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Oxford university and dis-union

...The spires watch nightmares planned below, for citizenry Who should have no foe.' From within its boundry's They're to be fools on show, the first of April, auspisces Known.' The donkeys are leadi......

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Categories: oxford university, anxiety, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme

Rizz, a Cola lost of fizz

...The year-end creeps, mercuries freeze, And buzz up English dictionaries, All in a forward gear To find Word of the Year, Which, for Oxford is the slang rizz— An argot not so clear, Froth le......

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Categories: oxford university, words,
Form: Limerick

Buller Boys

...Beyond the imposing and the high iron gate The picturesque setting of the Oxford University Situates the hedonistic oriented Bullingdon Club Founded more than 200 years ago. The socially exclus......

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Categories: oxford university, celebrity, student,
Form: Free verse

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The Bullingdon Boys

... The Bullingdon Club was founded in 1780 about 240 years ago. An elite private club for male Oxford University students, selected for their wealth, and willingness to take part in club acti......

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Categories: oxford university, bullying, hate, men, racism,
Form: Prose Poetry

Shakespeare Returns

...this place... Weymouth - a small tranquil village! How far is my Stratford from here? my Stratford-on-Avon! The Shangri-la of a dramatist's imagination! Assuming, I had a very very long slum......

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Categories: oxford university, history, poets,
Form: Free verse

Brideshead Revisited

...I lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife I was an architectural painter and was very successful too And after ......

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Categories: oxford university, england, memory, soldier, war,
Form: Narrative

Poetry Or Prose

...Is it poetry or prose Who really knows Must it be in a shelf To rename itself. This is a conundrum which has appeared here, in various guises over the many years I have enjoyed the talented ......

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Categories: oxford university, appreciation, humor,
Form: Verse

The Poet of Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan

...English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine" Enough for Me by Fadwa Tuqan loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Enough for me to lie in the ......

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Categories: oxford university, allah, arabic, culture, nature,
Form: Verse

Fadwa Tuqan Translations

...Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic. Enough for Me by Fadw......

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Categories: oxford university, allah, culture, earth, love,
Form: Free verse

My Parents Were Illegal Immigrants In the United States

...In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven other prison......

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Categories: oxford university, america, immigration,
Form: Prose

Soliloquio Del Individuo By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan

... Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan (Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of the "Cervantes Prize" (the highest literary honour......

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Categories: oxford university, allegory, humanity, loneliness, philosophy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Hay Un Dia Feliz By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan

... Hay un dia feliz by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan To come by a happy day (In this poem, Parra maintains lines of twelve to thirteen syllables with every other line ......

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Categories: oxford university, childhood, family, father, feelings,
Form: Quatrain

Poyecto De Tren Instantaneo Entre Santiago Y Puerto Montt By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan

...Proyecto de tren instantaneo entre Santiago y Puerto Montt by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T Wignesan (Homage to Nicanor......

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Categories: oxford university, allegory, extended metaphor, imagination,
Form: Free verse

Theatrum Mundi

...Theatrum Mundi Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred to unde......

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Categories: oxford university, education, imagination, poems, poetry,
Form: Narrative