England's great escape
...Slovakia one
deep dark despair depression
England nil — hey Jude
Bellingham bicycle kick
Toney assist Kane header...
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Categories:
slovakia, england, football, soccer,
Form: Tanka
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union...
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Categories:
slovakia, abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Celtic Warriors and Joycean Drunks
...Watching the futbol match between the national teams of Ireland and Slovakia. I managed to purchase a cheap seat and I am sitting up in the nosebleed section. We drank and cheered as the game wore ...
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Categories:
slovakia, humor,
Form: Haibun
Clerihew Smetana
...Bedrich Smetana
from Slovakia
known for his musical gesture
talented gifted for sure...
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Categories:
slovakia, music, people,
Form: Clerihew
September 18 2022
...September 18 2022
(With Barb)
By Franklin Price
09/18/2022
It's the eighteenth of September
The year is twenty twenty-two
I'm on a River Cruise in Europe
With early morning thoughts of you
...
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Categories:
slovakia, blessing, friendship love, international,
Form: Rhyme
Eminent Domain, Manifest Destiny, Usurpation
...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Russian soldiers in general
and Vladimir Putin in particular
perpetrate outright injustice
against Ukrainian population.
Impossible mission to...
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Categories:
slovakia, abuse, anger, conflict, death,
Form: Free verse
Dream of the Chair
...Stroking wrinkle and skin
Of his rivets and skinny legs
On top of a hill
An art school on the other side
He must had been one of the chairs
To support the students for generations
Their tri...
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Categories:
slovakia, age, art, dream, flower,
Form: Free verse
Where Is the Conscience of the World
...Were is the conscience of the world
The world should rise
And embrace peace
We are tired of dying
We are tired of oppression
We are not giving up our land
We are ready to defend our
Our di...
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Categories:
slovakia, africa, community, confusion, deep,
Form: Epic
Rules For Old Men Waiting
...Jack awoke in his usual pain, un-
daunted by it. We're all gonna die
someday is his morning mantra these days.
Isolate the variable, anything
you do to one side of the equation
you gotta do to t...
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Categories:
slovakia, men, morning, pain, school,
Form: Verse
We the Bretheren
...WE THE BRETHEREN
I’ve a friend, Chang, Chinese
his roommate, Chin Lee, Japanese.
Lee married Shernaz, a brunette
whose father is from Pakistan
and mother from South Africa.
Shernaz’s childhood ...
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Categories:
slovakia, friendship,
Form: Free verse
David Wetherill
...David started playing table tennis,
At the age of ten in his local club,
Where his dad worked as a coach,
And where his brother played him.
He was born with a bone disorder,
Rare Multiple ...
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Categories:
slovakia, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Sara Head
...Sara played basketball in squad ParalympicsGB,
At Euros, at Worlds and at Commonwealth Games,
In Manchester and in Melbourne, and had TT victory,
At the Paralympics in London with her team-mate...
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Categories:
slovakia, sports, strength,
Form: Verse
Paul Davies
...Paul played table tennis as part of his rehab,
So accepted an invitation to ‘Come and Try’,
Which saw him selected for a German contest,
To represent Wales ‘cos he’s from Cardiff fab.
That...
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Categories:
slovakia, sports, strength,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Slovakia
...From joining the Union in 2004,
no longer Crowns, but thorns in the Euro Zone.
Dues through Asylum’s open door
Quotas from Italy or Greece,
over casings and from caters,
to step on hope and fi...
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Categories:
slovakia, family, history, hope, humanity,
Form: Narrative
My Father Is Dancing With Death
...Gabriel A. Levicky
MY FATHER IS DANCING WITH DEATH
His elephant ears moved.
His ash face, straight from a collection of death masks
Those behind dust covered windows.
And yes.
His dentures, click,...
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Categories:
slovakia, father, father, father,
Form: Free verse
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