Long Warships Poems
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Sappho Translations
Sappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch
A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
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Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch
She keeps her scents
in a dressing-case.
And her sense?
In some undiscoverable...
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Categories:
warships, girl, girlfriend, love, lust, sensual, woman, women,
Form:
Epigram
Beware the Ides of March 2023
Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
warships, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
A Wartime Childhood
I was seven years old when began World War Two
And eleven became by the time it was through.
I have vague recollections of things when that small,
But events during wartime I clearly recall.
Since there was no...
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Categories:
warships, america, history, patriotic, soldier, tribute, world war
Form:
Rhyme
Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part I
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
Smithsonian Magazine history buff
Tom A. Frail
posted March 4, 2010 issue
url = https://www.smithsonianmag.com/
history/top-ten-reasons-to-beware-
the-ides-of-march-8664107/
top ten reasons to
beware the...
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Categories:
warships, adventure, celebration, conflict, death, eulogy, fate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Into a Dark Raging Storm, Tempest and Hail
Into A Dark Raging Storm, Tempest And Hail
Into a dark raging storm, tempest and hail
alas, sadly all was to be to no avail.
Twelve pounders broke loose crashing about
some over the wind praying in a shout.
Prisoners...
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Categories:
warships, conflict, history, prayer, sea, storm, violence, war,
Form:
Narrative
Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber
The world today is split in two
… or three... or four... or maybe more,
but nonetheless, one must confess,
all wage their wars as heretofore.
While blunderbusses prey for us
within our world where gods deceive,
atomic war, white phosphorus
and...
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Categories:
warships, humanity, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Notices From Your Watch Woman On the Wall Part Four
23) Both Red China and Russia have war vessels on the Bering Sea,
in international waters, close to the coast of Alaska, and they
...
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Categories:
warships, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Political Verse
Remembering Reagan's Words
The crumbling down of the Berlin Wall finally
ended the Cold War as a defiant Reagan challenged
Gorbachev as his famous words were spoken mightily,
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear it down!"...And he shouted them with rage,
while...
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Categories:
warships, history, hope, inspirational, loss, nostalgia, peace, people,
Form:
Narrative
Alchemy of the Answers
Alchemy of the Answers
Belief in the beauty of unrequited love blooming
No relief as they replay the sounds of war looming
A chief at the mane of the horse he is grooming
A thief that...
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Categories:
warships, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Sappho Fragment 2: How Can I Compete With That Damned Man
Sappho fragment #2
translation by Michael R. Burch
How can I compete with that damned man
who fancies himself one of the gods,
impressing you with his "eloquence" ...
when just the thought of sitting in your radiant presence,
of hearing...
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Categories:
warships, girl, girlfriend, love, lust, sexy, woman, women,
Form:
Sapphic stanza
Loveless
Depression vol 13 ~ Loveless
How dull I feel, writing of the same
eternal misery like all those before me;
All my fellow poets, or the regretful
artists lyrics, that forever seem to plea,
As fickle as a...
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Categories:
warships, depression, emotions, loneliness, lonely, love, poetry, student,
Form:
Rhyme
Aussie Cruiser Sydney
OUR TIN POT NAVY so THEY SAID in 1914 Sydney in the first World War 1
In 1914 German cruisers were cut loose
and Emden she was one…………….…(fired 38lb shells)
the Indian ocean she did for hunting...
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Categories:
warships, war, war, world, war,
Form:
Rhyme
War Mechanic
War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany.
Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death. It...
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Categories:
warships, conflict, military, tribute, war,
Form:
Free verse
One Summer Long Ago Part 1
.One Summer Long ago
The wind played idly with white puffy clouds
The sun shining brightly against the loud blue sky
The horizon shimmered and danced . Islands of white ,dotted the Aegean Stretching...
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Categories:
warships, adventure, sea, sky, summer, sun, war,
Form:
Epic
Yarra Was An Old Sloop In 1941
YARRA was an old Sloop
Yarra was an old ship in 1941...........about a 10 year old Sloop
She was a small Destroyer with three 4 inch guns...
So she sunk the Babr in an attack in old Iran......it...
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Categories:
warships, warold, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Dream Boat
Amidst the tempestuous waters and dreams
Some argue we are all linked by similar streams
Yet, I disagree, as countless distinct ships,
Cross those raging waters, reaching for grips.
Attestive people travel on ocean vessels
In terms of style and...
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Categories:
warships, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, boat, conflict, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Eight decades on'
Eight decades past world war two was at its last gasp.'
Parades were to folow.' Nazi Germany was beaten hollow
Like a drum..'Some scenes echo.' And make me dumb my
Mouth, silent my eyes observe the violence shaky...
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Categories:
warships, education,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great Mahele
*Image of Hawaii State Flag & State Motto/Seal by Pixabay.
The Great Mahele
The Hawaiian islands were overwhelmed,
In the year eighteen hundred forty-three,
Hawaiians were prisoners, promptly held,
By Captain George Paulet a Lord he'd be.
Constraining the islands for...
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Categories:
warships, america, conflict, england,
Form:
Sonnet
War
Who plays
the world's guitar
turning hearts
against life?
US wants money
Russia land
mindless of tears
and blood shed
China's sneezed
covid spread
muzzling mouths
silencing sounds
dulling senses
to blood pain
horror
weakening bodies
enraging minds
tilting world's
economic power
laying wood
to be ignited
by spark
of...
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Categories:
warships, world war i,
Form:
Free verse
The Cruller Sagas Part No. 2
The Cruller Sagas Part 2- The Insipid Rise of the Cruller Wars
As it came to pass, after the Spanish exhibition of the inherent strategic defensive
possibilities of the cruller defense;
Soon all navies festooned their warships with...
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Categories:
warships, adventure, history, sea, war, world,
Form:
Burlesque
Cruise To Alaska Ii
Cold and icy passageway to trudge through.
Ships and warships sailed thru the Bering Strait.
In limbo 'tween two nations, iced, staid too.
When I first set out, for thrill I await.
Where ferocious beasts can hunt and...
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Categories:
warships, analogy, appreciation, beauty, travel,
Form:
Quintain (Sicilian)
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire
I lead this Queen to a guillotine
She follows me with dignity and grace
all English oak and 98 guns.
I am an unsuitable escort for my Lady,
my low born coarseness, the effort of towing her...
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Categories:
warships, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Historic Visit
A long time afterward have bloomed the flowers of love at last
A long time afterward the pigeon has dropped the letter of love
The two nations Cuba and the USA though lie close to each other
Nevertheless...
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Categories:
warships, allusion, beautiful, encouraging, happiness, humanity, international,
Form:
Free verse
Last Vestige of a Crumbling Empire
mr. panetta wants the world to know
that the big bully’s gonna finish his last
doughnut &
parade with baton in hand
to the asia-pacific,
where now, he can stand as intimidating as he can
muster,
overlooking the rise of China’s economy...
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Categories:
warships, life, world, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Cost of Doing Business
Planes crash...
Cheaper to kill
Than fix a problem
That costs $600 a plane
Do you think our values are ill?
Are we all just insane?
Wrong prescription filled
Patient dies...
Pardon us,
The fault merely lies
In cheaper employees
Training incomplete,
Cost of correcting??
Well then,
We couldn't...
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Categories:
warships, confusion, death, faith, history, sad, satire, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue