Long Wwii Poems
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Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
wwii, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
wwii, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
America Wasn'T So Bad Back ThenWe have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when...
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Categories:
wwii, america,
Form:
Prose
Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas - Fiction
Grandma died when I was 18 years old, on Christmas day. I never really got to know her well, since the family had pretty much kept their distance from her due to her 'weird religion.'...
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Categories:
wwii, christian, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
wwii, adventure, analogy, appreciation, boat, celebration, sea, travel,
Form:
Concrete
Your Final Stand Green SoldiersYOUR FINAL STAND... GREEN SOLDIERS!
WARNING: ADULT SUBJECT, STRONG CONTENT
RIVERS of RED
FACES of BLUE
SKYS of GRAY
WHAT LESSONS can be learned from POLAND?
1945 my FAMILY fled the RUSSIAN...
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Categories:
wwii, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Job - Part 1The Job
I got a plane to catch in the morning. 8:15 AM out of Austin, destination Orange County, CA. Never cared much for California and I don’t think anything about this trip is...
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Categories:
wwii, death,
Form:
Narrative
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxix - Bang Bang Who Shot Me Down Like An Un-Licensed DogIF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXIX - Bang! Bang! Who Shot Me Down like an Un-licensed Dog !
IF ever I had a country, a country certainly
not subject to the whistle of a...
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Categories:
wwii, america, fantasy, firework, humor, power, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Things Never SaidThe Things Never Said
The terror…
The only things ever said about my daddy’s WWII service were that he’d been to New Guinea where he’d ridden on a truck full of soldiers by a river without a...
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Categories:
wwii, christian, fear, may, political, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Rose By Any Other Name ---Through the hushed whisper of the breeze
Flowing through the majestic circling pine trees
I sense that I have stepped
Into a sacred hallowed space
A GARDEN OF ROSES
A heady perfume hits the senses
Euphoric, Exhilarating, Enticing, Ethereal comes to...
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Categories:
wwii, beauty, humanity, love, peace, world war ii,
Form:
Ode
The Way of TheThe Way of the Coconut
The Way of the Coconut, that is our creed,
The coconut gives us all that we need.
From mental to physical, nothing left out,
It covers everything, without any doubt.
Where to begin, it’s really...
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Categories:
wwii, happy, myth, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Eric Clapton InspirationEric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Canadian WWII soldier in England.
His grandparents mostly raised him.
He...
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Categories:
wwii, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form:
Bio
The Last Good Days of InnocenceWe were a generation free of super-technology.
Yes, we had our records and tv
and the airlines for speedy travel. And yes,
there had been wars throughout history,
but we had never lived ourselves through wars’ horrors.
WWI, WWII,...
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Categories:
wwii, people,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Addictions: Smokes, Drugs, Sex, Films and Sleep - Xl, Part OneUnquotable quotes: Addictions: Smokes, Drugs, Sex, Films and Sleep – XL
Where the hand leads, the eyes close.
When the eyes shut, imagination is on fire.
What you don’t really see is what you feel.
When you feel at...
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Categories:
wwii, abuse, addiction, baby, drug, mother, sensual, sleep,
Form:
Epigram
5
"5"
benevolence and favour
seemed to be absent
in the world
grace, a name
whispered before
a meal shared
5 fingers
on each hand
steeples, hiding people
games played
in reverence
as a child
war paint
bleeding
signs
in the footprints
the number of...
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Categories:
wwii, war,
Form:
Free verse
Lady Liberty SpeaksArt History
I stand erect with outstretched hand Representing liberty, for many, a foreign land My fire dances an incessant jubilant glow
I represent hope for the oppressed to sow
Pungent salts mixed with glassy sands
...
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Categories:
wwii, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
A Lie-Nobody Tried To Save the JewsNote I did not ever say this......another poet did...
His statement inspired me to pen this Poem.
Nor does he know that people of all religions and from
all other countries volunteer a few weeks a year...
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Categories:
wwii, death, humanity,
Form:
Couplet
The End of the WorldI hope I'm wrong but I sense we may be on the verge of mass coronavirus hysteria in America: last week both my gym and church closed their doors--how do I exercise body and soul...
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Categories:
wwii, anxiety, appreciation, death, humanity, perspective, sick, technology,
Form:
Prose
In An Unknown Grave He LiesThis is about a man whose name is Jesse
Born In Kansas and raised in Missouri
Was called to fight for his beloved country
And assigned to defend an outlying territory
Jesse fought as hard as any...
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Categories:
wwii, death, family, death, heart, body, death, grave,
Form:
Elegy
The Super AmericanWWII has been over for 66 years &
for some reason those responsible for the production of captain america: the first avenger
think that now is a good time to bring back a douche bag...
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Categories:
wwii, lifewar, film, time, war, planet,
Form:
Free verse
The B-17 and the Me-109Somewhere over Europe
A B-17 flies
Strafed and damaged
In her enemies skies
The flak has taken
Its toll on the plane
This crew so brave
In this theatre of war campaign
Many hours have passed
With no sight of the channel
Only land ahead
Is...
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Categories:
wwii, anniversary, friendship, history, life, people, places, war
Form:
Rhyme
Le Probleme Avec Des Blancs - Translation of Jim Everett's the White Man Problem By T WignesanLe Problème avec des Blancs – Translation of Jim Everett’s « The White Man Problem » by T. Wignesan
(Jim Everett, Mawbana Pleregannana, b. 1942 on Flinders Island, Tasmania, has had a chequered career and like...
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Categories:
wwii, discrimination, power, prejudice, racism, , literature,
Form:
Quatrain
A Glorious General"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honour of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories together with...
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Categories:
wwii, fate, hero, history, leadership, military, tribute, world
Form:
Free verse
Its the FourthIt’s the fourth - fireworks; the fizzle of stars.
The colorful display of power of the people —
waving of the red, white and blue; freedom
rings, slowly, building to a crescendo
to include all the melting pot called...
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Categories:
wwii, america, freedom, independence day, love, patriotic,
Form:
Narrative
Still smarting from stupid scamming fraudstersStill smarting from stupid scamming fraudsters...
five months ago to the day
Twas the cusp of tooth thousand
twenty three summer solstice,
when yours truly (a fool
and his money went separate ways)
mine cherished nest egg,
I would immediately miss
lesson immediately...
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Categories:
wwii, abuse, age, anger, angst, baptism, betrayal, crush,
Form:
Rhyme