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World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak VinerWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak Viner, Franta Bass
Der Himmel
"The Heavens"
by Ber Horvitz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
These skies
are leaden, heavy, gray...
I long for a pair
of deep blue eyes....
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suggests, evil, holocaust, race, racism, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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suggests, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
Water's WeaknessThere is nothing weaker than water
But none is superior to it in overcoming the hard,
For which there is no substitute.
(Laotse, "Nothing Weaker Than Water", Lin Yutang, trans.)
That weakness of mind and body overcomes strength
And uniting...
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suggests, power, psychological, water, western, wisdom,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
EcclesiaAn old Greek word, ecclesia,
is often translated as church,
but could also be thought of as a civilization
acting civilly,
as a citizenry
acting as responsible citizens.
The noun side of Ecclesia
casts residents as consumers
of democratic and economic cooperative systems,
while...
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suggests, culture, fear, health,
Form:
Political Verse
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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suggests, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Professor Glory's Active HopeThe title of this talk today,
"Win-Win Politics of New Feminist Economics"
suggests questions,
more than emasculating
definitively deductive
reductive
answers.
Would you imagine
a minority-identified Buddhist,
more likely as a feminist
or culturally comfortable
with political and economic Left-brain domination,
monopolistic competing toward total self-consuming
reiteratively...
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suggests, creation, culture, deep, environment, feelings, love, political,
Form:
Narrative
Cooperative FeministasCooperative Feministas
are not quite so much Competitive Manifestos.
In David Holmgren's introduction to Permacultural Therapeutic Design,
he contrasts "Industrial Culture" with "Sustainable Culture"
kind of like comparing masculine LeftBrain culture
with feminist RightBrain enculturation, nurturance, resonance
over the longer-term scenaria,
rather...
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suggests, anti bullying, caregiving, destiny, health, humanity, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
Enlightening Systems"Overcoming misleading [economic and political] metaphors
that are physically [naturally, ecosystemically, phylogenically] in [and of]
your [ecological-organic embodied] brain
is never easy."
George Lakoff, The Political...
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suggests, blessing, humor, math, mentor, metaphor, religion, science,
Form:
Political Verse
White Noise and the Motherload of Dark Matter
"White Noise and the Mother Load of Dark Matter"
underneath the static
what exists
is never seen nor heard
for what it truly is
the eyes and mind
retaliate in the deciphering
the invisible return
each night and...
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suggests, dark, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Advent of Healthier EconomicsIt's not so much
our cultural value conditioning
that presents a transitional communication problem
about changes of climate
within our Interior
and without
our Exterior
Landscapes.
It's more about discontinuous,
internally incommensurable,
cultural values
norms enjoined throughout Earth's fully domesticated human race
toward humane evolution's progress,
whether this...
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suggests, adventure, birth, bullying, hate, health, life, true
Form:
Free verse
'continental Drift' - the Metaphor'Continental Drift' - The Metaphor
In the seventies (1), few people dreamed ‘it’ was true,
guessed by scientists first when rough coastlines compared (2)
matched like parts of a puzzle (a jigsaw), found place
that joined ‘drop-offs’ waves hid...
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suggests, faith, science,
Form:
Rhyme
Beary Tales Episodes 1-6, Poet's Notes(Remembering Innocence)
Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new tales, improvements to previous verses, and improved...
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suggests, adventure, best friend, blessing, innocence, love, mentor,
Form:
Quatrain
Week 1 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Jack Gilbert'A Brief For The Defense
Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies
are not starving someplace, they are starving
somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils.
But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants....
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suggests, joy, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Designed Evolution - Revisions, By GodDesigned Evolution?
As Blue Sky’s dreams take root in fields like Daffodils
That blossom knowledge Love does serve all human souls,
Their truth grows wild across our lands! Oh, every crevice touches strands
Where Evolution has a chance...
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suggests, faith, life, love, science,
Form:
Rhyme
Ego Speaks For Yangyin HistoryMost everything I learned about the history of evolution
feels colored by Julian Jaynes' theory of language
and culture
and history
and icons of ecological systems and functions,
forms and frequencies,
rhythms and ironic, ionic
dualdark cosmological bicameral transparency.
This is not...
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suggests, creation, earth, humanity, identity, love, psychological, sun,
Form:
Narrative
Hold the PhoneHold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend!
I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean,...
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suggests, boyfriend, fashion, humor, money, student,
Form:
Free verse
Children Are Why We Need Higher TaxesSteven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for improvements.
Some of...
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suggests, child, education, school, , 9th grade,
Form:
Prose
Is Joss Whedon 'I Am' - Christ ReincarnateIs Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
I Think That That’s Doubtful!
More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...
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suggests, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Light EnchantmentsStarting way back
with sixteen hundred Scientific Revolutions
in math and physics
biology and ecology
climate chemistry and analogical theology
began transubstantiating dialects
Deductive/Seductive outside
Reductive/Retributive inside
nature of ZeroSoul selves
travelers on a ZeroZen MotherEarth Land
Great time-chain of enchanted/disenchanted Becoming.
Science brought home the...
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suggests, earth, green, health, history, math, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Systemic ChangeIt is known throughout Earth's anonymous
unanimous Commons,
Systems are hard to change.
The more macro-competitive,
Yang-strong,
The more difficult of all conversion stories
Over pernicious decades,
We tend to add "isms"
to pathological ends
of these global systemic issues.
This polyculturalistic/multiculturalism suffix,
negative appendage,
suggests a...
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suggests, caregiving, health, integrity, peace, psychological, wisdom, woman,
Form:
Political Verse
Galactic Strings Or Void of SpaceGalactic Strings or Void of Space?
A poem’s akin to a necklace, one fashioned
of water-worn pebbles (from rarest of realms),
stone cold truths tumble-polished, love’s chord weaves together.
Do fossilized beads left behind in Life’s wake
spark faint hint...
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suggests, faith, love, poetry, science, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
'present'"Present!"
It's a lackluster answer (1) to simple life question,
"Hi! How is it going Mom? You feel OK?"
She was lonely for sure, saw no chance of a rescue,
She fought for her kids, though art dreams went...
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suggests, journey, life, mentor, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Black BodyI. Imagine a stack
Of razor blades
Bolted together
Polished edges
Forming a blunt mass…
Who would guess the
Blackness of that face?
II. Picture Pandoran box
Harboring atom pulse;
No less a voyeur
The scientist peering
Through revealing keyhole
Finds an interior
Darker than any light.
III. Such...
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suggests, science, universe,
Form:
Blank verse
American TraitorTo manipulate laws to disqualify voters,
Vote multiple times, or give dead living voice,
These are acts of a traitor! Man’s born with a choice.
Should political virtue be building consensus,
To hate when you don't win a kind...
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suggests, abuse, betrayal, patriotic, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Earth's Teachable MomentsWhen Earth’s self-educational story did not yet include the self-awareness resources of DNA,
when all Earth’s Tribes were RNA rooted in composting soil,
what did we learn
to personally,
and more politically and economically,
more public sectorally,
regenerate self-governance of...
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Categories:
suggests, beauty, deep, earth, education, health, history, truth,
Form:
Prose Poetry