The Ultimate Chameleon
...She is confident, she is unsure.
Suspicious, trusting, aware, unaware,
a chameleon without trying
depending on the circumstances, and the company
She is an achiever, a procrastinator
She is a ...
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Categories:
messer, women,
Form: Free verse
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Parting
...Der Abschied (“The Parting”)
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We embrace;
my fingers trace
rich cloth
while yours encounter only moth-
eaten fabric.
A ...
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Categories:
messer, friendship, holocaust, leaving, war,
Form: Free verse
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the Burning of the Books
...Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books")
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of du...
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Categories:
messer, books, fire, holocaust, voice,
Form: Verse
Queens Surround Messy King
...The piles of pills and magazines
Amid Kleenex boxes and paraffin’s.
Bring a crazy look to the house of the queens.
Queen of clutter retaining her piles
Queen of hoarding tries on different smi...
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Categories:
messer, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
When Why But No How
...When one tiny atomised shrimp meets a third of a Christmas pudding it is known as a classic meeting of minds. But not if the meeting takes place in an office or a chamber. That is just quite uncharac...
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Categories:
messer, absence,
Form: I do not know?
Football
...Zillion supporters screaming, a loud buzz,
Yearning to return home cheered by victory.
Xerox machines preparing the next day’s papers; Max
Wit for the shame or fame of a member of the show.
V...
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Categories:
messer, cheer up, culture, encouraging,
Form: Abecedarian