History Poems
The City In Which I Loved You
by Li-Young Lee
And when, in the city in which I love you,
even my most excellent song goes unanswered,
andI mount the scabbed streets,
the long shouts of avenues,
and tunnel sunken night in search of you...
That I negotiate fog, bituminous
rain rining like teeth into the beggar's tin,
or two men jackaling a third in some alley
weirdly lit by a couch on fire, that I
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We Refugees
by Benjamin Zephaniah
I come from a musical place
Where they shoot me for my song
And my brother has been tortured
By my brother in my land.
I come from a beautiful place
Where they hate my shade of skin
They don't like the way I pray
And they ban free poetry.
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Ukraine (traveler's diary, year 2024/in Ukrainian)
by Halyna Myroslava
Україна (щоденник подорожнього, рік 2024)
-
висіяний з неба біль
перемішує з криком страх і ненависть
вона* ж
стоїть
мужньо обнесена вогнями
хоча життя доокіл розсипається як її будинки
і присипає землею
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Creed
by Steve Turner
We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin.
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone,
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.
We believe in sex before during
and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
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The Photograph: A Lynching
by Lucille Clifton
is it the cut glass
of their eyes
looking up toward
the new gnarled branch
of the black man
hanging from a tree?
is it the white milk pleated
collar of the woman
smiling toward the camera,
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Ukraine (traveler's diary, year 2024/in Ukrainian)
by Halyna Myroslava
Україна (щоденник подорожнього, рік 2024)
-
висіяний з неба біль
перемішує з криком страх і ненависть
вона* ж
стоїть
мужньо обнесена вогнями
хоча життя доокіл розсипається як її будинки
і присипає землею
......
The Soldier's Refrain
by Leon Moon
I awoke to my own corpse
And flowers my lover brought.
The war was fought
And not fought enough.
We had died dutifully
And followed orders perfectly.
The war was understood
But not understood enough.
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I AM AFRICA
by Aloo Denish Obiero
I am Africa, the cradle of mankind,
Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined,
The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed,
In my esteemed valleys, where life first aligned.
I am Africa, the cradle of civilization,
Where mighty empires rose with determination,
From the ancient Egypt's pyramids to the Great Zimbabwe walls,
From glorious Mali Empire to Kingdom of Kush, history recalls.
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The Cup of Time/ Чаша часу (in Ukrainian)
by Halyna Myroslava
до чаші часу
із якої звук
вилунює
розлунюється
кличе
мовчанням огортаючи велично
каскадами поривів
рук
вогнів
баладами і співами щоб спів -
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Armenia/Вірменія (In Ukr)
by Halyna Myroslava
«Якщо правильно розуміють Св. Книгу, рай був
розташований у Вірменії»
(Джордж Гордон Байрон)
Вір мені
Є
Ти у серці моєму
Вір…меніє
Воно теж стає Араратом
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