Lahore
...Historian writes that after the mongols left lahore khokhar and gabru plundered the rest of the city.
Couplet
Wo tab bhi loot maar kartay thay aur ab bhi kartay hain
Na yasir shami kuch bolta...
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Categories:
mongols, books, city, education, history,
Form: Free verse
You Are Owed No Reparations, Part Ii
......And what of my English background,
when those damn Normans came to town,
they slaughtered us, and left us ruled,
by Frenchman with ambitions cruel!
So Paris owes me lots of cash,
and London o...
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Categories:
mongols, africa, anger, history, how
Form: Rhyme
A Memory
...A Memory
By Sy Roth
It didn’t come in like an invading horde of Mongols astride their horses.
It came like a Siren whispering a sweet song, blowing soft winds in my ear.
The old woman sat o...
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Categories:
mongols, memory,
Form: Free verse
When Savages Sang Strongly 4
...Sometimes faith lives on the edge of a knife
as Sviastoslav the Rus sacker came to know
the Khazar Khanate knew how to cut a slight
his gilded skull stole the show,
the Vatican went from a marsh...
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Categories:
mongols, heart,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Adam Mickiewicz Translation: the Ruins of Balaclava
...Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava
by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades
of castles?once your indisputable...
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Categories:
mongols, death, depression, grave, romantic,
Form: Sonnet
The Sparrow and the Bush
...A little sparrow flew down to a bush and said, "Please, can you give me a little swing on thee, and the bush angrily said no!
So the sparrow went to a goat, to nibble the bush, but the goat s...
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Categories:
mongols, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Historical Reflections
...Historical Reflections
The Emperor has four hundred wives
with flower faces framed by jet.
Mai Lin can pluck a thousand tunes,
Yin Feng knows all erotic arts.
They drink spiced wine in jasper cu...
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Categories:
mongols, history, , cute,
Form: Free verse
A Country
...We multiply by a bomb
Then we bear another.
We drag our children into passport documents.
We multiply far from the bedroom
And spit on our wedding day -
never paying attention to the tears.
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Categories:
mongols, war,
Form: ABC
Incarnation
...I have been here, the touch of the rose petals under my feet...The drink of lotus wine, adorned in white lien and gold... Behind the veils , in the temples of Abydos ... The scenes replay.... F...
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Categories:
mongols, adventure, beautiful, deep, earth,
Form: Free verse
Great Wall
...Once upon a time Great Wall of China was created
But there are conflicting stories about how it was generated
It is known it was to be defense against Mongols Chinese dreaded
Created by stones th...
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Categories:
mongols, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Egg-Stant History 7
...I have realised just now” added the Owl, “that you were destined to know me better, and I believe I was destined to teach you something from my modest store of knowledge. Does it not seem more than a...
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Categories:
mongols, anti bullying,
Form: Narrative
Egg-Stant History 6
...“Well I am indeed honoured dear Owl” replied Dumpty, thoughtfully he perceived this might be a good time to enquire about what he had witnessed by the river, so without preamble he asked the learn'ed...
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Categories:
mongols, anti bullying,
Form: Narrative
Positions: Part Three
...Positions: Part Three
Arabic Poem by: Bushra Al-Bustani
Translated into English by:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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The Position of Grief
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Was t...
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Categories:
mongols, arabic, deep, feelings, grief,
Form: Prose Poetry
China the Red Plague
...Earth, water, fire, metal, and sky...
pummeled to submission.
Refuse and decay, side by side,
ground into submission.
Once pristine mountains ranged high;
Mongols in ascension
riding beneath ...
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Categories:
mongols, adventure, angst, depression, history
Form: Ballad
The Red Plague/ Mao's Legacy
...Earth, water, metal, sky...
pummeled into submission.
Decay, refuse, side by side,
ground into submission.
Once pristine mountains ranged high;
while wild horses went flying by
ridden...
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Categories:
mongols, adventure
Form: Sonnet
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