Heaven Hate Poems

All I want is world peace
In the west, in the east
In the north and the south
To close your mouth
When you're happy
To stop the misery
During the...

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CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS



Catullus LXXXV: 'Odi et Amo'
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
I hate. I love.
You ask, 'Why not refrain?'
I wish I could explain.
I can't, but feel...

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Cought a ride on a train
Just to get out of the rain
Love to hear that sound
But I have found
It  just leads to more people...

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Mayfly
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A mayfly landed on my arm today,
It investigated the old scars that cover me
And asked “for what reason?”. 
I was unsure how to reply, 
So...

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Blessed are those
who love God, the
God of love and
mercy

Blessed are those
who follow one God,
who leads with 
compassion showing
mercy

Cursed are those 
who follow the Prince
of darkness,...

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Everyday that i awake
i am reminded of one thing on a replay;
the conscious minds that post day after day
with no end to their despicable and...

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I can’t help but to wonder, dear poet,
since you write so much about love and death.
Is there a heaven or hell, dear poet,
after we have...

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Contested Crossroads

By Mark D. Stucky
On a battleground bloodied across millennia,
on a compact land bridge spanning continents and gods…

       ...

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Falling, falling into the void
Must be my journey to hell I thought
Nothing there except the paranoia
Through my own life I had brought

I trembled in fear...

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There once lived a man with a loathe
For shrinking from a devil's oath

He was so indeed
The smallest of seed

Cause benevolence leads to growth

Syllables:

8,8,8
5,5,5...

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FIRE AND BRIMSTONE

Whitened collar, fixedly starched 
To the ultimate limits of self-perfection, 
Points righteous, crooked finger 
At an open-mouthed assembly, 
Crouching beneath thick-
Eyebrowed gaze of...

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The year of 2022 and we still experience fear. 
Why do you fear us in “Your” neighborhood, especially Black males? You fear Black males, yet...

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White Lace

Mother died today. 
They called me. 
I thought they did not have, my number. 
They never called before, now. 
Why bother to call now?...

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Instead of hate, please pass the scones
            There is no need for guns and...

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Counting Beats

There is a machine, 
that the doctor has, 
it is sheer magic. 
It can be placed on the belly of a mother, 
and the...

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