Short Peasants Poems

As we sought the dawn knocking 
            The orator stood to address:
            'Peasants, He lamb cometh'....

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a morning glory 
peasants sow paddy saplings
larks hop in their eyes 
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Kolkata, June 11, 2016...

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Jean Francois Millet ,a realist
picturing  peasants ,did not desist
Quiet time prayer 'The Angelus'*
more evangelical than strict religious


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The monopoly metropolis, o'er the mass.
The sun has set 'pon the great pass.
All for one and none for all, 
the old grey miser throws a ball;
...no peasants allowed....

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Today is a very astonishing day
for the elders and peasants.
Their king, who is also their god,
bleeds.
 “Gods do not bleed!” a child
cries out in the midst of a shocked crowd....

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Rain poured the night before
Reviving cobblestone
Ribbons round tambourine
Rollick, she kept ringing
Response of the peasants
Remarkable impact.
Ray of blush on her face


9/2/2023...

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Adriaen van Ostade
peasants&hovels were his special fad
His brother Isaak followed the same path
their amusing art still produces a laugh*

*https://www.wikiart.org/en/adriaen-van-ostade...

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I besiege the listless Autumn fortress

of tyranny held in contempt of light

for the fools of power and pity portrayed

of vagabond peasants I fight!

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Rustic colors of browns, mustard colors and burnt 
          reds cover falling leaves.
The sun giving bus the last bits of summer's essence.
No one grieves.
A spectacular presence.
If only for us peasants....

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A Queen by the name of Marie Antoinette
 Member of the Eighteenth-Century Aristocracy Set

   Told the peasants 'Eat cake,' then tossed them some crumbs
   They tossed back a knife with a note ~ 'You die, you bum'...

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Entering her royal courts at Brighten Manor....
Jovial the festive gathering jostling to find a place
Outside these walls as vantage their eyes; love's vista ?
Peasants of ancient old, and paupers; realigned, this gold....

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a church clock
shows the midnight hour - -
graves open

death plays 
a tune on his fiddle - -
skeletons dance 

kings and peasants
hold hands and dance in circles - -
a cock waits

*based on Danse Macabre

for Gail’s contest...

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Robin Hood and merry men took great delights
In protection of the peasants and their rights
But what really gave them pleasure 
And which emphasised their measure
Was cavorting through the forest wearing tights


31 January 2019...

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Pitter patter on with perfect ambiguity 
Knowing only the knolls of the knave
Brave, brave sir, mam, beware
Aristotle to Aristocracy, I dare
Peasants pair and say thou prayers
The dusk-walker approaches
You are now, the forgotten little roaches...

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You know those stretching machines peasants once booed?
I could use one because I would be svelte like a giraffe then.
I am willing to pay whatever, I have money and lots of food.
The only thing I don’t have is the desirable look of the thin....

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If I were a peasant girl,
   ...would you over look it?

If I were a queen with elegance,
 ..would you love me more?

  If I were a peasant girl,
    ...would you love me more?

 If I were a queen in a peasants body,
  ...would you recognize my love?...

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Noses all upturned
the potato eaters sit
beneath a lamp suspended
from out of the gloom.
Van Gogh's search for inner light
began with the Dutch peasants.




~~~~~~~~  for Abe Lopez contest  ~~~~~~~~
                    Van Gogh's "The Potato Eaters"
                       a choka in 5-7-7-5-7-7...

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if we cant give thanks for the little we do have ,then we must be really poor .for even the peasants gave thanks ! and they didnt have much more ,(than us)yet we still fuss and being sore ,then praying to God to help us , but what for. if we cant thank him for the little we have , then why would he give us more.....

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Tanka~Ekphrasis

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"The Peasants' Churchyard"
lay of scattered thoughts thirsting
where creed lay barren--

withering in shades of grey
each flower fall, silent hope...

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Van Gogh ~ "Old Church Tower At Nuenun" 

A Strand Contest


His "Church" Paintings' Are Quite Intriguing.....

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Urban poverty is a cunning creature
she goes looking for a plot to build home
often gets prime area in the city 
and builds apartments in rich men’s hearts

Every morning, weekend she plans
sneaks to markets and farms of peasants
grabs daily bread from hungry children
to enhance peasant’s gross imaginary happiness...

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The wealth of a nation
its measures and indicators
manifests conspicuously
not among wealthy class 
not among the powerful
not in the banks, treasuries
but in rugged and dry hands
of the ordinary peasants
the ones who sleep hungry
The poor are poor, die poor
because somewhere one
is praised, loved, endeared
through riddles and lyrics...

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French King Louis XVI placed his love bet
On teenage queen Marie Antoinette
Sadly, it is said, though she deserted his bed 
For frivolous Marie, Louis lost his head.

Of Louis’ sweet Marie, it is our take
She was a desserter who truly loved cake
For proposing cake for peasants who lacked bread
Queen Marie left a guillotine minus her head...

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Some are murders, some
 are thieves, and some are 
peasants don’t you see...

Murders, thieves, peasants, 
judges and juries…

Ravens are thieves, as 
you know, watch them they
 may even find a corpse…

Murders, thieves, peasants,
 judges, juries and Ravens…

They mean but one thing, 
a trial of sorts…

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2010...

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Words make friendships,
Create bonds and sink ships.
They are powerful,
Enough to empy or to full.

They are daggers of hate,
Or hear-felt poems during a date.
A weapon with such a might,
With ability to hurt or delight.

Spoken razor sharp swords,
Distinguishing peasants from lords.
A power lying within the toungue,
Making a frail man strong....

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To right the wrongs he saw did Robin strive
It wasn't fair that peasants were so poor
He robbed the rich, helped keep the poor alive

Shot arrows sharp and swift, his aim was sure
Though honor's glory did not Robin lure

But that he left the world a better place
He died, a smile -- God's Grace -- upon his face



                Iambic Pentameter...

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