Best Levi Poems

From the Pearl of the Orient
A name was born without dent
A laureate in reticence
A paradigm beyond silence

Composer, poet and lyricist
Over four thousand songs on his list
Written and delivered so crisp
Offered to his countrymen without wisp

Love songs cited and laid for all
Men and women of good...

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Once upon a time, not too long before
You were adored by me but not anymore
You are mega lame
What a crying shame
Since your buttocks in Levis, I adore

Written by Diana-Marie Bombardieri
January 16, 2012...

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God do I need a man?
I know I need a pair of pants
Levi Jeans
Like the one advertised
on Alicia Keys.
Pants that fit me right
Close to my skin
But not too tight.
Let me move about 
Day and night
Blue black
and out of sight.
But do I need a man?
Do I...

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For Primo Levi

it darkened more
as light shone through
and the haunting past stabbed

you felt
wept
screamed
as
silently the blind were led
'thieves' you called them
emerging from nowhere
yet everywhere
'thieves' you called them
no one
yet everyone
you felt
wept
screamed
till
finally

you left...

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despair
grandson is no more
suicide...

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In the sixth grade
Levi shoved me down
and insulted my mother
by the code of those days
a fight was assured

We met after school
to fight in the park
each brought friends
to stand in our corners
and offer advice

As this was my first
I readily listened
while they suggested
where to punch Levi
and when

We...

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Shema ("Listen")
by Primo Levi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You who live secure
in your comfortable homes,
who return each evening to find
warm food and a hearty welcome ...

Consider: is this a "man"
who slogs through the mud,
who knows no peace,
who fights for scraps of bread,
who lives at another...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi

Shema
by Primo Levi
translation by Michael R. Burch

You who live secure
in your comfortable houses, 
who return each evening to find
warm food, 
welcoming faces...

consider whether this is a man: 
who toils in the mud, 
who knows...

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We lost our beloved Levi today,
A family member in every way.
Only yesterday he was full of life,
Now his life was filled with strife.
His spine was damaged from a leap,
His date with destiny he was to keep.
Hind quarters paralyzed but in no pain,
The vet said he...

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LEVI STRAUSE

Levi Strauss  
From Germany to New York 
Known as denim maker, 
literally "de Nimes" “from Nimes”
Wear tailor Jacob Davis?
Needed strong clothes not worn not holey
For miners purchased bolts of cloth
Corners pockets with metal rivets with that made them stronger 


8/17/18
written by James Edward...

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Little Levi
climbed up high
atop our kitchen table.
He tried and tried 
to get down
but it seemed he was unable.

Little Levi
after many tries
figured out the perfect way.
Down on his tummy
he slid off
without a single
word to say!...

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Levi you are so happy and bright
You fill my heart with delight
You smile so much
That it's easy to touch
I love you so
And hope you know
I give you hugs
I give you kisses
And hope you'll have wishes
When you're sad or blue
I'll be here to help you
When you're...

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Buna
by Primo Levi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Mangled feet, cursed earth,
the long interminable line in the gray morning
as Buna smokes corpses through industrious chimneys...

Another gray day like every other day awaits us.

The terrible whistle shrilly announces dawn:
"Rise, wretched multitudes, with your lifeless faces,
welcome the monotonous...

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He is a fourth grader
Sitting alone during lunch recess
Sure some call it lunch
I call it lunch recess
Because it is.

No one sits alone unless they
are in trouble. I sit across from him.
Let’s call him Levi.
Hey, Levi, why are you sitting alone?
I’m in trouble.
what happened?

Nathan is the...

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You became a man
And I hope you will be proud and stand
The World is yours to see
It may make you happy you see
You may have ups and downs
But don't keep that frown
You're moving away
Which I hope you will be happy anyway
I will love you always
No...

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