Long Loitered 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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He always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate time, usually when someone was trying to kill us.

Are you a believer now?

If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We got out...

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He always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate of times, usually when some c**t was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We...

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Part 1 - A raven alone, ravaging around in the darkness..... 

i.

Ultimately aware, suspense is such, though truly I am sensing,

something dark diverting mind withdrawn, the silence muttered,

since melancholy holds suspicion where to probe now...

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' The gods' spake to all who had 'wide' ears...
but all they heard was Apollo's muse....'
   

How leavened my soul to search,
   
   wooly and wild to the waxxen...

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How leavened my soul to search,
   
   wooly and wild to the waxxen wind,
   
   how swift my wings though my fancy yearns,

   catching sights...

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II.
Liesel spent months worrying about this,
about dark minions and young souls that hurt,
she even started fearing for herself
for questioning the teachings of the church.

She did not want to damn herself to Hell,
but she couldn’t believe...

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Two Aloha-shirted Hawaiians 
of generous girth were strumming 
their ukuleles 
on a small stage in front of the hotel’s poolside bar
in the late afternoon, 
rehearsing for the night’s performance. 
It must have been the low...

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“Empathy is emotionally connecting oneself with another in his hardship and pain, showing compassion and loving concern” ~ by Poet


Through the country paths, I lazily loitered
Watching Nature in its changing hue
Straying farther into the interiors
Sundry...

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It was a cloudy sky
Drizzle had just stopped softly
On this enchanting evening, I was lined lucky
As there was an ugly beggar who deserved care, swiftly

I stopped my car before that hotel
where sometime I used to...

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You must have heard many rags to riches stories,
this one is one such fairytale with happy ending.

Once upon a time, in a remote village,
lived a happy boy, called Manik, in a farmer family,
up until his...

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I first met her on a holiday at Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve. 
Love strikes me like lightning when I saw her, 
so powerful and intense it can’t be denied. 
It turns me inside out, 
and there...

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O burgeoning soul of sweet things 
   mellowed to summer's surge,
   with autumn's dim appraisal
   loitered to a final song of ditties,
       the...

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I lived on Gray Street when I was a boy
  and rode my bike up hither and yon.
Now my home is a concrete parking lot
  and all its spirits and souls are gone

I...

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

Say this when you eulogize me:
Here was a man — now, poof, he's gone!
He died before his time.
The music of his life suddenly ground to...

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OLD GREAT GRAND OLYMPIAD                      Acrostic

        Ocean creatures...

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STALKER
      At late night train arrived my station.
     I am regular daily passenger.
     Also got down another stranger.
   I did...

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my mind is not here tonight
my body is in the cosmos 
my thoughts as a whole is in a state of free fall
yet and still it's alright, i am still alive and thinking

there was a...

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1.
The clouds flew in embrace with the wind,
In occassions many, they came together,
To bless the land with manna dew and
To bring to rest the flames of the heart,
To call to the winter moon and bring...

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The empty ring finger
                       Is to be filled in next few days
 ...

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A dauntless dachshund was my darling dog.
He was charmed to chase the cavorting frog.
He always ran and romped with great agility ,
For sniffing and smelling mice, he had a special ability.

He was rock black in...

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In an English Man's arms she was introduced to Christ; the young princess of Aztec.
Under the warmth of his breath she was told the story of the Manger.
She thought she understood the tale, completely.
Yes, so...

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If you were not going to 
Love me in the morning,
You should have crept away
Into the moonlight, 
Faceless
You should have left 
Before the daylight
Burst into the bedroom
With sparkling hope

You should not have stayed
Lingered
Loitered 
Laughing in...

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Oh. Lonely Cloud
	
     I am to venture as mass of cloud
      loaded with water vapor compressed
     dense dark about to burst.
 ...

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Written January 17, 2015


I was born to the hunter
I was raised with the sheep
I was brought in with the soldiers
I was told not to fall asleep
I was told not to wonder
What lies on the otherside

Once...

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