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Tell Me Tales of History

September 6, 2018 R J Schwartz 235 Views 4 Comments history, poetry, preservation, RJ Schwartz

Tell me tales of history… More than just the apple tree Your secrets and your mysteries Things that no one

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Good Old Days

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 John Hansen 521 Views 3 Comments good old days, history, old age, past

In The Good Old Days “In the good old days,” The old man said, “Oh, I remember it well. Life

Epistle Poetry

Living the Lies of Our Masters…ancient technology

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 Tony DeLorger 604 Views 5 Comments ancient cultures, history, lies, masters, poem, technology

Ancient Technology… In arrogant refrains, humanity, with resounding indignant claims, profess our superiority in technology, yet we are babes, so

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Broken Shards of Pottery – Archeological Fantasies

March 24, 2017 R J Schwartz 457 Views 2 Comments archeology, history, pottery, shard

Ancient shards of pottery Abandoned or hidden in the shifting sands By someone from somewhere For some reason or another

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Mistakes of the Past Stuck on Repeat

March 21, 2017 R J Schwartz 736 Views 6 Comments history, past repeats

Progressions into the parallel Matching moments from then and now Scholars of history Puzzled by the mystery People too blind

Memoir

Wood Stains

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 EdF 706 Views 12 Comments barns, death, dying, Fathers, history, life, sons, tragedy

This old empty barn … True story, 1922 Standing in front of the big doors to this old empty barn, these

Free Verse Poetry

The Whispers in Venice

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 Tony DeLorger 642 Views 4 Comments Echoes, history, poem, stones, Venice, Whispers

Venice’s Bridge of Sighs…the walk to a violent end Footsteps echo softly, those that took this path before, their steps

Epistle

History Has Always Been Misleading

October 13, 2016October 14, 2016 Tony DeLorger 389 Views 2 Comments control, epistle, factions, history, power, war

History represents scripted events that have been played out as planned and never left to chance. I am not a

Free Verse

History…..Lost

July 26, 2016 R J Schwartz 444 Views 3 Comments ancient, civilization, history, keepers, men

The shifting planetary tides, whether sand or waves or soil; they make history Hiding precious moments in their ever-growing layers

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Venezia

June 12, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1107 Views 6 Comments bridges, cafes, canals, history, life, Venezia

Venezia Where canals carry life in earnest states, their arteries the lifeblood of the city, I long to be, and

Epistle

Doctrines of Non-Compliance

June 4, 2016June 5, 2016 Tony DeLorger 446 Views 2 Comments being, belief, compliance, epistle, faith, God, history, morality, purpose, religions, truths

From early beginnings man has sought a higher

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