Acclamation Poems

A Nuptial Nightmare

...
I had a dream the other night
that had me smiling with delight:
A couple with their backs to me
were taking vows of holy matrimony.
My delight turned to suspicion, for lo!
for the minister pre...

Make A Joyful Noise

...let's make a joyful noise 
as we sing songs to our Lord 
let us strum a guitar, beat a drum
and tickle the piano key board 

in harmony, in sync
let our voices now be raised
as we give our Lor...

Lao Tzu: English Translations IV

...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS IV

The Roots of Turbulence
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaviness lies at the root of lightness;
stillness begets turbulence.
Thus the nobleman he...

Embodying The Light

...

truth imbibed
awaits assimilation
we felt in our bones 
in time dissolved meditation
                        by unseeking seeker


As children of the Light of the World
We're like...

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

...(A flower in my garden)
Beautiful to the naked eye, yet growing at the expense of tears, From a fountain of overdue languish, watering down the seeds of regret.
Surprisingly, the passion to garden ...

The Journey to the Golden Temple on the Hill

...Luke started his journey at the Red River Gum tree,
Near  the Waratah garden and the old sandstone path.
He crossed the Bay River, on a bridge that was shaky,
And began the climb up the Hill near ...

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4

Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgi...

Vice President Elect Alexandria Ocasio Cortez 2024

...Uncertain if my one man pep rally appeals to thee most amazing, daring, grueling... youngest aspirant to restore Earth in the balance predicated upon uncomfortable truth. The old geezer here would be...

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2

Catullus CI: 'His Brother's Burial'
translation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Through many lands and over many seas
I have journeyed, brother, to these wretched rites,
to t...

Great Motive

...Let situations
Be your motivation
For restoration.
With acclamation.

Let no aberration
Nor excoriation,
Disturb your focus.
Stay put in your direction....

Landscape Laced With Snow

...Summer wearily sighed then softly closed her door.
For three months she lingered, and now she'd slumber
while Fall lays a carpet of leaves upon the forest floor.
Her swirling wind gath...

Corrupt Farm

...Corrupt farm, disdainful politics
Corrupt farm, unedifying ethics

The Lion gorges the subservient animals but not grass page
Or even does he gobble other feeds in the forest sage

The pronghor...

8400 Miles Nonstop

...
The bar-tailed godwit
caught birddom by surprise
When word got out
just how far this bird flies

A juvenile Limosa lapponica,
satellite tag 2-3-4-6-8-4
flew nonstop from Alaska
to the Tasma...

The Star

...Star that twinkles up, up, up, and high
It shines the brightest in the darkest night sky
Its radiance, so bright, attracts the peeping slime
To adore it everytime

Brightly shining star that is ...

Until Now

...Until Now
David J Walker

This poem was waiting for
The right paper before 
It is said 
It is Written 
of 
Printed plain words 

until now 
unspoken 
Thoughts and hearts in clouds 
Crowd...

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