
Abecedarian
Black Iraqi WomanBlack Iraqi Woman
Written by Faleeha Hassan
Translated from the Arabic by William Hutchins
Shortly before my father died, he whispered to me longingly: “Daughter, treasure this, because it authenticates your heritage to our kinsfolk!” When I accepted...
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Categories:
iraq, me,
Form:
I do not know?
Final Wishes of a PoetFinal Wishes of a Poet
Arabic poem By: Rukn-al-Din Yunus
Translated into English By:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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(Part 1 of 3)
Lend me a handful of earth
So that I may make you a statue
You have not seen...
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Categories:
iraq, death, deep, emotions, family, poets, wife,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Want a Soldier For ChristmasI Want A Soldier For Christmas -edited
As Santa your hear lots of things
of what children want as gifts
Some can't tell me what they want
But I think I get their drifts
They'll ask for dolls and games...
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Categories:
iraq, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The Things Never SaidThe Things Never Said
The terror…
The only things ever said about my daddy’s WWII service were that he’d been to New Guinea where he’d ridden on a truck full of soldiers by a river without a...
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Categories:
iraq, christian, fear, may, political, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Oh One Oh Two Two Oh Two TwoI logged on to Face Book and, when my memories came came up, I saw this poem that I wrote January 2, 2020. I am editing it for January 2, 2022 as I see it.
Oh...
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Categories:
iraq, america,
Form:
Couplet
Poetry Commentary Exposure of Isis(So many were protesting about America's secret involvement with ISIS but I didn't believe it until I read this latest news, shocking and disgusting. Poor innocent Muslims are being blamed for Americas furtive atrocities)
Wolf...
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Categories:
iraq, allegory, political, power,
Form:
Acrostic
Paul's Last Letter -- Both Audio and Text“Dear Mom,” was how it started, like so many I’d received from Paul while he was stationed in Iraq.
But this one was the letter that he’d sent to break the news that, as it...
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Categories:
iraq, military, war,
Form:
Verse
Coalition of the WillingCoalition Of The Willing
It was a merciless day;
A Day of Infamy.
The Coalition of the Willing: The United States,
Great Britain, Australia, and Poland;
Disrespectful of International Law,
And the United Nations,
Attacked Iraq on March 19, 2003,
Claiming that the...
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Categories:
iraq, conflict, history, murder, war,
Form:
Verse
Afghanistan 911 EmergencyAfghanistan 911 Emergency
By Franklin Price
09/08/2021
Nine-eleven, two thousand one, the world we knew was changed.
We were attacked by terrorists, our lives were rearranged.
We went to war with Saddam Hussein. He was the leader of Iraq.
The terrorists...
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Categories:
iraq, america, anger, betrayal, conflict,
Form:
Couplet
Who Or What Are These PeopleWho or What are these People?
There across the sea is something on top of the steeple?
It looks like people? But with a different neck? Should I pet or let my bird peck at it? I...
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Categories:
iraq, eulogy, nostalgia,
Form:
Epic
IragI hate my life
My souls are damaged it’s full of pure hell that I can’t take it back it’s like listening to that awful country depression music that you can’t stand and you just...
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Categories:
iraq, death, murder, soldier, sorrow, violence, drug,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Oh One Oh Two Two Oh Two OhOh One Oh Two Two Oh Two Oh
By Franklin Price
01/02/2020
Oh one oh two two oh two oh
Alliteration as we go
I hope the twenties, will be fun
For this our century twenty-one
First twenty years are over now
We...
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Categories:
iraq, america, political,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
iraq, confusion, courage, death, holocaust, heart, heart,
Form:
I do not know?