Paul Hartal Poems

In 1868 the famous Austrian musician
Johann Strauss II composed the "Tales
from the Vienna Woods", Opus 325,
one of his six ingratiating waltzes.
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His contemporaries called him "stupor mundi",
the astonishment of the world. Indeed, Frederick II
of Hohenstaufen (1194-1250) was an uncommon monarch.
This Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily and Germany,
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Bees are dancing poets. Their scouts announce
the discovery of a new nectar source by performing
a dance on the honeycomb inside the hive.
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She looked at the canvas
with a perplexed countenance on her face.
"I'm sorry", she said,
"but I don't understand your painting."
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If you tend to forget tiny details,
or, perhaps, larger particulars,
you share a common trait with many.
Forgetfulness is quite a normal
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Curious about the hidden meaning
of his dream, the crocodile consulted
his friend, a rhinoceros, who was also
a trained dream interpreter.
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