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Sweden today

...Sweden today
 
What happened to Sweden throwing off her neutrality like it was an old overcoat and to make matters worse joining old NATO, that is a moribund military organization.
I remember Ingr...

Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem

...Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Hrothulf and Hrothgar, uncle and nephew,
for a long time kept a careful peace tog...

Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part I, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem

...Widsith was a traveling minstrel who "sang for his supper" but may have been prone to exaggeration...

Widsith, the Far-Traveler, Part I of III
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 680-95...

Universal love

...Universal love

How to explain( I wrote "explain" seven times
before I got the spelling right)
my nephew, who lives in Spain but not in Valencia   
where the storm occurred, played golf 
A turb...

October 9th through the years

...October 9 is  the 283rd day this year
In history many died and she'd tears
1594  Portuguese empire defeated in Sri Lanka
Bringing an end to the campaign of danture 

1604 kepplers supernova foun...

Eurovision Song Contest- past, present and future

...If only the French could speak German,
and Germans could greet the English,
If only the English could speak Spanish,
and the Spanish admire Italian Margherita!
only if Russians could try be like ...

Passions

...Dad is out back,
speaking to his swedes and turnips.

He only grows tubers, root vegetables,
that I sullenly refuse to eat.

There is one flower
a Passionflower, 'Passiflora Incarnate'
that c...

Civilization Down the Drain

...In WW2 Sweden sheltered
    Jews in desperate need

  Today Swedes burn a Torah scroll
     a brutish, dastardly deed...

Tranquility Marries the Night Sky

...A delightfully deep azure blue sky commandeers the aurora borealis
Somber Swedes slumber in used pup tents, unaware of this beauty
Visitors stare into the night, hoping to capture the sight forever...

Never Always Don'T

...never smoke she said,
cigarette dangling from her mouth.
ashes falling into my oatmeal
I nodded my head, dutifully.

always tell the truth, he said,
he called in sick to his boss,
we went to t...

Guns In Sweden

...Guns in Sweden 
 
Sweden has problems with too many guns
shoots hole in the night.
Many refugees came to Sweden, who thought
when the refugees discovered a Nordic paradise
they would become Swe...

Names For Countries Or Planets

...NAMES   FOR  COUNTRIES  OR  PLANETS


I can understand and sympathise with famous cities 
Being named after animals eg Buffalo or Phoenix, if they must; 
But when whole countries are named after...

Mum Loves War

...The hophead at the
Music festival next to me
Yells out the instruction
"Everybody shrink!"

The lead singer holds parallel
To the audience an elongated
Truncheon with a dishwashing
Glove on t...

The Devotions of Noel

...Saturnalia, the pagan worship of winter solstice,

                                  the darkest tidings of the year.

                             The birth of our Nazarene most likely

      ...

Feast Your Eyes

...They scoot up trees with the greatest of ease
  Then down again, like Swedes on skis

Exquisite balance changing gears
  They zoom around throughout the years

Wherever you live, city or rural
...

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