Yugoslavia
...Yugoslavia
My first wife and I went on holiday
55 years ago, in Yugoslavia
The tourist industry was struggling
to find its feet, we stayed in a freshly
painted barracks, which caused some
jok...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, anti bullying, birthday, care,
Form: ABC
in Tito days
...In Tito's days
When Yugoslavia was whole
and Tito had made
made his peace with the mighty USA
nascent was the tourist boom
that was ok, we had been children
of a greater war
we had been cu...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, absence, africa, age, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
Adventure Days
...Adventure Days
They say a cornered man will fight till the end
For simply has nothing to lose
Except his life when the cards are revealed
The dice is rolled balls to the wall kaput
You know what...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, courage, death, military, war,
Form: Blank verse
My Lover
...The gentle breeze of the night
Ran away and came in slowly
And so does my lovers heart
Is the cloud closer or farther?
As I wonder if my lovers love is
With the thinness of the stars!
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Categories:
yugoslavia, 12th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Wars One and All
...War at Kurukshetra (Bharat) was great,
Where human and divine face to face met;
Arjuna and Pandavas won the tough war,
Arrogant powers of Gauravas brunt bore;
Could this be compared to Goliath-Da...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, life, war,
Form: Free verse
Rip Mark Taff Langley
...Devastated at the news I've heard.
Totally shocked this is absurd
The passing of a Welsh legend
Proud to have served my butty friend.
He started his long career
As a proud Welsh infanteer
He ...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Back To Her
...After the Sunday service, searching back to her
For a date. He will soon be walking back to her.
Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur.
She suddenly kissed him; he then leaning back to her...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, children, conflict, french, retirement,
Form: Ghazal
Y Words-
...Y
Yggdrasil
younglings
yobbishly
yohimbine
yammering yardsticks
year-round
yuppifying
yuppifies
yokefellow
yarborough
yellowtail Ypsilanti
yearningly
yellowback
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Categories:
yugoslavia, analogy, word play, words,
Form: Free verse
Maldives Is Not Bad Dives, My Time To Offer Prayer During Corona
...Maldvies, Malaysia, Malta, more - Up for my prayer during Global Pandemic
LORD, I humbly greet You, return to my prayer list with "M" countries
(I would like to intercede for Mexico, so cl...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, angst, bible, environment, international,
Form: Sonnet
Miklos Radnoti Translation of the Holocaust Poem Letter To My Wife
...Letter to My Wife
by Miklos Radnoti
translated by Michael R. Burch
A poem written during the Holocaust in Lager Heidenau, in the mountains above Zagubica, August-September, 1944
Deep down in ...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, death, heartbreak, holocaust, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Miklos Radnoti Translations of Holocaust Poems
...Postcard 1
by Miklós Radnóti
written August 30, 1944
translated by Michael R. Burch
Out of Bulgaria, the great wild roar of the artillery thunders,
resounds on the mountain ridges, rebounds, ...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, death, grave, holocaust, horror,
Form: Free verse
Inadequate Sleep Exspells Volatile Mental State
...Inadequate sleep ex(spells) volatile mental state
Existential crisis ensued,
hence the following
I attempt to relate
forewarning the missus,
who heard bellicose me loud and clear
excoriate, d...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Serbia and Italy
...Serbia and Italy were going on a nice little walk.
Said Italy “Yugoslavia is not one to talk!”
Serbia got mad.
“Yugo is my dad!”
They ended up smacking each other, quite a little squawk....
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Categories:
yugoslavia, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Limerick
Secret Police
...Secret Police shoot jelly beans from space
Bazookas come out ready in the cosmic snow
Rainbows are black and white at midnight
Cold weather freezes colors in their place
Killing bunnies is a crim...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, animal, conflict, cute, food,
Form: Free verse
Genocide
...As dark as night
You are nothing but agony
Misery ,separation, cries , death ,hate
Perpetrators once my
Friends, neighbors, colleagues, companion
Transformed to haters.
GERMANY , EX YUGOS...
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Categories:
yugoslavia, bereavement, betrayal, dark, depression,
Form: Imagism
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