Hate House Poems

You say you need a strong foundation, my friend? 
On a god or guru, you cannot depend.
It is empty and false, and I beg your...

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Martial Translations

Coq au vin (Cook or wine)
by Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Hosts always invite you to dinner, Phoebe,
but are you merely an éclair...

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Evict me from this grimy house
My son asked me what self-loathing is
His home still occupied with laughter
I was taken aback by his cleanliness
I told him...

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My grandson asked my husband 
For a wish he could fulfill - 
“Grandpa, can you leave your house
To me inside your will?”

He’s visited our weekend...

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The Autumn sun shone with golden magic
The warmth of the embrace was seen from afar
As I stood along the fence in the valley below

Inside the...

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“Thank you so much for your time today,
I hope this article can at least try to allay
some of the vitriol and online hate you’ve received
when,...

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You have to come with me, my cousin Slim said to me.
It’s an eight hour drive for me to Wisconsin.
I hate long drives, I reminded...

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Look into my heart Oh Lord.
See who I truly am;
For You alone can know it,
Can truly understand.

Be a lamp unto my feet,
A sword to thwart...

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I hated going to Uncle Ted's house,
he'd sit outside, shine in a jar,
talking, talking, talking to
his friends.  They'd talk so
dirty the air would blush,
and...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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ON LOOKING AT SCHILLER’S SKULL
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Here in this charnel-house full of bleaching bones,
like yesteryear’s
fading souvenirs,
I see the...

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It's really not about toppling statues of evil
or burning books about malice and hate
if we were to leave only things of purity
there would be nothing...

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The Ku Klux Klan did exist through out society. A racist clan with no other hobby. Tearing up as you see their eyes, afraid of...

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I walked up to the door and stopped surprised.
There were three creatures there before my eyes.
A handsome dog, a fluffy cat, and a most casual...

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The experiences 
Of my past
Influences my mind
In all directions

So much tension
Goes distorted
Not knowing the true and false
Midst of hallucination
Amongst fact and fiction

Tangled up 
Twisted wires...

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