Long Nanna Poems

The Exaltation of Inanna: Opening Lines and Excerpts 
by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon I of Akkad and high priestess of Inanna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Lady of all divine powers!
Lady of the resplendent light!
Righteous Lady...

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Lament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You hack down everything you see, War God!

Rising on fearsome wings
you rush to destroy the land:
raging like thunderstorms,
howling like hurricanes,
screaming like...

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ANIMOSITY VESSEL :

Here she sit at her thresholds corner;
Looks pity but craving to blow a vandal,
Crazely permitting no one to untie her shameful sandal,
Eagerly wish people swallowed by scandal.
Chameleon her pseudonym screamed from the huddle;
Many...

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For Jennifer ( can't believe it's a year already)

Elegance and beauty, a caring heart and zest for life,
a loving mum and nanna, and of course, a perfect wife;
a very special sister, a treasured aunt and...

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CRIMBO IS COMING

Crimbo is coming; soon, it will be the mad dash
Out with the credit cards, or plain old hard cash

Looking for the smelly’s, for that nice pong bath
Those funny Crimbo cards, for a good...

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It was like the sun did not rise
and mourning birds sang 
no morning melody.

The heavens were so grey,
pouring like Noah's floods,
preparing me for the storm,
which drowned my heart.

I felt like a butterfly helpless against the...

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Ode To Grandma's

She gazes out the window awaiting the arrival,
Of the ones she depends for her very survival.
It starts on the deck as a crescending rumble,
The door is flung open and inside they all tumble.

The...

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under this gray suburban sky
just give me a minute of your time
and I'll tell you my whole life

hold me in your memory for a moment
and let me rock you in mine like a child in...

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A new type Of spell summons the chaos from order thru demonic language,                  To speak of wisdom thru...

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when I was a little boy I ran into a little bit of bad luck
with my new slingshot I mistakenly killed my Nanna's pet duck
I was frightened and so scared that I had a panic...

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It was the end of 2013 when I got a phone call from my Mother,
My Mother and I didn’t live together,
Because she ran away when things got difficult,
She said that my beloved Grandmother was ill.
She...

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nanna you were here just the other day 
How could you just fade away 
As tears raced down my face
I tried to picture us in a peaceful place
As they told me you were gone
I couldn't...

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Their house was damp and drafty and the furnishings unique
I guess you'd say the decor was eclectic and antique 

There was an old piano that was often out of tune 
And as a child I'd...

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My grandad was there when I was little;
My grandad would always make me giggle;
Telling jokes, stories and tales, my grandads love has never failed.

In Alder Street or at the flat, my grandads love, it was...

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More a work in progress or thought depository item, but I like it enough to post

There's something very interesting
About the overlapping of lives
The impressions left
Leaving your mark
But not your name in lights 
Or in any...

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My Darling Twin

In our one womb we began
And we took our first breath on this land
Me so quite and you so loud
And we made our nanna very proud 

I remember her telling me quite a...

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Grandma  :  Hello. Is it  you sunny, speak up I can't hear you
Grandson:  Yes nanna its me. I am calling you from my car 
Grandma:  You are talking and driving,...

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My nanna
Looking at my nanna sitting in her chair
Tweezers in her hand plucking her chin of hairs
Putting on her rouge and lipstick a bit over the edge
Shouting at her friend are you ready over the...

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whispers for nanna and we whisper so quietly so.
dont worry mama wont hear through the bathroom window.
can you hear us whisper we love you so dear.
nana please come inside and bring us cheer.
whispers for you...

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When little CJ comes to visit
She asks me for her "colors,"
The bright, fat crayons that "nanna" keeps
In a recycled butter tub.
We share the color book; CJ scribbles
on the left, the crayon squeezed tightly
in her tiny...

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Three Wise Men.
      For James from O’Pop and Nanna 2021

When James was born, three wise men 
were waiting there with pride
to help him start, his new life
and be always by...

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“Rambling is not how the crow flies; 
it is how a rose covers the wall in perfume.” –  by poet

At the Rambling Club, they met each other:
Nanna and Grandpa, before they were lovers.

Inadvertently late,...

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Although I cannot see you, 
I feel your presence near. 
I will hold you close in memory, 
Till I drop my very last tear.

So sleep now with the angels, 
And your golden heart let rest....

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‘What would you like from the shop? Anything since it's New Year's Eve,’ asked Nanna.
‘A Toffee Crisp and some pickled onion Monster Munch,’ I answered, but got a chocolate bar that wasn't a Toffee Crisp....

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Her inspiration is boundless!
She stands in eloquence in the sky,
Her phases do not phase me,
For I have no favourite I can choose.

Moving the tides with her force,
But that's not all that she can do,
Oh Lakarna...

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