Translations Project
By: Michael Butzer
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Poem #1
As the years conclude, we must take a look
I have already asked the house about an issue that may impact our future
We have one thing that shall never be taken away from us, and that is freedom
On that day, we shall provide our services to one of the greatest battle in history
May it be by air or ground, we need to ready at all costs for this war
From Holland, to Norway, to the Mediterranean, we shall be ready
I have nothing to offer yet my blood, toil, tears, and sweat
Policies be gone with this fight that we will not start but be joined
Victory, for without victory there will be no survival
I take up this in my arms to conclude on one thing that stands
Join me and we will forever be remembered in history as a unified country
Poem #2
In life we cherish the brightest things; not the littlest things
Lou Gehrig was the heart and soul of the yankees franchise, a soul that remains
From illness to injury, he never stopped a beat and never missed a game
From players like Jacob Ruppert to manager Joe McCarthy, he played with them all
To his retirement, even the sorrow Giants fans were sad about this once great player
Farewell to the fans, farewell to the game, Lou Gehrig is gone but never forgotten
Baseball would not be what it is without that man alone
For him we recognize, for him the game continues to grow
He had the best fans according to him and the greatest family alive
That is why he the luckiest man on the face of the earth
Poem #3
Whisky, it has many names and many sorrows that must come with it
I for one have an opinion yet on both sides of the matter
The good that may come to some yet the bad that may be to others
For one, the devils brew, the poison scourge, or whatever name you may call it
It brings evil and anger into the world unannounced to others around
It takes away some of the christian in men and woman for some time
However there is an opposite that must be concluded
It can also bring out the joy of holidays and fun in many
Singing loud around the town for all to hear
Or yet the abundance of cheer that sets in old men to make them much younger
For that I say I have an opinion on this drink that has two faces
But that opinion does not take a side on the good or the bad
Poem #4
Here I am, ready to fight against an issue that has been intact for the last years
Our country, America, has become a divided system more than what we really want
We have two Americas that have become our nature and everything that is behind what we do
We have two different economies which apply to the same people
First we have the American dreamers, whom have their life figured out.
These people have life by their fingertips and can support their families without help
Secondly we have the penny pinching struggling everyday people that haven't figured out life
They perhaps are living by paycheck to paycheck and do not have the life they truly want
We should not have two different economies on one country
We need to enact something that will forever change this difference between the two parties
Poem #5
During these terrible times we must see what caused this
During this war we take a look about what started this tragedy
Britain wanted to avoid this path of war
Britain was one of the very last to join this pitiful path of war
She shall not be accused for the start of this battle between nations
She shall not have the face of war written across its body
They begged Germany to not attack Belgium that would began this war of the world
They wanted nothing to do with harming its own country
That country came into the war thinking that it would be the story of the wolf and lamb
That country thought it was going to get the lamb
Wrong they were with their thoughts
Wrong they were
Instead of the lamb
They received a lion
Reflection
Overall, I thought that the translation project was actually helpful, due to the fact that we were able to choose speeches that we maybe had known about or liked and write about them in different perspectives. Each poem of mine is a little different than the other and I think I learned a little bit more on writing by reading and writing about each of the poems. I would say this was a pretty successful project and it was not incredibly hard and accomplishable.