Animals Elegy Poems

Thine eyes keep me awake
In thine forest I found thy lake.
Free birds playing with gay
Chirping upon thy nest's hay.

Thine eyes let me see through 
A...

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For Harley
Love,
Aunt Meghan

*I wrote this poem for my sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephews when their beloved dog, Harley, the sweetest chunk of marshmallow dog you...

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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...

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HUMANS
They weep, when they get hurt.
They laugh, when others are hurt.
They protect their unsatisfied home.
They attack on other’s heaven.
They always live life with discrimination.
A single...

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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...

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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...

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Living in dark days 
of the last generation of Noah
Evil beast animals now rule the Earth
Peaceful human beings
are perpetual moving ark targets
In constant danger from...

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I live in the countryside
beautiful and colorful it is
but it is painted all over
by the rainbow of love so said

The ones born in the place
those...

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Ashes in the faces of Africans
some blowing from hands
Lent is here with us as sure deal

Food is playing hide and seek
water lives underground
dustbins are empty...

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>I sent the following poem to my old employers.  The RSPCA A year ago as the Badger was being exterminated in certain areas. ...

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A  perfect  artist,
Second to none,
Just seven days to complete.

A  perfect  conceive r,
Designer, sculptor, painter , vocalist , innovator.

Water , land ...

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And the Most High looked below,
And saw confusion and turmoil 
Beneath the firmament of the heavens -
Boiling hot waters between landmass and rocks!

He left heaven...

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When God declared man the master 
of creation
I don't think he said
Go and kill everything that breathes

All I see is carcases of elephants
And rhinos
And a.million...

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Alone in my room...
Bored and hungry
With no food to consume

I look at a corner...
A cricket
"Hello, Jimmy, it's an honour."

My room became his...
My new room-mate
My heart...

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All in one faded-black day
(but let None forget)
In my arms, her body lay
(my life was the price to pay)
A tragedy, through the lack of humanly...

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