Fidgeting Courage
Yesterday we were the anthem of revolution
Singing, crumpling on the street of new order legacy
Under the ocean of beer insoled by the starry sky
Twinkling stars biting cigarettes between their lips
An installation of smokes misting the weather
Salute me a graduation, present me a gift
A bucket of duties and rights of adult being
Twenty years of living had never felt so vital
Shining path of 'arbeit macht frei', how frei?
(graduation night, July 2008)
poem by Ida Mustazir
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Auschwitz
The Kommandant's a decent guy,
I know he wouldn't hurt a fly -
When I asked him if the Jews would die
He shook his head and told his lie,
'The Fuhrer wants his money's worth,
It's not a question of their birth,
If they pull their weight then they will live,
The Germans know how to forgive!
Haven't you heard their happy cry
'Arbeit Macht Frei! Arbeit Macht Frei! '?
Our Leader has a heart of gold,
That's what his followers have been told.
It's a pity that your friend's a Jew,
A slight mistake, in my point of view,
Remember we're the master race
And wipe that frown from off your face! '
poem by John Thorkild Ellison
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Freisein (Nachtschicht Am Meer)
Glaubst Du, dass der Wind weht,
weil irgend jemand sagt: "Wind, weh jetzt"
Glaubst Du, dass die Sterne, die am Himmel stehen
leuchten, weil irgendwer sie anknipst ? Glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass die Elemente tun, was sie sollen,
und nicht, was sie wollen ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Glaubst Du, dass die Erde
aufhren wrde, sich zu drehen,
wenn irgendwer entschiede,
dass es besser wr' fr sie zu stehen ? Glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass irgendwer, irgendwo, irgendwann
fr Dich Dein Leben leben kann ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Glaubst Du, dass Dein Leben
bereits geschrieben steht,
und dass irgendwo ein Weiser
fr Dein Tun die Konsequenzen trgt - glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass von allen Leben auf der Welt eins
wertvoller ist als Deins ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein
song performed by by Xavier Naidoo
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Freisein (Nachtschicht Am Meer)
Glaubst Du, dass der Wind weht,
weil irgend jemand sagt: "Wind, weh jetzt"
Glaubst Du, dass die Sterne, die am Himmel stehen
leuchten, weil irgendwer sie anknipst ? Glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass die Elemente tun, was sie sollen,
und nicht, was sie wollen ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Glaubst Du, dass die Erde
aufhren wrde, sich zu drehen,
wenn irgendwer entschiede,
dass es besser wr' fr sie zu stehen ? Glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass irgendwer, irgendwo, irgendwann
fr Dich Dein Leben leben kann ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Glaubst Du, dass Dein Leben
bereits geschrieben steht,
und dass irgendwo ein Weiser
fr Dein Tun die Konsequenzen trgt - glaubst Du das ?
Glaubst Du, dass von allen Leben auf der Welt eins
wertvoller ist als Deins ? Glaubst Du das ? Glaubst Du das ?
Wenn Du das glaubst, dann wirst Du nie sehen
und verstehen, was ich mein, wenn ich sag':
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie der Wind, wenn er weht.
Ich will frei sein,
frei wie ein Stern, der am Himmel steht.
Ich will frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein.
Ich will frei sein, nur frei sein,
ich will frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein, nur frei sein
song performed by by Xavier Naidoo
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Graduation Day
Theres a time a for joy
A time for tears
A time well treasure through the years
Well remember always
Graduation day
At the senior prom
We danced til three
And there you gave your heart to me
Well remember always
Graduation day
Take it away
Take five
Though we leave in sorrow
All the joys weve known
We can face tomorrow
Knowing well never walk alone
When the ivy walks
Are far behind
No matter where our paths may wind
Well remember always
Graduation day
Well remember always
Graduation (day) day
song performed by by Beach Boys
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Graduation 2013
Graduation is coming faster then you know
soon it will be may and we will all be alone
soon we will be crying and we will finally be free
adults you see
either going off to college or staying home
graduation is all we want to hear
there will be laughs
and i'm afraid more tears
as we honor those who wont be with us this year
they did to young
but hey it's life
graduation will be the worst
but the worst is yet to come
graduation is the bench mark
as you close your high school chapter
and open a knew one to life!
GRADUATION I CAN'T WAIT! ! ! ! !
poem by Marissa Ford
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Bucket T
Bucket bucket t t, bucket t bucket t,
Bucket bucket t t, bucket t bucket t,
Bucket bucket t t, bucket t bucket t,
Found her in a barn in tennessee
I paid five bucks for my bucket t
Took me three years of sweat and blood
To clean off all that tennessee mud
Chorus:
My bucket t (bucket t)
Bucket t (bucket t)
My bucket t (bucket t)
My bucket t (bucket t)
T t t... bucket bucket bucket...
