Long Israelis Poems

World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried

After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch

Say this when you eulogize me: 
Here was a man—now, poof, he's...

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The Alaskan Oil Pipeline

Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...

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The 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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Sinai 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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1. Emirates (UAE) that has not officially recognized Israel, made a historic flight to Ben Gurion Airport to deliver several tons of aid to "Palestinians." WEST-BANK refused the aid. Why? It was not consulted. Gaza...

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Once I was thinking of building a shopping plaza just along the Gaza strip
But the Israeli's being what they are; I thought my sales could take a dip

So I thought I'd build a set of...

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Mideast Peace: Oxymoron

Though descendent of Jews,
I feel boggled at the brutal,
nasty and wanton war between
Israelis and Palestinians.

Many innocent victims
bred to know and hate their enemy
impossible mission
to reconcile one Semitic
group of peoples from another.

The bloody English
begat...

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I
The historical record shows many intimate connections between Arabs, Muslims, Hebrews and Jews, and Babylon. The nation we equate with Israel began as tribes in the deserts of Arabia. Some of them were allies, some...

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Many heroes in the Holy Bible stand out.
From Lot, to Ruth, to Noah, we see them all about.
The true one, that God blessed the most,
Was the one who led the Israelis from Egypt, he was...

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once upon a human

two kids named
ahmad and stan

each in his world 
loved reading Peter Pan

didn't see it coming
their dreams broken
down by the khazarian plan

they fell for their division
train 
United by same grief and
pain

so abrupt was...

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Written By:  D. Collins 8/23/19


The same ego maniac who thought nothing would stick.
Had no clue of the conviction we are working with.
We are coming to get him.  He had best believe that.
"The Chosen...

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On the twelfth of August in nineteen fifty three
Tectonic plates moved in the Ionian sea
A massive earthquake bringing destruction and death 
Caused kefalonia to draw her last breath.

Buildings were flattened and many lives were lost
It...

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Written By:  D. Collins 11/15/23


Just like I said before, I hear it in their voice.
To avoid 10/7 again kill all Palestinian boys.
Make sure there is no indication it will happen again.
Just bomb the civilians...

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Some people just never learn I mean what were they thinking
Now it's John Kerry's turn for the Almighty God is not blinking
They all try to take Israel's' land as was foretold in the Bible
Just so...

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NO MORE WAR
MY HEART CRIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
WAR, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS WAR
WAR IN UKRAINE, WAR IN AFRICA, WAR IN SYRIA
WAR WITH THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS
WAR ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST,...

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Said the Palestinians
to their Israeli neighbors
singing and dancing
karaoke on the Strip

I wish I knew
how to pursue
dual citizenship
as readily
as you

To which Israelis
responded to their Muslim neighbors
dancing in sacred dervish spirals
with songs of 40 year journeys
into We...

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ONE:
Is our Near East in Asia? Are Israelis "Asians"?
People from India are called South Asians
The same folk in Caribbean are East Indians!
Fancy that: West Indians being called East Indians
STOP: DON'T BLAME COLUMBUS
He simply said, Indios!...

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Written By:  D. Collins 11/22/23


With war crimes against Putin, we were aggressively absolute.
Yet, seeing cities being leveled, the loudspeaker has gone mute.
I hear this talk about "interests" while women and children die. 
As if...

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I
Don't groan, I avoid hating -
Nazi Germany used 'National Socialist'
To give the lie to nationalism
And to God of all ethnoi, Jew and Gentile
But moans & groans turn to labeling
(Thinkers as Anti-Semite, even if Semitic)
Or friends...

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China will de declared part of the People`s Republic of Tibet; Somalia will send
food parcels to the Swiss and the Mexicans will build a fence to prevent illegal
immigration from the United States. There will be...

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as the Ugandan Judge at ICJ , 
Julia Sebutunda voted against South African legal 
team 's case at ICJ ,
which portrayed the genocidal
actions of Israel troops 
in Gaza. 
The entire Africans astonished 
to be betrayed...

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As the light from the Sun is blocked by our planet earth
The light refracts differently, hits the moon with mirth
Like a hot kiss of a lover hits the cheeks of a maiden girl.
Each time Tetrad...

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Contested Crossroads

By Mark D. Stucky
On a battleground bloodied across millennia,
on a compact land bridge spanning continents and gods…

        Canaanites, Philistines, and Hebrews, oh my!
    ...

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  Night after night, images flicker on the tube
    Horrific images of ‘the enemy’ dying
      Dying ‘Agent-Orange’ deaths
        ...

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YouTube and Chis Hodge 

It came as a surprise to me that Chris Hodge 
has been banned on YouTube, a man of knowledge 
worth listening to
He is an honest intellectual; as such, it is hard
not...

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