Long Plating Poems

World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems II - Bertolt Brecht



The Burning of the Books
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned, 
teams of dull oxen hauled...

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I’m taking control of this physical presence of mine, this breaking ship;
pulling it down forcefully to the bottom of this god forsaken sea,
allowing it to be destroyed by nature once and for all.
I’m restoring it,
piece...

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She told no lies, from behind her all- seeing eyes.
Cassandra could not return the love of  Apollo,
 His curse upon her truth belies.
And left her prophesies empty and hollow.

She knew  the destruction of...

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A Shakespearean Parody to Hamlet (“To be or Not to be..”)
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In 1967, fresh out of high school at seventeen, I boarded a northbound bus to the metropolis of the mid-west. After arriving in Chicago, while waiting to be picked up by a family member, I...

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POETIC LYRICS BY THOMAS L.H. ANDRESS




Aspen to Maine...London to Rome...Tok-y-O-to Mars
And Mars to Venus'...outter-stars!
When your mixing bowl...is...set...just-right
Cars come rolling...and the Stars...in their cars...PETAL-TO-METAL
To reach your stars!
FIVE-STARS...when the recipe is...SET RIGHT!

Beefy-guy...cheesey-girls...ALOTTA-HOT-AIR
Baking-it-Right!
MIXED-RIGHT!
Fruity-Cakes...and a...

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The ants and the beetles were all celebrating
As I wed the spider that I had been dating
And soon sixteen legs would be consolidating
I could say eighteen but that’s exaggerating

But all of a sudden the ground...

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The clouds cried passionately
The streets took a shower  
I poured me some whiskey to drink
To drink think to link the
droplets and form an image.

My bed room window was foggy I rubbed it
with my sleeve...

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Two stars are timidly twinkling beyond the heavenly dome,
Touchingly emanating their light
Into the dark void of my solitude.
Solitude is proud
If you are followed by memories,
And me and memories are like wind and roses,
Facing each other,
Forever...

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When our world cracks open and  throws our bodies down
When the world evaporates and turns us into steam
When  he world disfigures you and you seem like a clown
Don’t be quick to build again,...

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Just When It Seems Like Life Is Overwhelming!

Just when it seems like I’ve faced
 my darkest night…
And things in life,
 aren’t turning out right…

This is about the time, when things
 are falling apart!
And I began...

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Born of Irish blood
In Beveridge, Victoria
Descending into
Violence euphoria

At an early age
Notoriety was there
Arrested so young
He did not care

Stringybark Creek was the turning point
Three officers slain
Led the law to appoint
Felons Apprehension Act 1865
All outlaws
Need not be...

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wind strives to rumble throughout my four walls blasting harder as day becomes night
knowing not the resolve now possessed by all forces driven forth upon earthly delight
unkempt admonitions grueling weathered conditions still fester a natural...

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Seed Of Yellow Dust

Above a city
Scattered in the blue sky
A grain of yellow dust

In the middle of a wide desert
When the sand breeze blows
Secretly shoot yellow shoots

Trees in the forest
One by one
Every time they disappear
Yellow...

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O Turkey My Turkey are you about done?
You’ve been in the oven since way before dawn
The people; so excited are waiting and waiting
For every bit of deliciousness that we are plating
Mash potatoes, gravy, cranberry, yams,
Green...

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The oldest living group 
of chewing herbivorous insects 
proudly carries 250 million years 
of quiet evolution.
No soft muscle tissue 
on these grasshopper legs, 
they are bear 
as clean-picked chicken bones 
and hard 
as the outer shell of some...

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A Million Bucks for a 2005 Chrysler?

By Elton Camp 

On e-Bay that’s the asking opening bid
For a clunker the owner wants to be rid

Car wasn’t much good when it was new
So how can such price...

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New bags, New phone
New dress for today
and the mirror says
the reflection of me
Hush tag #ootd

I'm hungry, where's the porn of food
even the stomach is so full of water
Plating is the limit dude
hush tag #brakethesnacklunchsuffer

When I'm...

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What does it matter to me?
 If plastic clogs the roaring seas. 
All I want is convenience, 
A life of ease. 
Do you think I give a damn? 
If they poison our wells. 
And chainsaw...

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