Cruise down the street in front of school
I wanna rev it up but I gotta be cool
Drivin down the road Ill get my kicks
Apoppin the clutch and aslippin the sticks
[chorus]
I was right, too, shes first in her class
Theres nothing on the freeway she dont pass
All the girls want to take a ride with me
But theres only one seat in my bucket t
[chorus]
song performed by by Who
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Dance Mephisto
Wir wollen das bse
Das unendlich bse
Lieben auch die angst
Solang sie uns nicht trifft
Wir wollen die vernichtung,
Exzentrische verdichtung,
Des seichten, dmlich sflen,
Mgen unsere nachbarn nicht.
Wer hilft dabei?
Wer steht uns bei?
Wer hlt den tanz uns frei?
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Wenn dich erst der teufel packt
So bist du ausgelifert nackt.
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Tanz fr uns und tu als wär dabei.
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto nichts dabei
Halt den tanz fr uns frei.
Dunkelbrauner grtel und dunkelbraune schuh
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto am rcken wohlgeschnrt
Das strenge hemd dazu
Dann erklingen auf und nieder
Alte weisen wieder
Jede halle unserer anstalt
Erhellt durch unsere lieder
Wer hilft dabei?
Wer steht uns bei?
Wer hlt den tanz uns frei?
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Wenn dich erst der teufel packt
So bist du ausgelifert nackt.
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Hit them with your rhythm stick
Vollstrecke deinen psychotrick
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Nimm die tnzerin Im takt
Bis es in den speakern knackt
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Schlag mit deinem pferdefu
Go on with your bhnenshow
Halt den tanz fr uns frei!
Dance mephisto, dance mephisto
Halt den tanz fr uns frei!
song performed by by Falco
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Emilee
Emillee today is the day you end school for you,
Yes your finally graduation
Like the song School's Out
School is out for you
You will love what i got you for a graduation gift
A nice little thing you will use everyday
A little shot glass
poem by Claire Kennedy
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It's Graduation
It's graduation!
A day supposed to be the happiest
The happiest at least in half a decade
And here on a molded parapet alone
Sat with visions blurred
And blinks with the speed of the clocks
It's graduation!
A day not as envisaged
With friends, love and family
In high praise and in great pride
In bliss and much merry
With fatted calves and drinks fizzy
It's graduation!
An end to a period of timelessness
In times of hunger and dreams unknown
In times of thirst and early wakes
Missions to accomplish in depths of stress
It's graduation!
A day that begins it all
poem by Nicholas Boateng
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Youthful Fool
With youth comes happiness, or so they say.
Yet happiness is absent for those
who have been pushing youth away.
My ideals, beliefs and opinions I have built never borrowed or bought
dismissed with a wave of an adults hand
for at my age, I am not entitled to such thoughts.
For 16 years I have been under thumb, gotten my fill
yet now I'm still too young yet I fear
that if I have not learned by now, I never will.
I am force fed responsibility yet deprived of basic human rights
even conclusions of myself I am too young to draw
for even with 2 open eyes, I am blind in sight.
Sometimes I hate to think the wicked of the grown
that years of life is somehow equal to experience
as if days of life could atone.
I am entrusted with some of the largest adult behavior
I face graduation, jobs and the ability to drive
yet somehow the elders are still slavers and not saviors.
But I will hold back, stay to the side.
I will seal my lips and not threaten you
since I know well, my words could keep a 'grown adult' tongue tied.
poem by Lindsey Wolf
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Fourth Year
Four years have gone
And something's well done
It's not just the book
but the courage I took....
To have come this far
and winning the war
Of sleepless nights I battle
with my notes I patiently handle....
Through the rain and the sun
my school life's been fun
For the friends I made
half the weather is paid...
From the guards on the gate
and the bus drivers who wait
To the instructors who inspire
my grades got a little higher...
I'll come to acknowledge
for you all have given me advantage
To learn my lessons either ways
For both hard and easy pays...
I was neither disobedient
nor a student that obedient
But school life will be a miss
Along with people I used to tease...
Now I'll go and be on my own
Four long years I have grown
To be someone worthy of recognition
So now, it's time for my graduation.
P.S. written 8 days to go
before my graduation...^_^
poem by nObOdy's gIrL
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A Graduation Day Message
May Graduation Day fill your heart
With feelings of accomplishments this day,
To bring you peace of mind and happiness
In every special way.
May the fond memories of school days
Glow warmly in your beloved heart
Where the cherished classmates
Will forever play a vital part.
May Graduation Day be extra special
With elaborate pomp and show,
May the procession of elated graduates
Create glee and parent faces to glow.
May the ceremony for conferring diplomas,
The cards and acknowledgements and flowers
Fill the day with pride and immense joy
And delightful and meaningful hours.
