Long West berlin Poems

In great sincerity, one president                              ...

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Rome was always a playground for me,
Where lovely girls thronged around the streets:
The Fontana dei Trevi where people threw coins
Hoping they would revisit enchanting Rome,
Or on the Spanish stairs amid the delicate flowers
Exuding fragrant perfumes...

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Elvis has left the building.
West Berlin, a significant place
Where life was lived at a frantic pace.
Me and Old Elvis together through the night
In those days when I saw things
In stark black or white,
And me and...

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A FLOWER FOR THE FUTURE

In 1964 a wall went up between
East and West Berlin!
What a barrier of shame, 
What a humanitarian sin,
During the 28 years until 
November 1989, over eighty 
People tried to escape over
The...

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I cannot breathe -scuffled


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I have come to a city that is an island;
Though waters are not the boundaries, you understand.
It is an oasis in the midst of bondage for those who are free.
And, I know it must be...

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I had been studying to make Sergeant,
And was scheduled for the afternoon promotion board.
To get some practice and test the waters,
I volunteered for the morning's Soldier Of The Month Board.

The Battalion recently had been given
A...

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West Berlin, British Sector
Hotbed of rumour and lies
I’m there illegally, not wearing 
A Jimmy in scaleyback disguise.
I was a Secret Squirrel or
Sneaky Beak was another name
They called us both but
They both meant the same.

There to...

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A VW Beetle 
An unloaded thirty eight
In the passenger seat
And out through the gate
A briefcase of secrets
Chained to the wrist
Memorized instructions
From an unwritten list.

In the event of an ambush
Just pop five rounds in: 
The only...

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In 1989 I rode the duty train with covered windows across the East German countryside, forewarned not to look outside.  I arrived in that island of freedom, which was surrounded by oppression, tyranny, and...

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Regarding fashion,Punk set out to gauge
The style of hair and clothes which would outrage.
John Lennon's voice was silenced at this time;
Mark Chapman was convicted for the crime.

A technical development unfurled
Which launched the first PC into...

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The swirls of freedom’s fervent dreams
On canvas raised in bitter cold
Upon oppression’s wall of screams

A city severed at its seams
Gleaned comfort in art’s bright console 
The swirls of freedom’s fervent dreams

Beyond the walls, a feared...

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A Rat, The Mice, Mr Tin went somewhere they've not been
"let me dance!" said A Rat "and we let The Mice sing"
as they travelled on the road toward West Berlin.

Even though roads are rocky and...

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The GDR put up a wall
in ‘61 because
they wanted West Berlin kept out.
A wall of shame it was!

In fact, the West more easily
could travel all about
while Eastern Germans were the ones
from freedom routes locked out....

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