Paul Hartal Poems

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151.
The Sobbing God

It was 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto
And Rabbi Kalonymos Shapiro posed a question:
Did the God of Israel abandon his people?
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152.
The Girl From Sri Lanka

I have no idea
Whether she is Tamil or Sinhalese.
The girl with her neatly combed hair
And native dress
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153.
Race Defilement

On the border between Saxony and Bohemia,
the City of Chemnitz lies at the northern foothills
of the Ore Mountains in East Germany.

A Free Imperial City in the Middle Ages,
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154.
The White Rose Of Stalingrad

Her nickname was Lilya.
In the Great Patriotic War
When Hitler’s armies invaded the Soviet Union
She became a Soviet air ace,
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155.
Once Upon An August Dreamy

Once upon an August dreamy
I saw a flat plane very sphery
I could not imagine the simple
Deck ducks danced in a drizzle.
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156.
Skeptic

Since a good scientist
Is always a skeptic
He doubts
That his mother
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157.
The River Of Permanence

It is not possible to step
Into the same river twice,
Said Heraclitus of Ephesus.
Since other and yet other waters
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158.
Sang Froid

The earl picked up an early peach
Then walked alone to the beach.
He sailed away in a little boat
Leaving behind a one line note.
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159.
The Crocodile That Ate Computers

There once was a cute crocodile
He lived happily in the River Nile
He liked the river a lot and its fish
Was really his favourite daily dish.
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160.
From Plane To Sphere

They all tried.
They tried to free Euclid of every flaw.
At Bach’s time Girolamo Saccheri did
And Adrien-Marie Legendre later.
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