Long Mideast Poems

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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It was on a cold night in Bethlehem that hope was born
A babe lay in a manger as angels sang joyfully
Above the nativity a star shone casting bright light
Guiding the paths of three wise men...

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There have been times in our land
When our nation has had to take a stand.

It first began at Bunker's Hill
Where so many men were then killed.

All through that war with the British King
Men here in...

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the chinese shall be over run by russian and american shall try to aid them but to no avail, because the Hebrews shall refuse to fight for american, and the chineses shall lose the war...

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The end of May is coming . . .
  When  the nation celebrates Memorial Day.
  Schools and offices are closed . . .
  It's the summer's first holiday.

  Do we...

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HOW COOL WOULD IT BE IF THIS POEM MADE A MOTHER  
               F*****G DIFFENCE?

What happens when there are no more...

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Why I loved C.D.’s poem: Autumn Wedding Dream

To pay tribute to Carolyn Devonshire, I chose the following poem. Carolyn says so much in a few lines. Autumn is my favorite season. She carefully chooses the...

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He stood there with grease up and down his woolen uniform
Tears drenched his solemn pale face
From beneath the bunker he crawled belly first
Corpses of soldiers scattered like red leaves in a Mideast autumn day
But here...

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For four years I've longed to shout 'Adios!'
It's time for you to go,  Donald J. Gross
Shove those burgers down, Chubs
Play with your balls and clubs
You're crude, belligerent and bellicose

Anderson called you an obese turtle
Who'd...

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Rap Angels

Biggie and Tupac
Heavens Dance Angels Prance
Rap’s Eternal Lyrical Romance
I awoke one morning with little warning
God’s Rapticans took me for a ride
To the other side where are loved ones hide
California Love I climbed on
Deep into...

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Such promises you made when asking for our vote
But it’s been a year and your vows are now remote

What happened to removing troops from the Mideast
And finding the right recipe for economic relief

Hungry families still...

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army of the civil war the rivers and the waters will battle the cities. 
the people be trouble as the new be seated, taken in Battle the west and 
the pope has failed.
before death shown...

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No One Way
        by Odin Roark

Mideast smoke may never clear
Forces know inversion
Custer set out to eliminate Crazy Horse
Only to find killers get killed too

Thus

Fate opts to continue as
One’s...

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Limerick crochetés: Once Mid-East refugee hi-jacked plane
Once Mid-East refugee hijacked plane 
At Heathrow Airport without much pain
Set course for Florida
Down Gulf Stream danced salsa
O’er Bermuda Triangle lost brain

Raised head in parallel universe
Where everybody spoke only...

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The sun rose this morning
Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Things are going our way

Frost and drought
Did not destroy crops
There’s food for the world – Lick your chops

A truce finally came in the Mideast
Soldiers are coming home
No more to war will...

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Christmas is the season of joy!
It’s the time to party and enjoy!
So I bought whipped-cream cakes for my boy.
I wonder if he still thinks of me giving him a toy.

I overheard the Christmas anthem on...

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I didn’t want to write this poem,
But how could I refuse
When every day I read or hear
More horror in the news?

The Mideast situation’s
Always had opposing views
And sadly, when there’s fighting,
Everybody feels the screws.

Yet after World...

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Notes and flowers are left by the wall
Symbols of grief for soldiers who fell
Countless names, Vietnam Veterans
In hearts of those living spirits dwell
 
An older woman holds a child's hand
Points to a name and lays...

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Promises were made when you sought my vote
I swallowed your lies and it gets my goat
The changes you vowed did not come to pass
Where are those tax breaks for the middle class?

And what became of...

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Here we go again trying to outdo our past
Another year gone and lessons that won’t last
People before principles is where we’re heading I fear
Prudence has been lost, common sense shoved to the rear
Year past we...

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