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Baptism and reflection“An eternal man
Will bathe you in flames and light
To cleanse your own flesh of sin”
“Do not reflect flesh
Seek to mix water and flames
To reflect eternal light”
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Categories:
baptism, fire, light, mirror,
Form: Sedoka
Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 1Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku
Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.
Because morning glories
held my well-bucket hostage
I went begging for water!
—Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael...
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Categories:
animal, fire, nature, night,
Form: Haiku
A Fire RisesSri Lal
A Fire Rises
A fire rises in the pit of the gut—
and I forget myself.
At the grey langur’s door,
I give up. I cut my hair,
dance bare in the Bhadra rain.
Who am I?
I ask myself,...
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Categories:
anger, animal, fire, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
CrowsSri Lal
Crows
i.
I come from nowhere,
and I have nowhere to go,
I tell the crow perched
on a low neem branch
beyond the Periyar River.
He agrees.
He and I are free.
We speak the same language.
You know who I...
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Categories:
bird, fire, prayer, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Three TravelersOn a dark and lonesome road
On a dark and stormy night
There were three hellbent travelers
Just out looking for a fight
After closing down the bar
Saw a boy standing in the road
So they pulled their car...
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Categories:
death, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Vulnerability
Oh, the beauty found in this tender race,
When walls crumble, revealing its truest face,
With all the wrinkles in its right place
The raw, the fragile, and all the flaws we'll come to learn to love more....
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Categories:
fire, appreciation, deep, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Lost To The Four WindsFiendish, they encapsulate strawberries;
Subliminal message makes mouths water;
Phantasms won’t let go of the fields
lost to the four winds of conflagration;
Subliminal message makes mouths water,
you can smell such a superb sweetness;
Lost to the four...
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Categories:
emotions, fire, horror,
Form: Pantoum
Magdalen Christmas Eve Mass 1984Busy time very frustrating watching my
husband and ciro gargano go over the
blue prints over and over again during
the 1984 elections for lake county Daniel
Furlan Bobby Thompson Ernest Fisher Ciro
was looking...
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Categories:
fire, america, christmas, city, evil,
Form: Free verse
SINKINGThese are poems about sinking, poems about drowning, poems about loss, and poems about new discoveries we sometimes make while feeling lost...
Sinking
by Michael R. Burch
for Virginia Woolf
Weigh me down with stones…
fill all the pockets of...
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Categories:
death, fate, fire, grave,
Form: Rhyme
Embers of inspirationIn the heart of the flames, passion ignites
Burning brightly with creative might
Dancing shadows, swirling high.t
Embers of inspiration painting the sky
From the ashes of doubt, new art takes flight
In the glow of the fire, the soul...
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Categories:
creation, fire, imagery, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Black SheepInside the house,
She's full of kindness.
But the true skin can't hide.
Because The Eye of Above
always watching.
And you must be careful to trust.
You'll never no your name will vanish.
Even your not an evil, but in the...
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Categories:
care, deep, fire, mirror,
Form: Free verse
FlameInstalling in my heart desire
from wickedness to save my soul,
refine me, my Lord, with fire
to fit your purposes and goal.
I am your daughter and your servant,
I want to glorify your name.
Oh let the Spirit pure,...
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Categories:
christian, fire, hope, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
With A Smile
Categories:
anxiety, boy, community, fire,
Form: Verse
How to pick Dragon FruitSnatch it from the dragon's lair
while he's sleeping, shh, beware
(or you'll get caught in his stare)
eat some, share some, if you dare
(preserve rest in fridgidaire)
if he awakes -- say a prayer
--to avoid his roasty flare
barbecuing...
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Categories:
animal, childhood, fire, fruit,
Form: Monorhyme
DesiresDarting eyes, a naked flame,
Expectations, yet unnamed,
Strewn across a bedroom floor,
In-between, red satin sheets,
Rekindled heat, yearns once more,
Excitement, reaches higher,
Static sets the night on fire....
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Categories:
desire, fire, passion, red,
Form: Acrostic
Specific Types of Fire Poems
Read wonderful fire poetry on the following sub-topics:
camp, forest, ice, rhyme, shape, water
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