Work Eulogy Poems

From one heart to another, Uncle Carl you will truly be missed ... And
May God continue to bless you from beyond the heavens. I love...

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My heart failed a few times again today, but each time it came back to life.
This is no time for poets and philosophers.
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It is strange...

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A wonderful poet, Harry Horsman,
His words are like music; he is a true artisan.
I'm thrilled to read his work each day.
To get comments and POTD,...

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Backhanded Apology
Copyright © L MILTON HANKINS | Year Posted 2022

Sorry if I upset you,
I really didn’t mean it
Actually, I meant it
Until I saw it upset...

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Mother Nature’s tears
No way to treat a Lady 
Eviction Notice 
Home sweet home melodrama 
For Rent: Planet Earth-needs work 

(Addendum: Humans need not apply.)...

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sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley
one of the last of a now dead trade
famed for his skill and precision
where ever saggers had been made
forced to...

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sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley
one of the last of a now dead trade
famed for his skill and precision
where ever saggers were made
forced to redundancies...

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I
July will forever be "America's birthday"
I try to recall why each month or holiday
Is special, but did forget, for days now
Nelson Mandela had been born...

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(Wems Henry Temmy Psalm 80)

I have avoid many a problem 
My own way painting lines of poem
None solved or boost my morale 
I just ended...

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WHEN I LET ONE RIP IN THE LIFT

I entered by the first floor, he, by the fourth
He really wished he hadn’t, for all it was...

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We are the soldiers who have no voice
In war or peace, we have no choice
Yet we toil and fight alongside men
We do all we do,...

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THE RUIN 
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus...

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MICHELANGELO TRANSLATIONS

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He and his fellow Florentine, Leonardo da Vinci, were rivals...

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LEONARDO DA VINCI POEMS, EPIGRAMS AND QUOTES

These are my modern English translations of the poems, epigrams and quotes of Leonardo da Vinci. I believe the...

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Epigrams by Michael R. Burch



Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
 
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...



Negotiables
by Michael...

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