Historical Poems
#historical
Historical poems, poetry about the past. Poems inspired by, and offering analysis on, important events in history.
Lucy
They let the sand slip through their hands,
the sisters who went walking,
along the shore
to gather more
grains while they were talking.
What did they say
Oh, while the day
slid by without them knowing?
The youngest one
had told no-one
a-following, she was going.
Her footprints light on forest floor
Lucy went and wandered
off the trail
while nightingales
chirped and tried to warn her.
"Ah, dear young babe
you won't be saved
from what we see is coming--
it...
the sisters who went walking,
along the shore
to gather more
grains while they were talking.
What did they say
Oh, while the day
slid by without them knowing?
The youngest one
had told no-one
a-following, she was going.
Her footprints light on forest floor
Lucy went and wandered
off the trail
while nightingales
chirped and tried to warn her.
"Ah, dear young babe
you won't be saved
from what we see is coming--
it...
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The Midnight Shift.
My Great-great-grandfather...
" There warra tip by Miggy wood
dug out o Miggy mine
an it were girtly big, like a mountain stood,
an it smouldered all the time.
(belching sulphurous fumes reeking of hell )
Coals were mined there since ancient days
people lived, worked there and died,
and a village grew and was known as Middleton
cos it grew twixt pit and slag-pile ...
" There warra tip by Miggy wood
dug out o Miggy mine
an it were girtly big, like a mountain stood,
an it smouldered all the time.
(belching sulphurous fumes reeking of hell )
Coals were mined there since ancient days
people lived, worked there and died,
and a village grew and was known as Middleton
cos it grew twixt pit and slag-pile ...
#historical
#nonfiction
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boring
love castles and cathedrals and museums and books on castles and cathedrals and museums, and I know how it looks
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A Turn Of The Screw
There is no historical evidence
Of Archimedes
Second screw
But it has been suggested
Namely by me
That his second lover
Found Archimedes
To be quite smelly
And that her parting words
Were
You reeka!
by Jemia
Of Archimedes
Second screw
But it has been suggested
Namely by me
That his second lover
Found Archimedes
To be quite smelly
And that her parting words
Were
You reeka!
by Jemia
#funny
#historical
#parody #satirical
#parody #satirical
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The Tale of Kareem al-Malak, Friend of Sinbad: Part Two
#sea
#mythology
#travel
#historical
#wisdom
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The Tale of Kareem al-Malak, Friend of Sinbad: Part One
#sea
#rebirth
#mythology
#travel
#historical
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Obliqua Eureka!
I once heard
Don't think me absurd
That Archimedes
Was once propositioned
When he was offered
In any position
A screw
Apparently
It was not only his water levels
That rose on that day
With much of a todo!
by Jemia
Don't think me absurd
That Archimedes
Was once propositioned
When he was offered
In any position
A screw
Apparently
It was not only his water levels
That rose on that day
With much of a todo!
by Jemia
#parody
#satirical
#funny
#historical
#surreal
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Something about suffering
Allah toast the moon
La luna sombrero from the big spoon
Tetrahedron dome tiny memorabilia
Mycelium, roots, moss, fauna, gnome
What weathers and doesnt kill ya
Wand of fire
Another ace of spades,
Against the tops of tree, she waxes, she wanes
Surrenders aglow in love and in pains
A call from my friends
You said Id be shorter
Theres layers of moon beams
Pyramid screen doors
Larger than in mirror
Nothing as it seems is as it allegedly appears
Nor does that apply here
The cheats are encoded into everywhere
La luna sombrero from the big spoon
Tetrahedron dome tiny memorabilia
Mycelium, roots, moss, fauna, gnome
What weathers and doesnt kill ya
Wand of fire
Another ace of spades,
Against the tops of tree, she waxes, she wanes
Surrenders aglow in love and in pains
A call from my friends
You said Id be shorter
Theres layers of moon beams
Pyramid screen doors
Larger than in mirror
Nothing as it seems is as it allegedly appears
Nor does that apply here
The cheats are encoded into everywhere
#anxiety
#fiction
#historical
#philosophical
#sensual
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Brickstone
3000 BC, welcome to Brickstone, with stone built blocks of flats. If you weren't from around here, then you tip-toe.
Chrysopraze Stone was a neanderthal badman. He was feared throughout the land of Bricks, just like he's the Sandman.
He had a low forehead, and his barnet was shaved to the wood. He had a sabre tooth shank that he carried around in the hood.
His wifey Amathyst was also good with her fists. You wouldn't criticise her cooking, or your facial mug would get chipped.
She was tall and she was blonde, Amazonian strong, the queen of the cave...
Chrysopraze Stone was a neanderthal badman. He was feared throughout the land of Bricks, just like he's the Sandman.
He had a low forehead, and his barnet was shaved to the wood. He had a sabre tooth shank that he carried around in the hood.
His wifey Amathyst was also good with her fists. You wouldn't criticise her cooking, or your facial mug would get chipped.
She was tall and she was blonde, Amazonian strong, the queen of the cave...
#narrative
#ShortStory
#prose
#historical
#nonfiction
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Sacrosanct incongruities
This is a strange and doubtful time
even writing became a victim
we write what others want to see written
and the others don't want to read anything
they just want to know if we wrote what they want
and then they criticize it for being the same
that everyone writes and writes again
because they wanted it that way just because
so everyone keeps rewriting
what has already been written in true words
replaced by new words empty of intention
but completely politically correct...
If you don't like it, don't read it
if you don't want...
even writing became a victim
we write what others want to see written
and the others don't want to read anything
they just want to know if we wrote what they want
and then they criticize it for being the same
that everyone writes and writes again
because they wanted it that way just because
so everyone keeps rewriting
what has already been written in true words
replaced by new words empty of intention
but completely politically correct...
If you don't like it, don't read it
if you don't want...
#PowerOfWords
#historical
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the antiquarian
because I’m interested
in the past doesn’t mean I’m frightened of now though,
I come to think of it ..
in the past doesn’t mean I’m frightened of now though,
I come to think of it ..
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A Persian Warrior
- A Persian Warrior -
In a time known to history, but forgotten by man,
The mighty Persian army brought low old Babylon.
Great was Babylon, that empire across the sand…
But the power of old Persia had that lost war won,
Leaving blood and desolation, both far and near.
I was there when the Ishtar Gate fell into splinters!
I was there when the proud kings knew utter fear.
My axe held high, the steel in the sun ever glitters,
But that light is soon covered in the blood of men,
And you keep being told to take a life yet again…
King...
In a time known to history, but forgotten by man,
The mighty Persian army brought low old Babylon.
Great was Babylon, that empire across the sand…
But the power of old Persia had that lost war won,
Leaving blood and desolation, both far and near.
I was there when the Ishtar Gate fell into splinters!
I was there when the proud kings knew utter fear.
My axe held high, the steel in the sun ever glitters,
But that light is soon covered in the blood of men,
And you keep being told to take a life yet again…
King...
#kindness
#war
#memories
#redemption
#historical
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