Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
...Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squ...
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Categories:
perestroika, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Perestroika, a Love Letter
...Perestroika, a love letter
Glasnost beaten by the devil
prison camps revitalized
repression modernized
for the new world
new wars the same young men die
Ukraine's children bleed red
P...
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Categories:
perestroika, america, death, integrity, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
...Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squ...
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Categories:
perestroika, adventure, appreciation, bullying, confidence,
Form: Free verse
What About China
...What about China?
When they compel you to stay home,
imposing cloaks on nature's beauty
as a fellow friend becomes a foe
and the media unhorsed propaganda
Can we all all ask
what about chin...
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Categories:
perestroika, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Lyric
I-N-D-I-A
...india first,india lasts
india first,india lasts
arab spring revolution
china tiananmen square uprising
russia perestroika collapse
world's most time-tested country india
india first,india lasts...
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Categories:
perestroika, celebration, freedom, hindi, independence
Form: Sonnet
Marxism For Dummies 14
...Though Canton claims it’s communist, it’s not.
Beijing, like Belarus, breeds oligarchs.
There’s nobody alive who’s heard of Marx:
a rickshaw ride’s the only kind of trot.
Seek Mensheviks in Min...
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Categories:
perestroika, satire,
Form: Sonnet
Build Your First Brick
...trouble
then you must build your first brick
blow hard to make your bubble
That first step's so important
to go forward at that time
once it's taken you're on move
life's hit your peak in your prime
(I have written this poem inspired by the word "perestroika".
The best translation from Russian I can come up with is "rebuilding", but it is not quite so, the word means tearing down for the purpose of building better.)...
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Categories:
perestroika, change, life, work,
Form: Rhyme
Perestroika
...“Who are you going to call for; what do you have to say?”
~ R.E.M., “Good Advices” from the album Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
It’s really for the best you know
Those apples we...
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Categories:
perestroika, conflict, food, freedom, home,
Form: Verse