Happiness World War I Poems

what a day! 
Neither clouds nor lighting
But the sky is thundering
Hailing hard but not in usual forms
Threatened poor to keep silence. 

A cute doll was...

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Who plays 
the world's guitar
turning hearts
against life?
US wants money
Russia land
mindless of tears
and blood shed
China's sneezed
covid spread
muzzling mouths
silencing sounds 
dulling senses 
to blood pain
horror
weakening bodies
enraging minds
tilting...

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We can never forget 9/11
We will forever remember such a date
A date that will live in infamy
A date that has everything in it:
Sadness, fire, death,...

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Written: September 05, 2023 
World War 3 Poetry Contest               Sponsored by: Robert...

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Hate watching the news ,
Gives me the blues
Every channel says the same
Each one passing the blame
What I see
In all that be
Dark days ahead
All the hate...

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We took the bridge of San Luis Rey
And stood on the beach at Manila Bay
We bellied down in the soggy lea
And creeped across the churning...

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Somethings are never gonna change,
The way you love them is gonna be the same.
Doesn't matter if they hurt you for a while,
Still, you will fight...

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Lest We Forget 
I can hear him now , calling me , lost in the dark , in the deep seas of Normandy, I can...

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Captivated and compelled to find my little friend,
who has broken out in song again.
Sitting on the window ledge,
he stretches his neck as he tilts his...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems II - Bertolt Brecht



The Burning of the Books
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

When the Regime
commanded the...

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Music

The food of love..
To nourish my soul
Keeping me warm,
Dear friend, in the cold.

We dance and sing 
Yet you never judge
Or my crazy, wide-eyed 
Fantasy begrudge.

Although...

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It is time to retire the red skin 
Better blood pressure will win 
Anger management is done 
Now happiness, laughter and fun 
If a fight...

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A memory of a time long gone, in which I stood by my beloved blossom tree.
I would run around the field where Majesty no longer...

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Neither in happiness,
nor in suffering,
Neither in zero,
nor at peak,
Not in fear,
nor in silence.!!

Life journey into infinity.!!

Neither in whole sky ,
nor in the deepest ocean .
Neither...

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REMEMBER US THIS WAY

I look back on the memories we’ve had sometimes ago
When life was free for every one of us, both young and old
When...

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