May those you love and respect surround you
To share your moments of glory this day,
May the accolades of Graduation Day
Come into your life to forever stay.
poem by Joseph T. Renaldi
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Grammer School
Today it was
twenty years ago
on the 3rd of June
where I found myself
on the top steps
of a church called Pompeii
wearing a thick light blue velvet suit
my oldman got it on Maxwell Street
the syle was 7 years passe'
still I stood there
and my legs were
just a little longer
than the hem of my pants
and I was feeling the heat
of a full belly sun.
youth draped itself
off my face
then the ending of my graduation
brought congrats and free beer
from everybody on Taylor st
my mother held her head high
as I hugged her and smiled
the wind never turned back
the faces of all became one
the door opened wide
and I walked without looking back
poem by Charles Lara
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Read A Book
Und wenn ich einen Wunsch frei htte
Ich wnschte wrden wir verstehen
Alle Schatten hinter uns lassen
nur weies Licht vor uns zu sehen
No hate, no fight hearts killing
I wish no trouble anymore
There's nothing more to tell about
There's nothing left to be decided
Just read a book
So, read a book about love (reaching love)
Read a book, read a book about love
Und wenn du einen Wunsch frei httest
Ich wnschte, wrdest du verstehen
Nur weies Licht vor uns zu sehen
And if we just should be together
oh, we could feel so warm an tight
All we need is only two of us
to show the world that we've decided to
read a book
to read a book about love (reaching love) ...
Take a look about yesterday
I guess you know
that you're here to stay
Read a book, ...
Read a book, read a book about love (rep many times)
Read a book, ... (rep till fade)
song performed by by Falco
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Senioritus
Sitting here waiting
Watching the clock slowly tick
Tic toc Tic toc
The days go by slowly
It's April and May is nowhere in sight
It is getting harder to wake up in the morning
Pushing the snooze button once again
Trying to find reasons to stay home
The mind is elsewhere, floating in the clouds
May is finally here
Graduation is full speed ahead
Seinoritus is getting worse
The heart is set on graduation
The mind wants to sleep in 'til noon
BAM
Graduation is finally here
That was the cure needed all along
poem by Kilee Burton
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No better place for Graduation
Happy Graduation Day,
And what better nation is there than America for Graduation,
Let's celebrate in any and every way.
Mom has the cake,
Lisa is two and wondering what wish you'll make,
This is a great day, and thank God it is not fake,
Although I wish that I could taste the snowflake that isn't here,
We will need a designated driver,
Because today is one day to drink at least a beer.
Today is a day to have no fear,
If I believed in hunting I would eat some deer.
I wish Marla could be here,
She was taken at a young age,
I wish Ladonna could be here,
She is one reason to race for every cure.
I am not going to look in the mirror,
That would give me an image looking back,
And I am never going to look back, that is a fact.
Note to readers: I am not a graduate yet, but this is just something that came to mind to write.
poem by Rita Hawkins
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Flowers of Horror
People who love flowers
Cannot be bad
Says the proverb.
But take the insight
With a grain of salt
For malignant hands
Can turn flowers
Into graceless means
Of lies and deception.
During World War II
The National Socialists
Perfected the dark art
Of deceit by exploiting
The beauty of nature
To disguise and shroud
Their fiendish goals
Of ruin and destruction.
The skies darkened then
Even in the sunshine
Violets trembled
And forget-me-nots
Whispered worries
Wobbling in the wind.
Sixty km north of Prague
A barbed wire fence
Above the camp gate
Of Terezin, the sign said:
Arbeit macht frei.
Here the Nazis set up
The model ghetto
Theresienstadt where
Work made the inmates
Free and they could plant
Colourful flowers.
Buds of starvation
Blossoms of death.
Do not worry
The daffodils said.
This is a friendly place
The hyacinths sighed.
Do not revolt
The roses rustled.
Yet the daisies shuddered
And forget-me-nots
Whispered worries
Wobbling in the wind.
On the roads of Galicia
Between Lublin and Lvov
In east Poland behind
The barbed wire fences
Of Belzec geranium pots
Lined the path
To the gas chambers.
Buds of starvation
Blossoms of death.
The skies darkened then
Even in the sunshine
Violets trembled
And forget-me-nots
Whispered worries
Wobbling in the wind.
poem by Paul Hartal
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I'm Looking Up At The Stars
Framed bright starry diadems
Bathing the sky in floods of living light
Forming glittering gilded gems
Twinkling rays in the night.
Treasures from the twinkling ray
Sweetly down the void they float
Brightly sparkling on the veil of day
Through many a melting note.
The stars are the jewels of the night
Silent as if they watch the sleeping earth
Lying in the gutter startled by the sight
Of the glistening tapestries girth.
I'm lying here wistful
Looking up at the stars
Encompassed by the celestial
Twinkly, dewy, silver polestars.
poem by Hazel Connelly
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There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights.
quote by Muammar al Gaddafi
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Accomplishment!
Dedicated to a friend's daughter upon her graduation.
First a baby… a beautiful little girl,
A special gift of God sent into this world.
Her parents were blessed as they gazed into her face,
She was named Hannah, meaning “favored grace”.
Then a child… a delightful student in her school,
She also loved church and lived the Golden Rule.
Studying hard, hitting the books both day and night,
The choices made shaped her character for life.
Now a lady… a hopeful adult she’s become,
For twelve long years now this honor she has won.
Graduating today turns life’s page once more,
Stepping from this stage into other open doors.
Congratulations Hanna!
poem by Loyd C. Taylor
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