Short Ivan Poems

hurricane ivan--
      broken trees and power lines
            teardrops in crushed homes...

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Piggable - Jiggable
Ivan the Terrible
Strangely proposed to 
Elizabeth One.
Russian society,
Antiediluvian,
Made her refuse him
And spoil his fun....

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she gave me a call
Seconds after she pulled u outta her womb,
Ur mum is the greatest woman alive
So we named u ivan,our gift
From the Great Spirit,GOD that is....

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she gave me a call
Seconds after she pulled u outta her womb,
Ur mum is the greatest woman alive
So we named u ivan,our gift
From the Great Spirit,GOD that is....

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I-lluminate
V-iew
A-nd
N-ew

B-eacon
O-bliterate
R-ainy
C-hill
E-ndorsing
L-ight
I-n
S-hine

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Borcelis (December 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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I-nspiring
V-erse
A-bout
N-ice

B-irthday
O-f
R-eader
C-omforts
E-very
L-ife
I-n
S-ublimity

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Borcelis (December 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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It’s not that God is powerless,
                                             It’s just that God is afraid.
                                                                                     - Ivan Beresford....

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I-n
V-ivid
A-nd
N-ew

A-tmosphere
L-uminous
D-ay's
R-adiance
I-n
N-atural

D-awn
O-f
R-efulgence
O-pens
P-leasantly
A-bating
N-ight

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (November 25) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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I-n
V-ertical
A-crostic's
N-ote

A-uthor
L-ets
D-edication
R-ightfully
I-mplement
N-atal

D-ay
O-nce
R-egards
O-f
P-oet
A-pply
N-obility

Topic: Birthday of ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (March 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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I will be writing, 
till I tell the World
all things I have to tell,
and, till my projects will be well
typed, submitted, published
to meet the wider Public
to keep Her name in mind forever
not to forget it never.

   Ivan Petryshyn...

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I-nspiring 
V-erse 
A-bout 
N-atal

A-crostic 
L-ines 
D-eploys 
R-emembrance 
I-n 
N-ame 

D-elightfully 
O-ffering 
R-esonance 
O-f 
P-oem 
A-nd 
N-ote 

Topic: Birthday of Ivan Aldrin D. Doropan (March 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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The Grinches Christmas

Date: Fri, Dec 4 2015 at 3:32 PM

Coming through "Whoville"
Bout to give these Fools "Chills"
Got Ivan Ooze "Thrilled"
I don't think everyone know "Ghouls" "Real"
Cindy Lou in "Tears"
Cause the Grinch Revenge Severe
The Grinch been plotting for a few "Years"...

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There is a game we play
but played by no one else
The same game you can play
If you play it by yourself.

I had long ago wondered
of what had me pondered
for at home is an enigma
and we named it -- PAPA.

*Young Ivan Ivanovich was murdered by his father, Ivan the Terrible...

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Ivan, Cliff's friend, was on the line.
"Cliff is in the hospital, come at once."
"What happened?" I asked, knowing I didn't want to know.
"Just get up here."  He sounded angry.

Written 5/5/19

Liberum Divisa contest  Gregory R Barden sponsor
Taken from my free verse
"A Remembered Day"...

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Art of Ivan Albright
I hear a death rattle
feel gloom 
despise grayscale-ness

flat black paint kind of background
lecherous guy
creepy skeletal hands
craggy face

shirt looks dingy, dirty, smudged
tablecloth is dank, dour, dusty,
grays and blacks, morose, macabre
I run from his art, screaming pink and orange....

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Above my head there is grey sky,
The wood that's bare without its cover,
Below in glade lemon leaves lie
in darkening dirt in lonely hour.

Cold noise is spreading out above, 
Below is silence of the fading...
My youth's a roaming, it is rough,
And lonely thoughts in useless waiting!

P.S. This is my translation of poem by Ivan Bunin, 1889...

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TO THE MEDICAL STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL
pain to ruin,
reliet to save,
great
is the job
by the doctors who trace
the way
to protect the life,
right
and brave are the moves,
courageous- the looks,
and priceless
the outcome
for the Dads and the Moms,
the thanks can't be counted,
never repaid,-
the only word to describe is
GREAT!
Ivan Petryshyn Chicago IL 05/13/07...

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Just a quick look
First chapter of a book
First verse of a song
Can’t stay overlong

A 50-yard dash
Gone in a flash
Not right, not wrong
Can’t stay overlong

A heat seeking missile
God blows the whistle
God strikes the gong
Can’t stay overlong...

*Dedicated to my brother Ivan who lost his life on an airline training flight in 1984. 'Hunter' was his middle name......

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C autious and adaptable
A mazingly deep 
P rosperity driven
R estless he can’t sleep
I ntelligent and forgiving
C ompassionate and down to earth
O rganized in times of need
R ebellious from birth
N ever giving up, in fact he takes the lead.

This would be a Capricorn indeed.





This was inspired by a comment from my friend Ivan Beresford. Thank you for the challenge....

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I told yo abwot my wif and hr jalos iys,
Sh also had qwality thndr thighs

Whn  sh walks thy caws lightning sparks
That cawsd fir throghowt London’s parks

n s hr thy drool and say 
Plas tak this woan far away

I har th say drown hr if you will
Or ivan still giv  a sicid pill

But sh is y  spcial girl
Whn I look at hr sh aks  hirl

But I lov hr so 
And I thoght you wold lik to know...

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tu vedes mihi se voles et in loci que voles, ego sum diversus-
scribo versum, 
entro spaci Mnemosiae,-
rosae
sunt in verbi, dolori et desideri,
et verae
sunt gratitudinae
da cordi a medici Hospitali Sanctae Mariae,-
sapenti viae
Misericordiae et Vitae,
inclino genoculi a heroi veri,non da miti,
Gratiae multi mundi
et multae stellae,
pulcher est laboris pro genti
en Urbi de Venti.
Ivan Petrysyn Chicago USA 05/13/07...

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There will be day I disappear
All be the same in empty room
A table and, of course, a chair
And simple icon I resume.

And butterfly in coloured silk
will fly under the ceiling blue
to flit to rustle and to blink
to soar to flutter there anew.

The same be bottom of the sky
to look in open window of mine,
The azure sea be still and smooth 
with all its deep attracting views.

P.s. This is my translation of poem by Ivan Bunin...

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the rain,
like melted grain
of ice
to be,
that, maybe,
loving will be we,
or, maybe, not,
but it just falls
in the gray day
of the wet fall.
the rain,
that we all must obey,
be it the morning or the day,
hoping, it will, will go away
some time, some evening
or some day.
the rain,
a paint 
of many hues,
the chance
to win or just to lose,
and to forget
with some regret.
but... let it rain,
please, let, 
please, let.
Ivan Petryshyn...

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Ohhhh,what a handsome, beautiful boy!!

Niwaha Ivan,born in the no village a head
Vicinity of the forest breeze
Every morning,birds singing
Hooooo,

Ivan is woken up,go to fetch water
Before you go schooling
Hhhjjj,born in a family of the mighty guys
The father,master,not only that,but a professional guy

Married to a wonderful colorful lady
Bonding me out,as a baby boy


Ivan grows, attend to school
In the 21st century

Now writing a sample...

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Just get some cream, grenadine, egg white, and dry gin.
A cocktail shaker with cracked ice is where they go in.
Strain that concoction into a stemmed glass.
There you have a drink with a lot of class.

The name may come from a Broadway musical.
That musical was written by Ivan Caryll.
Other stories of its origin continue to exist.
It’s another cocktail that comprises a long list.
The drink is an old one that maintains popularity.
This cocktail is known as a “Pink Lady”....

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