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The Crime of a Dollar

...The wealth of nations was once rooted
In toil, in grain, in honest trade.
But now—behold the phantom coin,
A paper god by empire made.

No longer tethered to gold or grace,
It floats on faith, ...

Children of Babylon

...—A Poem for the Reckoning

You rulers of cold castles,
With pens that write in blood—
You sail on seas of sorrow,
Feeding empires with the mud
Of broken nations, broken backs,
Broken dreams be...

Hate's Campaign

...The world is changing in a profound way,
by the philosophy of fear and lies.
You can't trust a word politicians say;
they connive and editorialize.
And legislate laws that legitimize
cor...

A Hidden Message

...Some folks tend to awfulize
Others prefer to dramatize,
There are those who fantasize
Many people will improvise.
I know a few who tantalize
Even resort to marginalize
Those who are...

Djonomasks

...rite of days spoiled and stagnant...
half of that would be enough
to destabilize the soul of things
as if happiness only came
to illuminate a misguided life
tree without shade and useless
em...

Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy Translation

...This is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriati...

Dependent On a Man

...I had a niece named Karen who
at twenty has mapped out a plan
for a 'strong, independent life',
she’d be 'dependent on no man.'

And, oh, she took such pride in that,
her college had made her t...

Life's a Surprise

...One second you're floating on air
  Turn around, your cupboard's bare

In April you're up on Cloud Nine
   Come May, the stars don't align

In June you croon a sweet tune
   By July, life's a ...

Coronavirus Covid-19, a Prayer

...Like stormy raindrops of terror sowing panic and greed;                             
Like a dark and deadly cloud descending upon the planet                        
whose purpose is destruction; Li...

Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the Panther

...The Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is ...

Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke Translation

...Archaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk...

Rilke Translations Ii

...Come, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1...

Waves On the Sea

...Dawn has broken the thick darkness
To engender the shining morning sun;
I see, calm and nice is the blue sky
Birds of all wings flock and fly freely

Humans on the land breathe fresh air,
Watch...

Coplas On Wine By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan

...Coplas on Wine

( here, the famous AntiPoetic Chilean Poet Nicanor Parra, b. 1914, uses the more popular form of the « copla » genre that he contains in quatrains of 8 to 10 syllables with two l...

Be That Hornet With a Venomous Sting

...World, beware of the turmoil to come, don't be caught in your hiding
succumbing to erratic fear, oppress all shivers and face the vile assailant
with a defying glance, then bite him...be that horne...

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