West Berlin Poems - Poems about West Berlin

...Rome was always a playground for me, Where lovely girls thronged around the streets: The Fontana dei Trevi where people threw coins Hoping they would revisit enchanting Rome, Or on the Spanish st......Read the rest...

...Elvis has left the building. West Berlin, a significant place Where life was lived at a frantic pace. Me and Old Elvis together through the night In those days when I saw things In stark black o......Read the rest...

...A VW Beetle An unloaded thirty eight In the passenger seat And out through the gate A briefcase of secrets Chained to the wrist Memorized instructions From an unwritten list. In the event ......Read the rest...

...West Berlin, British Sector Hotbed of rumour and lies I’m there illegally, not wearing A Jimmy in scaleyback disguise. I was a Secret Squirrel or Sneaky Beak was another name They called us bo......Read the rest...

...In great sincerity, one president said to another president, "........Read the rest...

...A FLOWER FOR THE FUTURE In 1964 a wall went up between East and West Berlin! What a barrier of shame, What a humanitarian sin, During the 28 years until November 1989, over eighty People ......Read the rest...

...Regarding fashion,Punk set out to gauge The style of hair and clothes which would outrage. John Lennon's voice was silenced at this time; Mark Chapman was convicted for the crime. A technical d......Read the rest...

...A Rat, The Mice, Mr Tin went somewhere they've not been "let me dance!" said A Rat "and we let The Mice sing" as they travelled on the road toward West Berlin. Even though roads are rocky and th......Read the rest...

...In 1989 I rode the duty train with covered windows across the East German countryside, forewarned not to look outside. I arrived in that island of freedom, which was surrounded by oppression, tyrann......Read the rest...

...The swirls of freedom’s fervent dreams On canvas raised in bitter cold Upon oppression’s wall of screams A city severed at its seams Gleaned comfort in art’s bright console The swirls of free......Read the rest...

...I had been studying to make Sergeant, And was scheduled for the afternoon promotion board. To get some practice and test the waters, I volunteered for the morning's Soldier Of The Month Board. ......Read the rest...

...I have come to a city that is an island; Though waters are not the boundaries, you understand. It is an oasis in the midst of bondage for those who are free. And, I know it must be some intense fo......Read the rest...

...I cannot breathe -scuffled I cannot breathe -scuffled Poisoned hearts muffled ......Read the rest...

...The GDR put up a wall in ‘61 because they wanted West Berlin kept out. A wall of shame it was! In fact, the West more easily could travel all about while Eastern Germans were the ones......Read the rest...